photo l.a. XX | artLA projects the 20th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL LOS ANGELES PHOTOGRAPHIC ART EXPOSITION & ARTLA PROJECTS

LA’s Longest Running Art Fair Joins artLA projects
Thursday, January 13, 2011 through Monday, January 17, 2011

Opening Reception benefits the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography at LACMA

In recent years, Los Angeles has experienced a rapid growth of contemporary art galleries
along with an expansion of local museum programs highlighting emerging art making it a
required destination for curators and collectors. As a marketplace for the Arts, it now rivals
New York City. Glenn Lowry, Director of MoMA, recently said in the WSJ, “The art world is a
very fluid place, but there is no question that L.A. is very hot at the moment.”

photo l.a.XX, celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary, is the longest running art fair west of New
York and is the largest photo-based art fair in the country with over 10,000 attendees. It
brings together photography dealers from around the globe, displaying the finest
contemporary photography, video and multi-media installations along with masterworks
from the 19th century. This is the 48th art fair produced by Stephen Cohen, Director of
photo l.a. XX including artLA, photo san francisco, photo MIAMI, photo santa fe,
photo NY and the first vernacular photography fair in NYC.

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The global Democracy is… conversation expands July 7 with the launch of the inaugural Democracy Photo Challenge.  The contest asks people around the world to complete the phrase “Democracy is…” through digital photos submitted online. The Democracy is… conversation leverages social networks and creative challenges to allow global publics to share, consider, debate, and learn from diverse perspectives on democracy.

Photo entries will be accepted from July 7 through July 28.  Democracy is… partners worked with Google’s Picasa Web Albums team to create the contest platform, which is the first of its kind, specifically to power the Democracy Photo Challenge. An independent jury will announce 36 finalists August 19, and the public will select 12 winners during a global online vote beginning August 19 - August 26.  The winners will be announced on the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Democracy, September 15, with the winning photographs exhibited at the UN in New York.   

“How appropriate that the winning photos should be on display at the UN,” said jury co-chair and International Center of Photography Director, Willis Hartshorn. 

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