SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW

» Ambre Kelly was working for a creative consulting firm and Andrew Gori was an orderly at a psychiatric hospital when they met on a SoHo sidewalk in 2007. A couple years later, the now-married duo merged talents to produce a series of pop-up exhibitions inside St. Patrick’s Youth Center in Lower Manhattan that took an exciting turn after Armory Art Week offered to promote their venture if it was a fair. The duo reasoned, “Well, this could be an art fair.” They dubbed it Spring/Break Art Show and tweaked the market-driven model as a curator-driven platform. Since then, they’ve gone on to promote the work of more than 700 curators and thousands of artists over the past decade. With 11 New York shows under their belts, the bicoastal couple is planning for 75 projects in their fourth L.A. edition. “We always say three is the magic number,” says Kelly. “And last year was the third L.A. show.” springbreakartfair.com

» When Guy Rusha started his gallery, Seasons LA, just before the pandemic, it began as a pop-up with curator-driven projects that morphed into a brick-and-mortar space a year ago. Under a new name, Rusha & Co., and a new director, Patrick Kellycooper (formerly of Nicodim), the program is on a roll, with acclaimed solo presentations from Lanise Howard, Delia Brown (at Untitled Miami), and L.A.’s beloved multimedia madame Trulee Hall, who will christen the 3,100-square-foot space in a 1914 firehouse during Los Angeles Art Week. For her debut with the gallery, Plays on Foreplays, Hall will exhibit fantasy landscapes in the old bunkroom, screen 25 years’ worth of films inside the century-old fireplace lounge, and create a lush film-and-sculpture installation in the former engine bay that hints at her “sexy tiger woman, lesbian foreplay” theme. “This space came with so much character,” says Kellycooper.

“It allows artists like Trulee to play with a very unique space for exhibiting work.” rusha.co