Events Posted Feb 22, 2026

Gus Van Sant Paintings - Discussion and Book Signing at Arcana 2/28, 4:00-6:00

Please join us at Arcana on Saturday, February 28th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we welcome Gus Van Sant to celebrate his beautiful new book Paintings. A conversation between Mr. Van Sant and editor Leah Gudmundson will be followed by a signing.

PLEASE NOTE: * No RSVP is required. * Books will be available for sale at $85 plus sales tax beginning at 3:00 PM on the 28th and will be kept to one per person. We will not be offering pre-sales on this limited item. * If you cannot attend and would like a signed copy of Paintings, please send us an email. Should there be copies remaining after the event, we will fulfill requests in the order in which they have been received.

This first ever published monograph on Van Sant's paintings gathers together a wide overview of his practice. Sequenced in an achronological and associative manner, the book presents different series in surprising rhythms, focusing on recurring motifs and themes throughout widely varied modes accumulated during decades of work.

Bound inside out, this hardcover publication has a unique objecthood that imparts the suggestion of having been intimately handled by its makers. The outside covers feature two test screen-prints and is signed and stamped on the back, alluding to Van Sant's painting practice as literally the flipside of his storied career in filmmaking.

Paintings is the inaugural title from Blue Moon Press, the new artist-book imprint founded by Leah Gudmundson as a cousin to the Paris-based subcultural arts magazine Blue Moon she has helmed since 2015.

Events Posted Feb 17, 2026

Jill Goldman Book Signing Saturday, 2/21!

Please join us this Saturday, February 21st between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we welcome Los Angeles-based artist, activist, and filmmaker Jill Goldman to celebrate the launch of her new Hybrid LLC monograph, Disentanglement / Re-Embodiment.

"Disentanglement / Re-Embodiment documents five years of bold, deeply embodied work at the edge of art and politics. Developed between 2020 and 2025, the work spans video, performance, photography, installation, and political research, unfolding in a single, cohesive publication that investigates how we live inside of – and push back against - patriarchal power and environmental crisis. Its content centers on ten performance works, staged internationally by Goldman and collaborators weaving over two hundred images of performance documentation, film stills, research ephemera, and installation views. The book includes critical essays by Asti Hustvedt and Alex A. Jones, as well as extracts from conversations between the artist and noted thinkers shaping contemporary feminist, abolitionist, eco-critical, and anti-militarist discourse including Amy Ziering, Yasmeen Hassan, Sumaya Awad, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Nina Menkes, Ruchira Gupta, and Tanya Selvaratnam." Jill Goldman is an activist, filmmaker, and artist whose work incorporates dance, performance, photography, and video. Her immersive multi-media installation / performances explore memory, autobiography, the gendered body, and ritual transformation. She received her BA from Bennington College and her MFA from UCLA Film School. She is the director of the feature film Love Is Like That, as well as many award-winning short films, including “fort / da,” “Holding Margie’s Hand,” “Sally Goes Shopping,” the music video for Lenny Kravitz’s “Blues for Sister Someone,” and the short documentary “Genevieve, Girl Before the Mirror."

We look forward to seeing you this Saturday for the opportunity to meet and greet Ms. Goldman - and to pick up a signed example of her engaging new book! If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy of Disentanglement / Re-Embodiment, please place your order here!

Events Posted Jan 25, 2026

Tom Sachs Signing at Arcana on Saturday, February 7th

The artist Tom Sachs shall appear at Arcana on Saturday, February 7th from 4 until 6 PM to sign his recent Phaidon monograph Tom Sachs Guide. All are welcome; refreshments provided. From the publisher: "The definitive exploration of the prolific material, intellectual, cultural, and commercial output of inimitable artist Tom Sachs. A 21st-century creative force, Tom Sachs’s critically acclaimed practice spans sculpture, installation, painting, film, ceramics, and industrial design. The Tom Sachs Guide is the most comprehensive-to-date look at his work, documenting decades of rigorous and visionary artmaking. Vividly illustrated with more than 650 images and organized into thematic chapters, the book includes work across mediums, as well as longstanding collaborations with Nike and immersive reinterpretations of NASA missions. A rich appendix includes essential lists and charts, offering insights into the artist’s creative process and studio practice. An object direct from the hands of the artist, Tom Sachs Guide is a printed tour through his studio, his body of work, and the unique worlds he creates, designed and written in close collaboration with Sachs himself." Come join us!

Events Posted Jan 23, 2026

Upcoming Events!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
TOM SACHS GUIDE
BOOK SIGNING

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14th. 1:30 PM
FRANK OCKENFELS 3 x DAVID BOWIE
* AT HELMS DAYLIGHT STUDIO *
TICKETED EVENT – DETAILS HERE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
JILL GOLDMAN: DISENTANGLEMENT/ RE-EMBODIMENT
BOOK LAUNCH + DISCUSSION

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
GUS VAN SANT: PAINTINGS
BOOK SIGNING + DISCUSSION WITH PUBLISHER LEAH GUDMUNDSON

FEBRUARY 26th – MARCH 1st
SHOW LA PHOTOGRAPHIC FAIR
*AT THE REEF*
DETAILS HERE

SATURDAY, MARCH 7th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
BRANDON RUFFIN: MIGRATION PATTERNS
BOOK SIGNING + DISCUSSION

Events Posted Dec 12, 2025

Book Signing with SENON WILLIAMS for SCRAPYARD 12/13, 4-6!

Please join us this Saturday, December 13th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we welcome esteemed Los Angeles-based artist, musician, and author Senon Williams to celebrate the release of his new Hat & Beard Press publication, Scrapyard.

"The book forms a graveyard or a scrapyard of items one might typically discard. In our time of extreme wastefulness, assembling the detritus from his art-making into a scrapbook gives each of these items a collective home and value. Gathered from Williams' day-to-day studio practice, they are thoughts jotted down, remnants of materials used, random receipts, which suggest a sense of care, like acts of preservation, mending and repurposing. Each piece is held, suspended from its final dissolution, forming a new place in which to exist. Interspersed within the pages are vignettes looking at the histories of scrapbooking and ephemeral collection over time by Richelle Munkhoff and Beth Ann Whittaker of Plain Sight Archive. There is a long legacy and history of this artistic action and this publication represents now another documentation of time and place." Designed by Arcana Alum Russell Etchen!

We look forward to seeing you Saturday for the opportunity to meet and greet Senon, pick up his engaging new book, and perhaps indulge in a bit of Holiday shopping!

If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy of Scrapyard, his hot-off-the-press limited edition etching Everything Must Go, or a selection of older titles, please place your order here!

Events Posted Nov 15, 2025

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 4-6PM: DANIEL ARNOLD IN DISCUSSION AND SIGNING AT ARCANA!

* 1930s Brooklyn-born newsie voice * EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! DANIEL ARNOLD AT ARCANA NEXT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd FROM 4 -6PM! MAXIMUM FUN AND EDIFICATION! FREE DRINKS!

Okay, that's enough all-caps. You Are What You Do is the comprehensive new monograph from Daniel Arnold - one of New York’s most renowned and obsessive modern street photographers. Over the past fifteen years, Arnold has become a cult figure in the city’s visual culture, known for his raw, humanistic encounters with its citizens and for collaborations spanning from the Safdie brothers to the Met Gala and beyond. Rooted in a well-trodden lineage of New York street photography, Arnold’s work channels the chaos, chutzpah, humor and vitality that define the city, yet reveals something more: a tenderness and empathy that courses through every frame. There are genuine moments of sadness and grief mixed with joy, alongside spontaneous, unscripted scenes of pure street cinema, blended with candid images from fashion shoots and film sets, all sitting effortlessly within Arnold’s generous visual language. Working from a vast archive, this landscape-format book distills Arnold’s signature wry, tragicomic style into a spacious and classical book object. From the glamorous heights of high culture to the downtrodden and overlooked, You Are What You Do draws a wide, empathetic circle around New York’s characters and charm. A brand new example additionally SIGNED by photographer Daniel Arnold.

In order to make sure books are available for all attending our event today, we are pausing on-line sales for this title.

If you would like us to contact you if copies are available please let us know by sending an email to us here.

Events Posted Oct 23, 2025

Stillz signing "Bad Bunny 2019-2025" Sunday October 26th at Arcana

Join us at Arcana this Sunday, October 26th from 4 until 6PM to meet the photographer Stillz as he signs copies of his new book collaboration with Bad Bunny! The book will be available for purchase! All are welcome! If you can't make it, please feel free to acquire a copy via our website at this link. Hope to see you soon!

Events Posted Sep 24, 2025

Saturday 9/27: Lauri Gaffin Moving Still at Arcana!!!

Please join us Saturday, September 27th, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we welcome Los Angeles's own Lauri Gaffin to celebrate the release of her new Damiani publication, Moving Still: A Cinematic Life Frame-By-Frame!

Moving Still... is a personal portrait of filmmaking from set decorator Lauri Gaffin. With four decades of experience, Gaffin intertwines stunning behind-the-scenes photographs and intimate narrative to provide a rare glimpse into the fascinating world of cinema. The book highlights life on set for indie gems 'Fargo’ and ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ as well as blockbuster hits such as ‘Charlie’s Angels’, ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Thor’.

Through her photographs and engaging anecdotes, Gaffin unveils the collaborative spirit that binds directors, actors, production designers and crew members together. The contrast of her thriving career and her complex emotional life are a throughline in the book. Gaffin's photography remains a steadfast beacon of inspiration even as she navigates the demands of production - deadlines, budgets and politics - and her family’s escalating turmoil.

So be here at Arcana next Saturday to meet and greet Lauri and pick up her fabulous new book! If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy of Moving Still: A Cinematic Life Frame-By-Frame, please place your order here!

Events Posted Sep 14, 2025

Book Signing + Discussion with David Alekhuogie and Awol Erizku 9/20/25!

PLEASE JOIN US ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 4-6PM TO CELEBRATE

DAVID ALEKHUOGIE: A REPRISE

BOOK SIGNING + DISCUSSION WITH AWOL ERIZKU!

Events Posted Sep 11, 2025

Susan Meiselas's "Nicaragua" is Our Book of the Day! And a Talk and Signing!

🚨reissued masterpiece alert … and a talk and a signing 🚨 Originally published in 1981, Susan Meiselas’ Nicaragua is a modern classic - a seminal contribution to the literature of concerned photojournalism that forms an extraordinary narrative of a nation in turmoil. Starting with a powerful and chilling evocation of the Somoza regime during its decline in the late 1970s, the images trace the evolution of the popular resistance that led to the insurrection, culminating with the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979.

A brand new 2025 Aperture third, updated edition of this essential book is now available here from Arcana, AND ALSO… As the highlight of PAC LA‘s Year of the Woman programming initiative, in partnership with Eastman Museum Los Angeles and American Cinemateque, there will be an afternoon with the acclaimed documentary photographer and president of Magnum Foundation, Susan Meiselas. Susan’s talk will center around her Nicaragua work over multiple decades and the various forms it has taken, as a book, exhibition, and film, tracing the lives of her images as they have circulated and been repatriated, shifting their meaning over time.

MS. MEISELAS WILL BE SIGNING COPIES FOR ARCANA ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th AT SANTA MONICA’S AERO THEATER BETWEEN 2:00 AND 5:00 PM. RSVP HERE

If you can't make it but would like to buy a signed copy of Nicaragua you can do so here.