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Ran over to enView Saturday night to catch the opening of Oraganica featuring Matt Lipps, Jean Robison, Robert Fontenot, Cirilo Domine and Diana Markessinis. Very good, you should go. Some snaps follow: enView co-Director Chloe Flores with artist Matt Lipps. Matt Lipps Matt Lipps Robert Fontenot Robert Fontenot Playing with fire. ...

Still getting my vote as the Best Unknown Museum in the Country. The UCR/Calif. Museum of Photography does it again by bringing in Alec Soth and Lise Sarfati. Next Saturday is the opening and it will run from 7 to 9pm. Looks like I'll be making a trip to the 909 or 951 or whatever it is now. Image: Lise Sarfati ...

This Saturday is the opening of Organica at enView featuring artists Cirilo Domine, Robert Fontenot, Matt Lipps, Diana Markessinis and Jean Robison. The opening will run from 7-10pm. Hope to see you there. ...

OK everybody here is a little quiz to test your OC art history knowledge. If you can name all the people in the image below you will be awarded a nice prize. I haven't decided what the prize is yet but I'm sure it will be good. Just email me your answers and the first correct one will be named the winner. There will be a bonus if you can name the location.(a hint: one of the participants is a LA gallery director) My money...

Omar from OC in the OC visited the current Natasha Caruana show at The Office and did a little video tour. Check it out. ...

It's been going on for awhile now, but in case you didn't know. The Orange Lounge is now featuring a few works by pioneering video artist Nam June Paik. The exhibit will run until Aug. 30th and also features a collaboration between Cory Archangel and Frankie Martin and a work by Paper Rad. Need to get over there soon...

This Saturday night Grassroots Growing in Concrete featuring Aaron Horkey, Tom Jackson, Aye Jay! and Kevin Boettcher opens at Subject Matter. Enjoy! ...

Theo Douglas' review of Facing East can be found here. "Natasha Caruana’s “Facing East” is one of the most ambitious photography exhibitions you’ll see this year" ...

Sarah Bain Gallery a longtime fixture in OC is moving to Anaheim. With all the new downtown like development that will be taking place in Anaheim looks like a smart move on their part. Good luck! image: Alyssa Monks ...

Saturday night was an excellent night. Thank you everybody who came out to support our visitor from London. Many thanks to Mr. Ed Giardina who lent his technical expertise to making sure the video installation worked. He saved the day. If you missed the opening you have 6 weeks before the show travels to Saudi Arabia then London. Don't miss it! Some bad photos follow: Natasha Caruana Our hero Ed Giardina with Tyler Stallings and Naida Osline. Natasha...

Natasha Caruana doing some show prep. Hope to see you all on Saturday night. Took a little lunch break and headed over to the Kurt Wold show at the HB Art Center. Kurt Wold Natasha Kurt Wold Kurt Wold Next stop Bodhi Tree for lunch mmmmm...

This Saturday The Office welcomes Natasha Caruana and her latest series Facing East. The opening will run from 6-9pm and I hope to see you all there! Natasha Caruana is a London based visual artist who works essentially with photography. Her work extends the practice of examining and preserving both cultural and social histories through an approach that often stems from personal experiences. Caruana produces work that pushes the boundaries of the documentary tradition of photography in a playful and imaginative way, but at the...