Creating, Collaborating and the LACMA Parade

This past May, TAG Artists - Wren Sarrow, Victoria Loschuk, Elyse Wyman, Gary Polonsky, and Gina Leon-Gutiérrez- submitted a proposal, alongside hundreds of applicants, for selection to participate in the LACMA parade.

In June, invited to participate, TAG Artists worked steadily for three weeks to bring concept and vision into production.

Breath of Freedom - Lady Liberty breathes for a brighter future. Around her, illustrated vignettes of "freedom" - dancing bodies, birds, animals, figures - come to life in color rubbed over engraved plexiglass images.

Costumed in regalia inspired by the Bauhaus Metal Festival, TAG artists paid tribute to the Bauhaus artists historically featured at LACMA while parading in attire that celebrated innovation, fantasy, and imagination.

A special thanks to TAG Artists for their creative contributions and support: Pedrin Garcia, Rhonda Burton, Sharon Cannon and David Stewart Klein.

From Process to Parade

Gary Polonsky and Elyse Wyman

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) invited artists and creatives to participate in The Art Parade, a large-scale public procession on Museum Row on June 20, 2026. 

Conceived two decades ago by influential art dealer and curator Jeffrey Deitch, The Art Parade ran annually in New York's SoHo from 2005 to 2008, bringing together more than 1,000 participants each year in a creative procession that transformed the streets into a living gallery. Organized in partnership with Creative Time and Paper Magazine through Deitch Projects, the parade became a beloved community event where artists, performers, and designers created floats, placards, and spectacles that blurred the boundaries between art, performance, and public celebration.

This Los Angeles edition marked a pivotal moment in LACMA's history and for the city itself, alongside the opening of the David Geffen Galleries.

The parade invited participation from artists, musicians, performers, art students, and the city's entire dynamic creative community. It activated LACMA's campus and surrounding public space through artistic participation and shared experience, underlining LACMA's longstanding commitment to celebrating artists, presenting art in public spaces, and engaging broad and diverse audiences. This was a reimagining: a collaboration that adapts Deitch's original vision for L.A.'s unique cultural landscape.

Victoria Loschuk preparing for parading!

Victoria Loschuk and Elyse Wyman

Wren Sarrow and Victoria Loschuk

Wren Sarrow, Garry Polonsky, Victoria Loschuk, Lady Liberty, Elyse Wyman, and Gina Leon-Gutiérrez

CBS LA Features TAG in Metro D Line News Story

CBS Los Angeles features TAG in its coverage of the Metro D Line extension along Wilshire Boulevard. TAG Senior Gallerist Mark Bade is interviewed in the segment.

With major new developments such as the LACMA–Geffen Galleries on Museum Row, the Miracle Mile neighborhood continues to grow and evolve alongside the expansion of public transit in the area.

You can see the TAG clip below, and the full story HERE (CBS NEWS)

Curated feature covering ERIC RENARD'S series “The Backlight City” in Lens Magazine

TAG GALLERY is excited to announce that our Co-President, ERIC RENARD, has a curated feature covering his series “The Backlight City” in Lens Magazine, which is a leading international Fine Art Photography magazine.

Established in 2014, Lens Magazine features exclusive interviews with influential photographers, in-depth articles on photography techniques, and monthly, theme-based showcases. Based in Israel, it is published by Art Market Magazine and focuses on fine art, documentary, and contemporary photography.

“The Backlight City” focuses on life in the city, including Budapest, Porto, New York, Casablanca and Chefchaouen. With these photographs, I shoot into the light source, whether direct or reflected, and people are transformed into mysterious shadowy figures, and objects break up into   primitive shapes and lines. The silhouettes become abstractions, graphic forms with little or no details, yett we can still discern gender, age range and maybe even their purpose at that moment. The images include aspects of minimalism, street photography and architectural photography. 

Eric Renard, In the Shadows of the Champs-Élysées, Paris

2026 B&W INTERNATIONAL AWARDS: TAG Co-President ERIC RENARD Awarded Bronze Medal

TAG GALLERY is excited to announce that our Co-President, ERIC RENARD, was awarded a Bronze Medal in the 2026 B&W International Awards in the category Minimalism for his series “L.A. Minimal”.

“This series, “L.A. Minimal” explores the interplay of light, shadow, and form within the stark, unadorned beauty of black and white photography. My intention is to distill everyday scenes into their essential elements, revealing a quiet poetry in the overlooked. The subjects—a pair of seagulls mirrored on the reflective surface of the beach; the stark, geometric interruption of a diagonal wall slicing through a serene line of palm trees; a solitary cyclist navigating the stark white lines of an asphalt expanse; the abstract dance of sunlight and shadow within the mundane confines of a men’s room; and the graphic poetry of agave shadows cast upon a textured stucco wall—are chosen for their inherent graphic qualities and the subtle narratives they suggest. I invite the viewer to engage more deeply with composition, texture, and contrast, finding a profound sense of presence and contemplation in these pared-down moments.”