GW Contemporary Targets Cultural Impact with Ambitious Exhibition Program
Los Angeles Times / Daily Pilot | By Andrew Turner
Celebrating its first anniversary, GW Contemporary is establishing a distinctive presence in Laguna Beach through an ambitious exhibition program that brings internationally recognized artists to Orange County while embracing the curatorial depth of an institution.
Founded by curator Genevieve Williams, formerly Director and Curator of the Honarkar Foundation and Director of Peter Blake Gallery, GW Contemporary was conceived as a platform for international contemporary art, connecting established and emerging artistic practices with new audiences.
“I’m really proud of the fact that I’m able to find these incredible artists working around the world and bring them here to Orange County,” Williams told the Los Angeles Times.
Situated opposite Laguna Art Museum, the gallery has presented exhibitions including its inaugural group exhibition, Lucent Ground: Contemporary Perspectives on Abstraction, featuring eleven international artists, and MANTRA, a solo exhibition by ceramic artist Nobuhito Nishigawara.
The gallery's latest presentation, Contained Radiance, is a solo exhibition by pioneering California Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill. Bringing together work spanning nearly six decades, the exhibition includes an immersive, site-specific installation of illuminated silica sand, vintage Light Sentences and reflective aircraft-aluminum Light Traps.
Dill personally installed the exhibition, creating an environment that responds to the gallery's architecture and explores the relationship between light, material and space.
The exhibition reflects Williams' broader vision for GW Contemporary: a commercial gallery committed not only to supporting artists and cultivating collectors, but also to presenting thoughtfully curated exhibitions that contribute meaningfully to the cultural landscape.
Laddie John Dill: Contained Radiance is on view at GW Contemporary through December 6, 2026.