Sweet Nothings by Nova May and Joel Spencer
Sweet Nothings by Nova May and Joel Spencer is an exhibition full of sugar, sex and humor. Red dots accompanied these sassy hearts as patrons secured these delightful gems for their special someone and their very own. If you are not familiar with Nova and Joel, Desert Companion featured this dynamic creative duo in its […]
Chris Bauder’s Strange Glove Entices and Intimidates
You can look but you can’t touch. The rubbery, wet-looking pieces in Chris Bauder’s “Strange Glove” solo show at Sin City Gallery ask to be interacted with, but there’s a reason the fleshy assault rifles are protected behind a glass case. He likes the idea of people wanting to interact but having to resist. Bauder […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 705 Erogenous Zone: Art Installation by Aaron Sheppard
THE 705 EROGENOUS ZONE by Aaron Sheppard is an art installation that has transformed The 705 (previously the Veteran of Foreign Wars Building) located at 705 Las Vegas Boulevard North, across the street from the Neon Museum in Las Vegas. THE 705 EROGENOUS ZONE is a vibrant homage to the incredible arts and cultural institutions located in […]
Freedom and Fluidity: The Art of Aaron Sheppard
These are inarguably sensitive times. Reality swims in a turbulent fluidity. A misstep in labels or language is a grave error, even when the rules are being written and rewritten in real time — but somewhere there’s gotta be a moment where poetic ambiguity can safely flow. In artist Aaron Sheppard’s statement for his exhibit […]
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.
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!
