Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Nina Simone. British pop artist Russell Young has made these iconic women—“all activists, humanitarians and rebellious by nature,” he says—the subject of paintings based on photographs. Screen-printed on linen and treated with his diamond-dust technique, the images invoke the mythic power of stardom. —L.J.

Russell Young: Femme Fatale
Arts Angels Gallery
9020 Beverly Blvd, Unit B, West Hollywood, CA 90048
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