12 Inches of Sin Expands Into A Three-Day Festival
Six times larger than in years past, the nearly-30,000-square-foot, two-story retail space will be transformed into an immersive playground for the adventurous. It was previously held inside the Arts Factory, and the new location offers room for a dizzying array of art, entertainment and educational workshops. Organizer, sexologist and Sin City Gallery owner Dr. Laura […]
Kei Kusuma’s ‘ULTRABLACK’ Lights Sin City Gallery’s Way Forward
In April 2016, Sin City Gallery presented Immersive, an ambitious art show that filled not only Sin City’s Arts Factory space but the parking lot outside. The event’s eye-catching poster featured a Kei Kesuma work titled “Spoiled Ram”—a striking ink-and-paper illustration of a wide-eyed woman emerging from a wall of black flowers, a grinning animal […]
Sin City Gallery, 12 Inches of Sin and Modern Provocateur is featured in Calling Magazine (Turkey)
Calling Magazine features Sin City Gallery artists Nancy Good, Will Roger Peterson and Paul Butvila, as well as our 12 Inches of Sin and Modern Provocateur Manifesto in their latest publication. The article was graciously translated by artist Nanda Sharifpour. Per Sharifpour, “The article provides an introduction of the history of sex: it existed before any thing […]
Desert Companion Fall Culture Guide | Jeff Wack
KNPR’s Desert Companion features City of Angels by Jeff Wack in its Fall Culture Guide. Click the image to read the full article.
Exhibition Announcement: 12 Inches of Sin VI Invited Artists
12 Inches of Sin Liquor, Acrylic on Board, Paul Butvila (Canada) Mr. Happy, Oil on Panel, Sean Ghobad (USA) Hillary, Pencil on Matches, Mike Bell (USA) Magic Mirror On The Wall Who Is The Fairest One of All, Mixed Media Collage with Ink Additions, Nicola Filippo (USA) An Unexpected Visitor, Collage Photopolymer, Thor Sivertsen […]
One Sexologist’s Quest to Stimulate the Las Vegas Art Scene
“If there’s still a taboo around erotic art in Las Vegas, rest assured: Dr. Laura Henkel is breaking it. The curator and specialist in human sexuality helms the Sin City Gallery, which is preparing for an upcoming show of Hajime Sorayama paintings. She also runs 12 Inches of Sin, an annual juried erotic art exhibition. […]
The Power of Sex by Will Roger Peterson, Burning Man Co-founder
The annual juried exhibition 12 Inches of Sin has become a five-star smorgasbord of provocative art. Brought to us by Sin City Gallery, the much-anticipated show has emerged as an iconic must-see exhibit, complete with an accompanying annual and highly collectable art book. In this innovative setting, Dr. Henkel has taken on the challenge of […]
One Foot Foreward by Henry S. Rosenthal, Filmmaker & Art Patron
Does size really matter? It is said there are two types of people in the world: size queens and liars. For 12 Inches of Sin, the Sin City Gallery’s inaugural erotic art exhibition juried by an eclectic group of academics, perverts, and academic perverts handpicked by prominent erotologist Dr. Laura Henkel, both size and content […]
12 Inches of Sin Books | Barnes and Noble
We are happy to announce that the 12 Inches of Sin book series will be carried at Barnes and Noble. We wish to congratulate all the artists who participate in the international juried art exhibition!
12 Inches of Sin | Vegas Rated Magazine
“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
Artist Talk: Nancy Good
Join us for an evening at the gallery with artist Nancy Good. Her beautiful art is part of our exhibition Le Salon Des Refusés Du Péché and will be published in our upcoming book 12″ of Sin, Vol. IV. Good is an active member of the Las Vegas Arts Community with a long history of […]
Artist Talk: Chris Labine
Please join us at Sin City Gallery as we host an artist talk with Chris Labine Jr., a young artist who’s brilliant work was chosen as one of the finalist of our international juried art contest 12 Inches of Sin by a panel of international judges. Labine’s piece will be published on our upcoming 12 […]
