Exhibition · Art Angels · Los Angeles
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 27, 2026 from 7 – 9pm – On view through September 10th, 2026 Location: 318 South Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Los Angeles, CA — This August, Art Angels presents MARILYN 100, an exhibition of new paintings by acclaimed British-American artist Russell Young marking 100 years of Marilyn Monroe. The exhibition is the Los Angeles chapter of Young’s yearlong centennial tribute, a global program of exhibitions, new artworks, and exclusive events created in collaboration with the Marilyn Monroe Estate and Authentic Brands Group (Authentic), steward of Monroe’s legacy, alongside premier lifestyle partners. There is no more fitting stage for this tribute than Los Angeles, the city where Norma Jeane became Marilyn, and where her image was first projected onto the world. At Art Angels, Young debuts new paintings from the MARILYN 100 series, created with full access to the Marilyn Monroe Estate’s archives, presented alongside a broader survey of works spanning the artist’s career-long meditation on fame, glamour, and the American Dream. Marilyn Monroe was one of the first celebrities to become an image, defining the visual vocabulary of the 20th century. Andy Warhol’s 1962 Marilyn Diptych cemented her as a pop icon and an enduring commentary on fame, the construction of self, and media saturation; themes that continue to define contemporary culture. Young, who owns a printmaking press once used by Warhol, carries that legacy into the 21st century with hand-pulled silk screen paintings that hold an eternal mirror to American culture. Young’s Monroe paintings capture “a time and place when the world watched on as the American Dream appeared to dramatically unravel,” and his distinct, evocative treatment of her image reflects both the turbulence of her era and the ongoing cultural obsession that continues to shape how we see fame today. Described as a “voluntary keeper and interpreter of some of the most captivating and subversive…