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STENDAHL’S WORLD: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles
A new exhibition at the Getty Research Institute of the Getty Center, Los Angeles
On View June 23–October 18, 2026
Around 1940, after decades of selling California landscapes and international Modernist works of art, Earl Stendahl transformed the market for Mexico’s antiquities in Los Angeles and beyond. Stendahl Art Galleries promoted the ancient artifacts of Mexico as art-market commodities for both museum and domestic audiences. At the same time, the gallery launched exhibitions across the United States and Europe and built on Hollywood connections to support advertising campaigns, often through product placement.
My book, Exhibitionist – Earl Stendahl, Art Dealer as Impresario, about Ron’s grandfather, will be on display, along with artifacts and documentation from the Stendahl Galleries’ long, colorful history.
Come to the GRI to have a look during the week Ron and I will be greeting visitors: June 23-26.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
April presented and signed books at:
- Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, USC
- Sotheby’s New York
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- UCLA Gold Shield Alumnae
- Pages: a bookstore, Manhattan Beach, CA
- All Saints Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills
- La Canada Presbyterian Church
- Book Soup Bookstore on the Sunset Strip
- University of San Diego
- Laguna College of Art + Design
- Chevalier’s Books, Los Angeles
- First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood
- Design Within Reach, West Hollywood
- La Casa de Maria, Montecito
- All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena
- Los Feliz Branch Library
- The Jonathan Club Library, Downtown
- Woman’s Club of Hollywood
- Hollywood Heritage Museum
- Art in the Redwoods Festival, Gualala
- Historical Collections Council of The Irvine Museum
- George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
- Assistance League of Southern California
- The estate of Laurie Harris and Richard Hecht, Montecito
- UCLA Affiliates
- Westwood Women’s Bruin Club
- Los Angeles Country Club
- Jonathan Club Art Foundation
- La Canada Women’s Club
- Pasadena Museum of History
- Friends of Ethnic Art, San Francisco
- West Hollywood Book Fair
- California Arts Council at the Bowers Museum
- Glendale City College
- Autry National Center of the American West
- UCLA Fowler Museum
- Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale
- Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena
- Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
- Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore, Gualala, CA
- Westwood Village Rotary Club
- The Beach Club, Santa Monica
At Stendahl Galleries in Hollywood:
- National Charity League
- Laguna Art Museum Historical Art Council
- Historical Collections Council, Irvine Museum
- Art Museum Council of Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Long Beach Bookies
- Los Angeles Visionaries Association
- University of Rochester Alumni
- “IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD”—A celebration of local art in a historic setting
- A Garden Party and Silent Auction to benefit HEDGEBROOK
- Bowers Museum Collectors Council
- ArtTable, Los Angeles chapter
- Los Angeles Conservancy, Modern Committee
- California Art Club
