Design Your Business
Have you ever thought about starting an art business, but didn’t know where to even start? Maybe you started your own business, but just don’t know how to scale more? They say it’s best to learn from someone who has done what you want to do, and I know a few things about the art […]
Remembering Bunny Yeager
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 […]
12 Inches of Sin Redux
We are very excited to announce some very big changes to 12 Inches of Sin. Due to COVID-19, we had to cancel 12 inches of Sin VIII. Although we were disappointed to do so, it did provide the opportunity to assess what was working, what was not and how could we make 12 better! A […]
Art Appraisals + Procurement
Since 2004, Laura Henkel, D.H.S. | Ph.D. has provided art appraisals of specialized art collections and libraries for charitable donation to nonprofit organizations and universities in North America. As a leading expert in the field of Erotology, Henkel is retained by collectors worldwide for the acquisition, curation, management and research of prized artifacts, ephemera and […]
Wishing Everyone Well
We are wishing everyone well during these difficult times. We had planned a couple of popup exhibitions in Las Vegas and beyond, but like everyone else, we had to navigate unchartered waters. The time to reflect has allowed us to rethink much of our programming, including 12 Inches of Sin. Excited for the juried art […]
WOOK JANG CHEUNG @ CRYSTALS
“A Long Journey” WOOK JANG CHEUNG SHOPS AT CRYSTALS AT THE ARIA Las Vegas September 15-October 13, 2015 | Extended to December 31 Sculptor Wook Jang Cheung dreams big. His sculptures of deer, camels, and elephants, which will be on display in his Las Vegas show at The Shops at Crystals, stand more than 10 […]
Gallery at New Orleans Square
We were delighted to announce that we were joining forces with Core Contemporary at New Orleans Square in the Commercial Center; however, clone technology has yet to be perfected. Laura Henkel, who is not only the gallery’s Executive Director and Curator, she is also the Managing Director of ArtCulture PR. Her ACPR clients have her traveling […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bunny’s Bombshells | Bunny Yeager
Admirers of retro aesthetics are in for a treat, as legendary “pin–up girl” photographer Bunny Yeager has her first solo show in Las Vegas at the Sin City Gallery. The exhibition, titled “Bunny’s Bombshells,” will open on Thursday, June 5 at 7:00pm at Sin City Gallery and will be displayed through July 20, 2014. […]
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
