About

Skidmore Contemporary Art is new to Laguna Beach, but the gallery was a mainstay of Bergamot Station in Santa Monica for 14 years. Known for presenting art with a hip sense of beauty and optimism, Lia Skidmore represents contemporary painters whose works resonate with aesthetic nuances in harmony with Southern California’s artistic traditions.

Exhibitions feature a diverse range of genres, from California plein-air landscapes and traditional figurative realism to midcentury architectural studies, pop-art-inspired realism, and contemporary photorealism rendered in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. 

In addition to the exhibition program, the gallery provides collectors with art advisory services and art market analysis for the discreet acquisition and resale of works of American Post-War and Contemporary Art.