Upcoming Book Signings at Arcana!
SATURDAY, JUNE 14th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
BOB WAYNE: REEL TO REAL TALES... NOTES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORDING CONSOLE
BOOK SIGNING + DISCUSSION
BOOK SIGNING + DISCUSSION
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Posted Jun 08, 2025
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Posted May 28, 2025
Eric Kroll Book Signing 6/7, 4-6!
Please join us Saturday, June 7th, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we welcome esteemed photographer Eric Kroll back to Arcana to celebrate the release of his latest Timeless Edition publication. Hardcore: A Photo / Journal is a striking compilation of his unseen, intimate images taken during the production of Paul Schrader's 1979 cult film Hardcore - starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, and Dick Sargeant. The book takes you deep into the world behind the camera, the set, the atmosphere, and the cast and crew that accompanied or inspired Kroll throughout the shoot. More than a simple behind the scenes document, Hardcore includes the photographer's own reflections, commentary, and a recent interview he conducted with adult film actress Serena. In addition, the book contains a foreword by Paul Schrader along with a rare text the director penned in 1978 for a publication about the film that was never completed.
We're expecting to sell out, so be sure to arrive here June 7th at 4:00 PM sharp-ish for this unique glimpse of late seventies Hollywood history with Eric Kroll.
We're expecting to sell out, so be sure to arrive here June 7th at 4:00 PM sharp-ish for this unique glimpse of late seventies Hollywood history with Eric Kroll.
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Posted Apr 17, 2025
Luisa Opalesky Book Signing 4/26, 4-6!
EVENT ALERT! On Saturday, April 26th from 4 until 6 PM, Arcana will proudly host the photographer Luisa Opalesky in conversation with director Luke Gilford to celebrate her new book “Big City Nobody.” The talk will be followed by the chance to get your copy signed by Luisa herself!
Luisa Opalesky (b. 1987) is an artist whose practice seeks to connect with all walks of life through photography, dance, and film. Originally from Philadelphia, she earned a BFA in photography under the mentorship of George Pitts at Parsons New School for Design. She draws inspiration from her elders, multicultural background, glamour, squalor, going to the cinema three times a week, and her home downtown in New York City. Her work is consistently characterized by its vibrant color, hazard, and comedic relief.
“Big City Nobody” is Opalesky’s debut photography book. Published by Spotz Studios and featuring work created between 2020 and 2024, the photographs in the book reveal glimpses of daily life, vibrancy of nightlife, and outtakes from assignments commissioned by the New York Times and Interview magazine. The collection unfolds with a flow reminiscent of walking crosstown caffeinated and immersed in the pulse of the city. The book includes writings by Alissa Bennett, Susie Essman, Daniel Arnold, and Teardrop.
If you can’t make it IRL (bummer!), you can still purchase the book for signing and shipping here.
Join us on April 26th for good talk, good books, and free libations. All are welcome!
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Posted Feb 17, 2025
Diana Markosian: Father Book Signing + Discussion with Gabrielle J. Sirkin Saturday, February 22nd from 4:00 to 6:00 PM!
Join us Saturday, February 22nd, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to welcome celebrated photographer Diana Markosian for a book signing and what is sure to be an engaging discussion with Gabrielle J. Sirkin regarding Markosian's new Aperture monograph, Father.
Father is an intimate and engrossing diaristic portrayal of estrangement and reconnection, recounted through documentary photographs, family snapshots, text, and visual ephemera. It presents the photographer’s journey to another place and another time, where Markosian attempts to piece together an image of a familiar stranger - her long-lost father. The book explores her father’s absence, her reconciliation with him, and the shared emptiness of their prolonged estrangement. The images, made over the course of a decade, take place in her father’s home in Armenia.
In Markosian’s first monograph, Santa Barbara (Aperture, 2020), the photographer recreates the story of her family’s journey from post-Soviet Russia to the US in the 1990s. Father uses both documentary photographs and archives of objects, letters, and vernacular images to probe the fifteen years of absence and separation from the photographer’s childhood. In this voyage of self-discovery, Markosian touchingly renders her longing for connection to a man she barely remembers and who asks her, when she finds him, “Why did it take you so long?”
If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a SIGNED copy of Father, please place your order here.
Diana Markosian is at the forefront of a new generation of photographers and directors, pushing the boundaries of documentary storytelling. By encapsulating different styles and mediums, Markosian has created a unique approach to image making. Her first monograph, Santa Barbara, was published by Aperture and selected as the top book of the year by MoMA and Time. Father, was chosen as the photo book of the year by Le Monde. Markosian holds a masters degree from Columbia University, is a contributor to Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker ,and has exhibited in leading museums worldwide, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography in New York, and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Gabrielle Sirkin is a Los Angeles-based photography director and creative producer specializing in commercial and editorial photography driven to create compelling visual storytelling. She has over a decade of experience, and has worked at major publications such as More Magazine and Airbnb Magazine. Her work has earned her various awards and recognitions including Gold, Silver and Merit Society of Publication Designers (SPD) Award Winner, American Photography Winner, ADC Awards, Cannes Silver Lion Winner and an Emmy Nomination.
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Posted Feb 08, 2025
Brick Stowell: Almost Famous 2011-2016 - The OFWGKTA Photographs Book Signing Saturday, February 15th from 4:00 to 6:00 PM!
Join us Saturday, February 15th, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to meet and greet photographer Brick Stowell and celebrate the availability once again of his fabulous Almost Famous 2011-2016: The OFWGKTA Photographs. Brick was the staff photographer and tour manager for Odd Future (OFWGKTA) from 2011 to 2016, capturing the collective's rise to fame.
Almost Famous... is a comprehensive look at Odd Future's history, featuring photos, original merchandise, music video props, outfits, and other memorabilia, documenting the cultural impact of the group. The first edition of this vital document of Los Angeles' near past featuring Odd Future members Tyler The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, Travis "Taco" Bennett, Jasper The Dolphin, Syd Tha Kid, Hodgy, and more was published to coincide with the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival last November, where it sold out immediately!
So, be sure to stop by on Saturday 2/15 (4-6) to hang and pick one up while you can. The first one hundred purchased in-store will be accompanied by a free Polaroid t-shirt courtesy of Mr. Stowell. One tee only per customer, and please check your decks at the door. If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a SIGNED copy of Almost Famous 2011-2016: The OFWGKTA Photographs, please place your order here.
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Posted Feb 07, 2025
Mike Brodie Signing at La Sena Gallery (1933 S. Broadway, 12th Floor)
Please join us at The Reef at 1933 Broadway, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, on Saturday, February 15th from 5PM until 9PM to celebrate the opening of La Sena Gallery's inaugural show: Mike Brodie: Polaroids. Arcana will be there selling Mr. Brody's new Twin Palms book FAILING and the artist will be on hand to sign copies.
The book is also now available for purchase here at our site!
La Sena Gallery is a new collaboration between Setanta Books and Nazraeli Press based at The Reef LA. All are welcome!
The book is also now available for purchase here at our site!
La Sena Gallery is a new collaboration between Setanta Books and Nazraeli Press based at The Reef LA. All are welcome!
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Posted Jan 28, 2025
Book Signing with Mick Haggerty for MXWX !
Please join us on Saturday, February 1st, 4:00 - 6:00, for a book signing with Mick Haggerty for his career retrospective: MXWX !
"MXWX" - Mick's Works - is a more or less comprehensive compendium of the various visual works imagined and fabricated by Mick Haggerty over the past half century. Moving to Los Angeles from London in 1973, Haggerty quickly established himself as a go-to record industry designer, illustrator, art director, and later music video director. He has won a Grammy for the visual packaging for Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" along with designing iconic covers for David Bowie, The Police, The Electric Light Orchestra, The Go-Gos, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Jimi Hendrix, Nazareth, Public Image Ltd., Keith Richards, and many, many more. His editorial illustration includes covers for Time, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and New West Magazine. This beautifully illustrated tome additionally features contributions by Gary Panter and Steven Heller along with a stunning archive of Mick's personal work - much of which is reproduced here for the very first time. Produced in an edition limited to one hundred and fifty hand-numbered copies, this is sure to sell out quickly, so come join us for a fun and refreshment filled afternoon with the esteemed Mr. Haggerty.
If you'd like to purchase a signed copy of MXWX you can do so here.
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Posted Jan 23, 2025
"We will hear testimonials and mourn our community’s losses, and have a constructive dialogue about rebuilding. We will tackle topics including short-term needs and long-term plans, the squeeze on housing supply, the role of fire insurance, and how the design community can help Los Angeles build back with wisdom and resilience.
Hear from people who have lost houses and rentals, also from architects, builders, preservationists, and other experts. Bring your voice and your questions. Speakers include Joan Barton, Adrian Scott Fine, Heather Goers, Steve Glenn, Guy Horton, Greg Kochanowski, Steven Lewis, Sam Lubell, Claire Phillips and Stephen Phillips, Chris Torres, Scott Uriu, Geoffrey Von Oeyen, Aimee Williams, and more."
The Heart of LA: Memory, Resilience and the Road to Recovery By Friends Of Residential Treasures: LA
On Saturday, January 25th from 12:00 to 2:00 pm, please join Friends of Residential Treasures and Helms Design District for a public conversation about the fires and recovery for the region.
The event is at Central Library — Mark Taper Auditorium located at 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 - for details and to RSVP (free) please visit here.
"We will hear testimonials and mourn our community’s losses, and have a constructive dialogue about rebuilding. We will tackle topics including short-term needs and long-term plans, the squeeze on housing supply, the role of fire insurance, and how the design community can help Los Angeles build back with wisdom and resilience.
Hear from people who have lost houses and rentals, also from architects, builders, preservationists, and other experts. Bring your voice and your questions. Speakers include Joan Barton, Adrian Scott Fine, Heather Goers, Steve Glenn, Guy Horton, Greg Kochanowski, Steven Lewis, Sam Lubell, Claire Phillips and Stephen Phillips, Chris Torres, Scott Uriu, Geoffrey Von Oeyen, Aimee Williams, and more."
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Posted Dec 14, 2024
Huggy Bear Killed (of kids) LA Book Launch at Arcana 12/21!
Join us Saturday, December 21st, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate Huggy Bear Killed (of Kids), the long-awaited (especially by a certain breed of punks) history and compilation of zines by the legendary, seminal British riot grrrl band Huggy Bear.
From the book's editor, Ethan Swan: "Huggy Bear existed from 1991 until 1994. Outcast and outraged, they made a howling, squalling mess of punk, all the menace and freedom of flocking birds. The handful of records, zines, and memories that document this brief, bonfire lifespan sketch a blueprint for how to be in the world, for how to understand the forces of capitalism and patriarchy and capitulation and still resist. Huggy Bear was a group that let things be complicated, that considered themselves complicit, but never took that as a reason to surrender. There’s no band more important. Killed (of Kids) is a book by the five members of Huggy Bear. It reproduces all seven zines made by the band during their lifespan alongside photos, correspondence, flyers, and ephemera from their three-year existence. This archive is joined by new text drawn from two years of interviews with the band members, carefully assembled into an extensive dialogue about intention, surprise, distress, encouragement."
Arcana heartily agrees with all of the above. Please join us in taking a break from holiday chaos to celebrate the ageless spirit of "boy-girl revolution," as Huggy Bear put it. The holiday cheer at this gathering is generously supported by our friends at Open Beer and Las Jaras Wines.
See you then! If you can't make it but would like to purchase a copy of the book, you may do so here.
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Posted Nov 21, 2024
Booksigning at Arcana - Ryan McGinley: Yearbook
Join us on Saturday, November 23rd, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate Yearbook, the new release by Ryan McGinley!
The culmination of a multi-year project encompassing colorful, joyous studio nudes starring a veritable menagerie of stark naked human beings, Yearbook marks a particularly vibrant era of Ryan's work. In addition to signing his new volume, McGinley will also appear in discussion with artist (and subject of his camera) Petra Collins.
The gathering is generously supported by our friends at Open Beer and Las Jaras Wines.