RIVERA & RIVERA is a contemporary art gallery in West Hollywood, California, owned by Carlos A. Rivera. History The gallery opened in 2009 on the ground floor of the 1100 S. Hope Street building in Downtown Los Angeles. In 2011, the gallery moved to the West Hollywood Avenues of Arts & Design. Located on Robertson Boulevard, the gallery is housed in a two-story architectural space designed by Arata Isosaki. Erected in 1967, the space previously housed Rolling Stones Records, the Michael Kohn Gallery and most recently, the Earl McGrath Gallery. Artists The gallery exhibits mid-career and established artists of international recognition and has prominently exhibited seminal installations and international projects of artists thereafter included in important exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The gallery has helped foster the careers of influential contemporary artists, including Marquis Lewis (RETNA). In addition, the gallery has hosted a wide range of international exhibitions, from a survey of the Chicano influence on Latin Art including works from Carlos Almaraz, Frank Romero, The Date Farmers and Ismael Vargas to a survey of foreign and expatriate British artists including Tobias Keene and Pete Stern. In addition, the gallery has collaborated on the international exhibition of several urban artists, including Miles MacGregor (El Mac), Augustine Kofie, and Marquis Lewis (RETNA). The gallery has also hosted exhibits by Ray Turner. Notable Exhibitions Se Habla Espanol (2010): A survey of Chicano influence on Latin American and urban art across three decades including works from Frank Romero, Ismael Vargas, Carlos Almaraz, The Date Farmers and Vincent Valdez. Less than six months after the exhibition, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego exhibited The Date Farmers in the landmark exhibition Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape. In 2012, Carlos Almaraz's widow, Elsa Almaraz, announced the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's plans to stage a travelling retrospective of Almaraz's work in late 2014. Street Legal (2009): A survey of Los Angeles street art including works from El Mac, Retna, Kofie and Mear One. Following its critical success in Los Angeles, the exhibition travelled to Basel, Switzerland in June 2010 and Amsterdam, The Netherlands in October 2010. In March 2011, the Museum of Contemporary in Art in Los Angeles announced Art in the Streets, the first major exhibition of the history of graffiti and street art; both RETNA and Mear