Los Angeles Art Show
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The Los Angeles Art Show (LA Art Show) is an international encyclopedic art exhibition and sale under the umbrella of the Fine Art Dealers Association
Fine Art Dealers Association
The Fine Art Dealers Association was founded in 1990 as a non-profit membership organization of respected and established art dealers from across the United States. Its members are dedicated to promoting and maintaining the highest degree of professionalism, scholarship and integrity in all...

 (FADA). The show annually takes place in Los Angeles
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 at the end of January and is now a seminal part of Los Angeles Arts Month.

The Los Angeles Art Show began in 1995, at the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA; then moved to the John Wooden Center on the campus of UCLA; then on to Santa Monica’s Barker Hanger before making its final home at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles Convention Center
The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest portion of downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show and Anime Expo, and is best known to video games fans as host to E3...

 in 2009.

The Los Angeles Art Show is the Fine Art Dealers Association
Fine Art Dealers Association
The Fine Art Dealers Association was founded in 1990 as a non-profit membership organization of respected and established art dealers from across the United States. Its members are dedicated to promoting and maintaining the highest degree of professionalism, scholarship and integrity in all...

’s primary show of the year and since its inception has been managed by KR Martindale Show Management.

2009 Exhibition

In 2009 the Los Angeles Art Show moved to the Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles Convention Center
The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest portion of downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show and Anime Expo, and is best known to video games fans as host to E3...

, allowing it to expand both its exhibitor base and floor space --- now covering almost 150000 square feet (13,935.5 m²).

Proceeds from the Los Angeles Art Show Opening Night Gala benefited the Art Museum Council of LACMA, The Prints and Drawings Council of LACMA, Environmental Media Association
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, and Inner-City Arts.

The show has a lecture schedule, and features an art documentary film series, curated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...

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The Los Angeles Art Show is showcasing Supersonic 2009, a collection of art displays and installations. Organized by students, Supersonic 2009 features artwork by M.F.A. candidates from eight of Southern California’s graduate fine art programs. Art works of all media will be presented by students from the following institutions: Art Center College of Design
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, Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...

, Otis College of Art and Design
Otis College of Art and Design
Otis College of Art and Design is an art and design college in Los Angeles, California.The school's programs, accredited by WASC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include four-year BFA degrees in illustration, fine arts, graphic design, architecture, landscape design, interior...

, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, and University of Southern California
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