A compelling new creative force has arrived in Palm Springs’ evolving arts scene. Marking its debut exhibition in the city’s Lofts Arts District, Orangerie Fine Art opened its doors with The California Image: Beyond the Commercial Frame, an ambitious group exhibition examining the intersection of celebrity, design, advertising, and fine art through a distinctly California lens.
As the gallery’s inaugural exhibition, the show immediately positions Orangerie Fine Art as an exciting new addition to the Palm Springs art community, bringing together artists whose work helped shape the visual language of fashion, media, portraiture, and contemporary culture.
I first discovered the gallery while visiting Mark Pellegrino’s Impell Gallery in the Lofts Arts District, when he suggested I meet his new neighbor a few doors down. Curious, I stepped into the framing shop connected to Orangerie Fine Art before meeting owner and director Jim Lande, whose warmth and enthusiasm immediately set the tone for the space. Lande graciously offered a preview of the upcoming exhibition, and it quickly became clear this was not going to be an ordinary gallery opening.
Seeing legendary celebrity photographer Greg Gorman featured so prominently in the exhibition was especially exciting. Spread throughout the gallery were remarkable prints from across Gorman’s celebrated career, bold cinematic images that instantly command attention. The collection gives the exhibition a strong center of gravity and adds an unmistakable Hollywood energy to the space.
On view through August 2026, the exhibition also features works by Gary Johns, Huntley Muir, and the late Rex Ray, whose graphic-driven compositions became synonymous with California style and modern design. Historical works by Charles Green Shaw, John Grillo, and Jack Early further connect the exhibition’s contemporary works to earlier movements in abstraction, collage, and commercial inspired art.
The exhibition explores how artists rooted in editorial photography, branding, graphic design, and commercial imagery transform those influences into deeply personal artistic expression. The result is a show that feels cinematic, sophisticated, and unmistakably tied to California’s long standing fascination with image and identity.
One of the standout works is a rare platinum print portrait of Andy Warhol photographed in Los Angeles in 1986 by Gorman. Presented as a signed and editioned platinotype, the piece captures Warhol with the stark elegance and intimacy that helped define Gorman’s iconic photographic style.
A preview reception took place yesterday, with the official opening reception this Friday, May 8, from 4 to 8 p.m. The exhibition will also be featured during the Lofts Art District Walk on May 14 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Gallery hours are Wednesdays through Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m., or by appointment.
For my information visit: www.orangeriefineart.com
610 South Belardo Rd, #500
(Lofts Art District)
Palm Springs
