Los Angeles with Thom Collins

Explore the LA Art Scene

The Barnes Foundation invites you to join Thom Collins, Neubauer Family Executive Director and President of the Barnes for an exclusive Circles trip, exploring  the art scene in Los Angeles from October 28th to November 1st, 2024. Los Angeles is the second largest art market in the United States and increasingly the first choice for many blue-chip artists to call home. Our co-host for the week will be Andrea Feldman Falcione, a respected curator and art advisor who has worked in Los Angeles for over 25 years. She began her career at MoMA with none other than Thom Collins; this reunion is sure to provide great chemistry and artworld stories throughout the week!

The Barnes will be welcomed with open arms by leading collectors in LA including visits with three ArtNews Top 200 collectors: Michael Ovitz, Susan and David Gersh and Cliff Einstein. 

We will also have a curator led tour of Olaffur Eliasson's exhibition OPEN at MOCA, and enjoy insight from curators and directors of the best of Los Angeles museums, along with gallery owners. Special visits include LACMA, The Hammer Museum, The Huntington Museum and Gardens as well as mega-galleries Hauser & Wirth.

A highlight of the Barnes trip will be significant time in artist studios with visits to Jonas Wood & Shio Kusaka, Shinique Smith and Thomas Houseago and others to be announced. Finally, PST Art: Art & Science Collide will take place across LA during our trip. A Getty Museum initiative including 45 organizations across Southern California discussing thought-provoking themes art and science; we will incorporate a taste of the best of this unique art event.

 Your artistic encounters will be complemented by hospitality and culinary delights to match! This trip will include luxury accommodations at The Maybourne Hotel, located in the heart of the Beverly Hills shopping district. Our dining will capture the casual elegance of Los Angeles as well as its global culinary strengths at local favorites both new and old. Restaurants will be announced closer to our trip dates, likely to include a few of these leading restaurants: Il Pastaio, Lulu, Manuela, Republique, and Park's. Amidst the art-packed Barnes week in LA, we will also offer a "patrons choice" night: A casual art and pizza night at Jon and Vinny's with Thom or a night for you to take to the town and enjoy a restaurant reservation of your own selection.  

Optional Extension to Joshua Tree: 

Joshua Tree has become an artist's haven. Extend your art adventure by one day day for a scenic experience, desert sky, and stellar artist studio visits with Liza Lou, Andrea Zittel, and Lily Stockman. Extension participants will depart for a scenic three hour drive to Joshua Tree on November 1, stay in the desert that night and return to LA on November 2. 

Registration with Artful Jaunts: 

The Barnes trip to Los Angeles is priced at $5575 per person with double occupancy sharing and $6625 for a single occupancy and includes all transportation, lodging, and specific meals during your trip. This trip is limited to 20 guests and your booking is requested by May 17, 2024. A minimum of 14 guests is required to operate this trip. The trip will start Monday, October 28 at 2pm at The Maybourne Hotel where the group will gather in the lobby to depart together for two private collections followed by a casual dinner. The trip programming will conclude with Thursday's finale dinner and departures will be at your leisure on Friday, November 1.

The optional one-day extension to Joshua Tree is priced at $1000 which includes transportation to/from Joshua tree, one-night hotel in Joshua Tree, lunch and dinner; we will depart to Joshua Tree on the morning of November 1, enjoy lunch, visits to artist studios, and end with a group dinner. We will return to The Maybourne mid-morning on November 2. Please email Latasha if interested in the extension as payment will be taken after attendance is confirmed.

Your Barnes contact for this trip is Katie Adams (kadams@barnesfoundation.org or ‭804-241-6022‬, cell). Your Artful Jaunts contact is Latasha Thomas (latasha@artfuljaunts.com or 781-658-2270, office) who will assist with any questions related to registration, hotels extensions and upgrades, and all logistical matters. We welcome your questions.

Artful Jaunts Cancellation Policy: No refund will be provided for cancellations within sixty days of the trip's start date. If the Barnes has another patron to fill a spot a substitution will be allowed. After the trip has commenced, no refunds are available, even if the client does not partake in all of the trip's activities or leaves the trip early. We highly recommend trip insurance offered when booking. All programming may change and is subject to availability of hosts, collectors and artists

THIS TRIP IS FULL. YOU CAN BOOK BELOW TO BE PUT ON THE WAITLIST. YOUR CARD WILL NOT BE CHARGED.

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