Mark your calendar to attend the Opening night party for the LA Art Show with 100% of ticket sales supporting the cause overlay “Bringing Art to Kids and Kids to Art” benefiting The Art of Elysium and The J. Paul Getty Museum’s Education Department.  This is a great opportunity to be the first to preview art from top galleries and enjoy delicious food and beverages courtesy of some of Los Angeles’ finest restaurants.  This is the 18th year of the LA Art Show and this year it is hosted by Ali Larter and Hayes MacArthur who support the Art of Elysium to  expand its program to bring arts to medically fragile children and increase the number of school children who visit the Getty through The J. Paul Getty Museum through its program for Title One School visits.
Tickets are available at two levels:
Patron Level Ticket to Premiere Party $500.00 — 7pm – 8pm
Friend Level Ticket to Premiere Party $125.00Â — 8pm -11pm
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More than 5,000 VIPS attended the last yearÂ’s opening which attracted numerous celebrities, including: James Franco, David Arquette, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Weird Al Yankovic, Rose McGowan, Mena Suvari, Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men), C.S. Lee (Dexter), Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Brandi Glanville (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Jim O’Heir (Parks & Recreation), Josiah Rea, Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy), Kristi Lauren (I Hate My Teenage Daughter), Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead), Lisa Edelstein (House), Megyn Price (Rules of Engagement), MOBY (Musician), Omar Miller (CSI: Miami), Penny Davidi (The Next Food Network Star), Peter Mark Richman (Beverly Hills 90210), Raphael Sharge (Once Upon a Time), Raven-Symone (ThatÂ’s So Raven), Richard Chamberlin, Sam Trammell (True Blood), Taylor Treadwell (Knight and Day) and Cheech Marin.
More than 50,000 visitors attended last year’s LA Art Show, which was described by NBC, Los Angeles as an art fair that “brims with top-level talent” including:Damien Hirst, David Bailey, Jordi Alcaraz, Karel Appel, Norman Bluhm, Hans Burkhardt, George Condo, Clarie Falkenstein, Patrick Graham, George Herms, Pablo Picasso, Ruth Weisberg, Jerome Witkin, Francisco Zuniga, Jamie Reid, Ed Ruscha, Armando Romero, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Arshile Gorky, Jim Dine, Andy Warhol, Fernando Botero, Pissaro and others. Newly acquired by the Palm Beach Show Group (PBSG), the 2013 event will feature expanded programming, including lectures, tours, special exhibits, and must-attend after parties