LACMA has acquired a selection of 39 works from the archives of famed L.A. print workshop Gemini G.E.L., including works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha and Frank Stella.  “It’s extremely touching to be celebrating 50 years of Gemini after just celebrating LACMA’s 50th, and to receive a group of extraordinary gifts of prints,” LACMA Director Michael Govan says. “LACMA, appropriately, will forever be able to share a broad and deep collection of Gemini prints, made by some of the very best artists of our time.” (more…)

All photos taken on site by Aniko Berman

On Monday, September 24, Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, the New York gallery for the famed Los Angeles print workshop, hosted its Artists for Obama event celebrating the Artists for Obama 2012 limited edition portfolio created and sold to support Obama’s reelection efforts. For the campaign, 19 artists have come together to create a portfolio of limited edition prints, with all proceeds going to the Obama Victory Fund. Of the 150 examples, 60 have already sold at $28,000 each; at the end of the project, Gemini G.E.L. hopes to raise 4.2 million dollars for the campaign. An additional sweepstakes offers supporters a chance to win the full portfolio for a $250 contribution to the fund.

Image: Artist James Rosenquist

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