Photo LA, Jan. 20-23

If you're in LA this weekend (where it's been said all the really innovative and vital art is being made) check out the Photo LA show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. It appears to be much larger than last fall's photoNY show, also organized by Stephen Cohen Gallery. Among the NYC galleries slumming it up in LA: Yossi Milo Gallery, Foley Gallery, Gitterman Gallery, and Yancey Richardson Gallery.

Of particular note, Alec Soth will be giving a talk on Saturday at 1pm. Also, if the mood strikes you, go to the "Collecting in the 21st Cent." panel moderated by Art + Auction editor Jori Finkel and ask beligerent questions about the impact of blogs on the collecting scene. (By the way, A+A's Feb. issue has a heavy photography slant.)

UPDATE: Over at art.blogging.la, Caryn Coleman Valerie Palmer reports on her visit to the show.

Chris Hoff of the OC Art Blog has also weighed in.