Los Angeles Hills are Alive with the Sounds of… Art
On Saturday, June 3, 300 Los Angeles artists, gallerists, collectors and arts leaders came together for the one-day UCLA Benefit Exhibition and Art Sale. Building on Margo Leavin’s generous lead gift to transform the graduate program’s existing facilities, the event raised more than $700,000, including nearly $115,000 that will support Department of Art scholarships.
In 2012, one of the major Los Angeles art dealers Margo Leavin announced that, after 42 years, she is closing her gallery. And, what a glorious 42 years it had been. One could hear the collective moan of heartbreak coming from all of us Angelenos who live and breathe art.
Last year, UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture made an announcement that it had received a $20 million gift from its alumna – yes, the one and only Margo Leavin. This gift will help to rebuild and expand the University’s existing graduate program facilities in Culver City. “The new studios will also include public exhibition space and an artist-in-residence studio that will further enrich the department’s engagement with the arts community locally and globally” (UCLA).
10 days ago, several hundred people gathered in Culver City for a UCLA fundraiser exhibition and art sale to benefit the new art studios, designed by prominent Los Angeles architectural firm Johnston Marklee. Everyone was there: artists, museum directors, curators, gallerists, and private collectors. And, it was great to see Margo Leavin there, being greeted and hugged by all the guests.— Edward Goldman, Jun. 13, 2017
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