Tappan Collective in Los Angeles unveiled its latest group exhibition, “ELSEWHERE,” on Tuesday with a festive evening event. The show explores and expands the landscape genre, featuring works by artists including Gia Coppola, Michael Harnish, Sasha Court, Marleigh Culver, Michael DeSutter, Lisa Hardy, and Marina Ross. Founder Chelsea Nassib hosted a conversation with painter Satsuki Shibuya and CULTURED contributor Janelle Zara, drawing a crowd of cultural insiders and LA tastemakers such as entrepreneur Holly Liss Jammet, gallerist Rosa Park, and art advisor Kipton Cronkite.
The opening underscores Tappan Collective’s growing presence in the Los Angeles art scene with its brick-and-mortar gallery on Melrose Avenue. By staging a thematic group show that reimagines landscape painting alongside a public dialogue between an artist and a critic, the event highlights the gallery’s role in fostering community and discourse around contemporary art. It also reflects the ongoing vitality of LA’s gallery ecosystem and the importance of in-person gatherings for building audience engagement.