"This year LA Louver celebrated 50 years in business-making it the longest-running gallery in Los Angeles-with a major anniversary show featuring longtime artists such as David Hockney, Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Rebecca Campbell, Gajin Fujita and Alison Saar. Now, the Venice space is closing to the public, as the gallery transitions into a new phase that includes private dealing and pop-up exhibitions, mainly from its Jefferson Boulevard warehouse in the city's West Adams neighbourhood."
""We are heading into a stage where instead of ten shows per year, we may make two shows a year, or another year it could be six," says founder Peter Goulds, explaining that the Venice space will be listed for sale but remain open by appointment in the interim while they sell inventory. "As our imagination grows and we're liberated from our programming responsibility, the gallery will be a more free-wheeling enterprise.""
"As it shifts models, the gallery is donating its extensive archive to the Huntington in San Marino. Home to the papers of such writers as Octavia Butler and Christopher Isherwood, the Huntington Library has strengths in English-language literature and California history. From left to right: Peter Goulds, Sandra Brooke Gordon and Elizabeth Goulds sign the promised gift agreement for the donation of the LA Louver Archive & Library to the Huntington on 9 September 2025 Photo by Matt Emonson. Courtesy of LA Louver, Venice, California"
LA Louver is closing its Venice public gallery and shifting operations toward private dealing and pop-up exhibitions centered at its Jefferson Boulevard warehouse in West Adams. The Venice space will be listed for sale and remain open by appointment during inventory sales. Founder Peter Goulds, age 77, will continue to lead the gallery and expects fewer, irregularly scheduled exhibitions under a new business model. The gallery is donating its extensive archive and library to the Huntington in San Marino. The Huntington’s holdings in English-language literature and California history will be strengthened by the addition of LA Louver’s records.
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