Art

The City of Sacramento and the Kings announced last week that the plaza at the new ESC (Entertainment and Sports Center) will feature an original sculpture from world-renowned artist Jeff Koons. The $8 million work of art will be part of the artist’s Coloring Book series and is described as…

Artist Nate Page takes couch-surfing to a new level in his latest exhibit at Verge Center for the Arts Sacramento has proven itself a thriving community for the arts, and there has been no shortage of artists wanting to showcase their wares at various galleries. And while most people equate…

Ever since they opened up shop in late 2014 in East Sacramento, White Buffalo Gallery has been straight up killing it with their monthly art exhibits. The front half of the space serves as the hip and clean art gallery, and the back half, separated by a perfectly designed partition…

Inside the Creative Mind of Sacramento Artist Daniel Choe Artist Daniel Choe lives in what he describes as “a more colorful neurological hemisphere.” His mind is constantly reaping the essence of overlooked beauty caught in the monotony of day to day life, only to let it seep in his brain…

UC Davis alum Michael Ramstead finds himself in elite company in Elliott Fouts Gallery’s upcoming exhibit UC Davis has consistently hired and/or trained some of the top American artists of the last half century. Its proximity to the Bay Area and Greater Sacramento Area, both brimming with million-plus populations, galleries,…

Sacramento-area fans of pop culture, comic books, popular television shows and movies are going to want to mark their calendars for June 19 – 21, 2015, when Wizard World Comic Con comes roaring through town, bringing with it a flurry of actors, artists and special guests. Probably the most recognizable,…

Photographer Nicholas Wray showcases his journey to Japan in new exhibition and book Hailing from the intersection of the Ohio and Licking rivers, former geographer-turned-photographer Nicholas Wray is no stranger to picking up and hitting the open road. From moving from Cincinnati to Sacramento in 2006 to shooting the arid…

Peter Wedel has been a stalwart of the Sacramento art scene for decades. For the rest of January, Little Relics (908 21st Street, Midtown) is turning back the clock, showcasing some of the artist’s earlier works. Wedel was born in Sacramento, but after the death of his mother, at age…

Lord Pawn balances his graffiti writing roots with his current life as a professional artist I must have been about 9 years old when I practically shat my pants from my first real world run-in with street graffiti, or at least what my young mind imagined street graffiti to be…

Now through November 3, be sure to stop into Little Relics Boutique and Galleria in Downtown Sacramento to see It’s A Small Word, an awesome group show with an all-star cast featuring ceramics by Philip York Simpson, sugar skull art by Rob-O, and cultural sculptures from Kanika Marshall! This show…