Sampling the galleries in a city of niches

Photography

Peter Fetterman

Bergamot Station A-7, 2525 Michigan Ave.,

Santa Monica, (310) 453-6463

Classic black-and-white humanist imagery.

Jan Kesner

164 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 938-6834

Twentieth century masterworks and contemporary photo-based art.

Paul Kopeikin

138 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 937-0765

Vintage and contemporary fine art photography.

Craig Krull

Bergamot Station B-3, 2525 Michigan Ave.,

Santa Monica, (310) 828-6410

Photo-based contemporary works focusing on California culture.

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Contemporary American Art

Acme

6150 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 857-5942

A diverse range of cutting-edge work, mostly made in Los Angeles.

China Art Objects

933 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, (213) 613-0384

Edgy work by young emerging artists.

Rosamund Felsen

Bergamot Station B-4, 2525 Michigan Ave.,

Santa Monica, (310) 828-8488

New work by Los Angeles artists, including Karen Carson, Meg Cranston and Jeffrey Vallance.

Kiyo Higashi

8332 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 655-2482

Drawings, paintings and sculptures with a Minimalist point of view.

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Contemporary International

Angles Gallery

2230 Main St., Santa Monica, (310) 396-5019

American and European painting, sculpture, photography, drawing and video.

Blum & Poe

2042 Broadway, Santa Monica, (310) 453-8311

A roster of rising stars including L.A.’s Sam Durant and Tokyo’s Takashi Murakami.

Griffin Contemporary

55 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 578-2280

Paintings by Cuban-born artist Enrique Martinez Celaya and installations by British artist Richard Long in a varied program.

Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

5363 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 933-2117

Contemporary art from Los Angeles and Europe.

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Blue Chip Contemporary and Modern

Gagosian Gallery

456 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, (310) 271-9400

Top-of-the-line showcase for big-name

artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha and Jeff Koons.

Grant Selwyn Fine Art

341 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, (310) 777-2400

Works by renowned art-world figures including Magdalena Abakanowicz and Mel Bochner.

Manny Silverman Gallery

619 N. Almont Drive, Los Angeles, (310) 659-8256

American abstract art of the postwar period.

Daniel Weinberg Gallery

6148 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 954-8425

A wide range of works by artists who have established themselves in America and Europe.