Remembering Bunny Yeager

Bunny Yeager at Sin City Gallery

Bunny Yeager was a trailblazer. When Laura Henkel secured an exhibition to present Yeager’s photography at Sin City Gallery, it was a dream come true for her. Reflecting back on the summers of her youth in Miami, Henkel was aware of Yeager’s wild reputation. After all, a woman taking nude photographs of other women was […]

Erotica, Ropes and Dick Pics

And they say size doesn’t matter. Come July 21-23, fans of erotic art will see the biggest edition of Sin City Gallery’s annual art festival, 12 Inches of Sin. Now in its sixth year, the event will be held at New Orleans Square and showcase artists from around the world such as Dennis Keim, Paul […]

An Erogenous Zone in the Cultural Corridor

Aaron Sheppard has a complex. Well, a few of them. But on this warm and breezy mid-May day, while he is in the beginning stages of his latest mural, “705 Erogenous Zone,” the artist was worried about putting his suggestive work on three very public walls in a low-income, Latino and black community in the […]

JP Rakehorn Gives Us His Rub Sweat and Smears

Blue MJ by JP Rakehorn

Elegantly rendered hands in charcoal and white conté recall 15th century Renaissance sketches by Michelangelo and Da Vinci. Rather than resting idle in sepia-toned space, the hands rove, grasp, explore pleasure and express a multiplicity of touch and caresses over time.  British artist JP Rakehorn is featured in this issue of DTLV. > Read More

Eternal Enigma | Anthony Bondi

We are excited about Anthony Bondi’s latest exhibition, Enigma. Read all about it in this issue of Seven Magazine.  > Read More

The Notorious Bunny Yeager

Bettie Page may have already been a well-known pinup and fetish model in the New York area when she met model-turned-photographer Linnea “Bunny” Yeager while vacationing in Miami, but by the time Yeager’s photo of Page wearing nothing but a Santa hat graced the pages of the nascent Playboy in January 1955, both women’s respective profiles were […]

Best Art Import | JK Russ

Birdlife IV by JK Russ

Congratulations to JK Russ for being recognized as the “Best Art Import” by Seven Magazine.  Russ is one busy artist!  Not only will she have an exhibition next year at the gallery.  She is one artist to collect NOW. > Read More  

Day of the Provocateur

“Henkel, and Sin City, always seem to make a big impact. The 12 Inches show, now in its sixth year, draws hundreds of submissions. Last year she crowd-funded four books of art compiled from past 12 Inches shows; the fifth book comes out this year. Now, the gallerist is taking a shrewdly calculated big chance […]

12 Inches of Sin | Vegas Rated Magazine

Swallows by Paul Butvila

“Sin City Gallery’s annual juried art show of erotic art always provokes and inspires, but this year, is doing so on an unparalleled scale. Gallerist Laura Henkel has promised a selection of not only the winners of the competition, but the runners-up.” ~ Geoff Carter/Vegas Rated Magazine > Read More

Life Is Beautiful

Guests enjoying Intimately Female for Life Is Beautiful

Sin City Gallery is delighted to announce INTIMATELY FEMALE, a striking contemporary look at unique artistic expressions from a diverse group of exceptionally talented female artists. The exhibition premieres at the Art Motel inside the Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival on September 25-27, 2015 in Downtown Las Vegas. Curated by gallery director Dr. […]

Side Order of Sin

Vegas Rated Magazine features Le Salon Des Refusés Du Péché in its current issue. “It’s a collection of erotic art personally curated by gallerist Laura Henkel—the art of the private home, the secret collection … exposed and enjoyed.”  > Read More    

Get Tied Up In This Artist’s Discipline

Marshall Bradford calls his Las Vegas photography business No Bullshit Studios. On his website, he has what amounts to a manifesto: He aims to produce “the best work I can with no games, no ego, and no attitude,” and professes to have “zero tolerance for flakes and people who don’t respect (my) time and effort.” One […]