Ben Lee Ritchie Handler

MAY/JUNE 2026 IN SEARCH OF A CITY by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler — musings on the LA art world. -Jean-Michel Othoniel -"indie sleaze" -New Orleans -perks of being an aging hipster -a snake sucking its own dick + Read the full story here: /in-search-of-a-city-6/ @benleeritchiehandler

Ben Lee and Fabio

DOG IS LOVE.

He’s just the best little man. I am overwhelmed with love. So grateful.

MARCH/APRIL 2026 IN SEARCH OF A CITY by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler — musings on the LA art world. -The global art market -LA and East Bay -Steven Tyler -Los Feliz -Johnny Knoxville + Read the full story here: /in-search-of-a-city-5/ @benleeritchiehandler

FINAL TWO DAYS TO CATCH MY CURATORIAL DEBUT FOR PERROTIN!! PERROTIN PRESENTS: PAGING DR. FEELGOOD OPEN THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1–6PM MC+ Design Studio / Studio Dardo  (Former home of the original Spago restaurant) 1114 Horn Avenue, Los Angeles Isabelle Albuquerque, Theodora Allen, Devendra Banhart, Roberto Benavidez, Mattia Biagi, Nick Doyle, Sharif Farrag, FRIENDSWITHYOU, Alex Gardner, Anatole Heger, Max Hooper Schneider, Kara Joslyn, Koak, Katherina Olschbaur, Valerj Pobega, Vincent Pocsik, Jon Ray, Marty Schnapf, Chiffon Thomas, Aryo Toh Djojo, Emma Webster, Austyn Weiner 📸 @isaiahseret For better and worse, Los Angeles has long been the beating heart of both the spiritual and lascivious sides of the health and wellness movement. We specialize in medical diagnoses from higher and lower non-medical sources, unregulated, mystically-practitioned medicine with added doses of weed, meth, cocaine, botox, and filler just for fun.  PAGING DR. FEELGOOD navigates the psychic and physical avenues that define this city from the frontal lobe of the Sunset Strip; it mainlines artworks by artists who cut their teeth near the frontlines of a distinctly West Coast legacy. Housed in MC+ Design Studio, which was once the original Spago restaurant building where Wolfgang Puck served the Hollywood and artworld elite, a stone(r)’s throw from the former location of Father Yod’s Source Restaurant, just down the street from where the Manson Family ran helter skelter, the 80s hair metal bands raged all night against the dying of the light, and now botulism clinics dot the map with promises of eternal youth, the exhibition is a case study in the aesthetics of the esoterics of literal and allegorical psychedelic surgeries with heavy anesthesia. @perrotin

Justice🔥 @emma_webstah @nytimes @ladygaga , a story for the art business history books! The Friday Heaters take: if you come for the queen you best not miss⚔️❤️‍🔥 #frieze #friezeweek #artworld #artnews

PERROTIN PRESENTS: PAGING DR. FEELGOOD VERNISSAGE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7–10PM VIEWING HOURS: FEBRUARY 24 – MARCH 1, 1–6PM MC+ Design Studio / Studio Dardo  (Former home of the original Spago restaurant) 1114 Horn Avenue, Los Angeles RIDE SHARE ENCOURAGED PUBLIC PARKING AVAILABLE AT 8759-8775 SUNSET BLVD Isabelle Albuquerque, Theodora Allen, Devendra Banhart, Roberto Benavidez, Mattia Biagi, Nick Doyle, Sharif Farrag, FRIENDSWITHYOU, Alex Gardner, Anatole Heger, Max Hooper Schneider, Kara Joslyn, Koak, Katherina Olschbaur, Valerj Pobega, Vincent Pocsik, Jon Ray, Marty Schnapf, Chiffon Thomas, Aryo Toh Djojo, Emma Webster, Austyn Weiner Pictured: Marty Schnapf: The Curtain, 2021–2026; Austyn Weiner: Jab, Cross, Hook; Truth, 2026; Emma Webster: Happy Valley, 2021; Max Hooper Schneider: SWAMP PLEROMA, 2024; FRIENDSWITHYOU: Light Breeze, 2025; Theatric Scene of Advaita Vedanta–Style Baseball, 2026 (detail); Theodora Allen: The Apple and the Worm III, 2025; Isabelle Albuquerque: The Left Hand of Darkness, 2024 (detail) For better and worse, Los Angeles has long been the beating heart of both the spiritual and lascivious sides of the health and wellness movement. We specialize in medical diagnoses from higher and lower non-medical sources, unregulated, mystically-practitioned medicine with added doses of weed, meth, cocaine, botox, and filler just for fun.  PAGING DR. FEELGOOD navigates the psychic and physical avenues that define this city from the frontal lobe of the Sunset Strip; it mainlines artworks by artists who cut their teeth near the frontlines of a distinctly West Coast legacy. Housed in MC+ Design Studio, which was once the original Spago restaurant building where Wolfgang Puck served the Hollywood and artworld elite, a stone(r)’s throw from the former location of Father Yod’s Source Restaurant, just down the street from where the Manson Family ran helter skelter, the 80s hair metal bands raged all night against the dying of the light, and now botulism clinics dot the map with promises of eternal youth, the exhibition is a case study in the aesthetics of the esoterics of literal and allegorical psychedelic surgeries with heavy anesthesia. @perrotin

PAGING DR. FEELGOOD VERNISSAGE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7–10PM VIEWING HOURS: FEBRUARY 24 – MARCH 1, 1–6PM MC+ Design Studio / Studio Dardo  (Former home of the original Spago restaurant) 1114 Horn Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90069 RIDE SHARE ENCOURAGED, PARKING AVAILABLE IN SUPREME LOT Isabelle Albuquerque, Theodora Allen, Devendra Banhart, Roberto Benavidez, Mattia Biagi, Nick Doyle, Sharif Farrag, FRIENDSWITHYOU, Alex Gardner, Anatole Heger, Max Hooper Schneider, Kara Joslyn, Koak, Katherina Olschbaur, Valerj Pobega, Vincent Pocsik, Jon Ray, Marty Schnapf, Chiffon Thomas, Aryo Toh Djojo, Emma Webster, Austyn Weiner Pictured: Max Hooper Schneider: Sex, 2021; Nick Doyle: Co-Dependent Attachment, 2023; Isabelle Albuquerque: The Left Hand of Darkness, 2024; Kara Joslyn: my first bad painting, 2026; Roberto Benavidez: Bosch Beast No. 12, 2025 For better and worse, Los Angeles has long been the beating heart of both the spiritual and lascivious sides of the health and wellness movement. We specialize in medical diagnoses from higher and lower non-medical sources, unregulated and mystically-practitioned medicine with added doses of weed, meth, cocaine, botox, and filler just for fun.  PAGING DR. FEELGOOD navigates the psychic and physical avenues that define this city from the frontal lobe of the Sunset Strip; it mainlines artworks by artists who cut their teeth near the frontlines of a distinctly West Coast legacy. Housed in MC+ Design Studio, which was once the original Spago restaurant building where Wolfgang Puck served the Hollywood and artworld elite, a stone(r)’s throw from the former location of Father Yod’s Source Restaurant, just down the street from where the Manson Family ran helter skelter, the 80s hair metal bands raged all night against the dying of the light, and now botulism clinics dot the map with promises of eternal youth, the exhibition is a case study in the aesthetics of the esoterics of literal and allegorical psychedelic surgeries with heavy anesthesia.

Shocked to hear L has moved on. A true artist, a true weirdo. Grateful I was able to spend some quality time with them on this world, looking forward to seeing them in the next. May their memory be a blessing.

ROBERT THERRIEN: THIS IS A STORY at The Broad is an exquisite survey of the late, great artist’s formal, emotional, and comical sensibilities on his home turf. Not to be missed! HUGE congrats to @roberttherrienestate (@thecrittercave & @paulcherwick ), @icallitoranges , and everyone involved!!

New gig, who dis? I’m joining the incredible team at Perrotin as a Senior Director. It’s an honor to have a seat in such a storied program. Come visit me at the gallery in Los Angeles! Stay tuned… lots more exciting news to come! 📸 @child.ren #Perrotin #PerrotinLosAngeles