Tasende Gallery

Tasende Gallery Modern and Contemporary sculpture, paintings and drawings by internationally established artists. Member of the American Association of Museums.

Tasende Gallery first opened its doors in 1979. One of the oldest galleries in San Diego, featuring a roster of internationally established artists.

08/25/2026

In just 15 years, the architectural masterpiece — newly expanded this summer — has transformed Bentonville, Arkansas, into a must-see art destination

08/24/2026

Behind a 400-foot snake wall in an Escondido park stands a mosaic warrior queen riding a five-legged eagle. ✨

Queen Califia's Magical Circle is the work of Niki de Saint Phalle, the Franco-American artist who spent her last years in San Diego County. She began it in 2000 inside Kit Carson Park. The enclosed circle is 120 feet across: eight totems, 11 to 21 feet tall, standing around a central queen surfaced entirely in mirrored glass, everything built over steel armatures and skinned in hand-cut glass, ceramic and stone.

The subject is where the state's name comes from. Califia was the warrior queen of a mythical island of gold in a 16th-century Spanish romance — the island of California — and Spanish explorers carried the name north with them until it stuck to a real coastline.

Saint Phalle died in May 2002, before it was finished. The garden opened on October 26, 2003, and it remains the only sculpture garden she ever made in the United States.

You come in through a mosaic maze, which means you cannot see a single piece of it until you are standing inside.

Is there a better way to hide something enormous than putting a wall shaped like a snake around it?

06/12/2026

David Hockney has died at age 88. His publicist said he “passed away peacefully” at home in London on Thursday, just one month away from his birthday.

Read more in the comments.

On view: Armando Romero - Paintings & Sculpture. Presentation celebrating Romero's participation in the 2026 Venice Bie...
06/10/2026

On view: Armando Romero - Paintings & Sculpture. Presentation celebrating Romero's participation in the 2026 Venice Biennale

06/10/2026

This summer, Storm King'sFirst Fridays return. Visit for free on the first Friday in June, July, and August and enjoy a slate of family-friendly programming.

On Friday, June 5 enjoy:
🌄Extended hours, open until 8pm
🛍️10% off at the Museum Store and bike rentals
🖼️Curator-led Tour
🚶‍♂Highlights Tour with President John P. Stern
🎒Young Explorer Backpacks
🐦‍⬛Golden Hour Birding

Plan your visit: https://stormking.org/events/first-fridays-free-admission-days/

Mark di Suvero, "She," 1977–78; "Pyramidian," 1987/1998. Photo by Joshua Brown

06/10/2026

A 48-hour guide to the Venice Biennale 2026, featuring the best pavilions, exhibitions, museums, and local stops to see across Venice.

06/10/2026

Can you spot the differences in these two works?

A sensitive interpreter of the human experience, Rembrandt van Rijn painted expressive studies of single figures throughout his career, conveying character through dramatic clothing and lighting.

In Rembrandt's time, students and apprentices would copy a master's work to learn painting techniques and also to expand a workshop's sales of popular images.

While both paintings shown here look identical, one is attributed to Rembrandt and the other to his apprentice.

Check the comments to see if you got it right, then catch these works in Gallery 213 before they part ways on June 9.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/49A88RD

On view.....Armando Romero - Paintings & Sculpture
05/12/2026

On view.....Armando Romero - Paintings & Sculpture

Preview this evening: Armando Romero - Paintings & Sculpture. An intimate look at the artist's work in celebration of h...
05/07/2026

Preview this evening: Armando Romero - Paintings & Sculpture. An intimate look at the artist's work in celebration of his participation at the 2026 Venice Biennale

04/30/2026

Born on this day in 1904—Willem de Kooning was one of the most celebrated and prolific draftsmen of the 20th century.

De Kooning was born and raised in Rotterdam and showed early talent in traditional drawing techniques while still in his teens. Dreaming of becoming an illustrator in the US, he stowed away on a freight ship when he was 22 and eventually arrived in New York City. There, he found work as a house painter, freelance commercial artist, and window display designer before ultimately becoming a key figure of the movement that would become known as “Abstract Expressionism.”

Join us on June 14 for the opening of “Willem de Kooning Drawing,” the first exhibition to examine the expansive drawing practice of this renowned artist.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tNmpSu

Image:

Photograph by Harry Bowden. "Willem de Kooning sitting with charcoal drawings scattered on the floor in his studio at 85 Fourth Avenue, New York," 1946.

Address

820 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA
92037

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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+18584543691

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