Art, gifts and gifts that are art are the jam here. Artist-designed, one-of-a-kind trophies, snow globes with the F-word inside, handmade boxes that look like hardback books and ingenious children's books that even adults will enjoy. Whimsical, practical, fun and occasionally naughty.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey attractions

1. Abbot Kinney Boulevard

0.15 MILES

Abbot Kinney, who founded Venice in the early 1900s, would probably be delighted to find that one of Venice’s best-loved streets bears his name. Sort of a…

3. Venice Reconstituted

0.33 MILES

Perhaps Venice's signature mural, it depicts an updated version of Botticelli's Birth of Venus, painted by Rip Cronk in 1989.

4. Venice Boardwalk

0.36 MILES

Prepare for a sensory overload on Venice's Boardwalk, a one-of-a-kind experience. Buff bodybuilders brush elbows with street performers and sellers of…

5. Jim Morrison Mural

0.42 MILES

Epic 30ft-high portrait of one-time Venice resident Jim Morrison of the rock band The Doors, by Rip Cronk.

6. Venice Beach Art Walls

0.44 MILES

These walls, right on the beach, have been covered by generations of graffiti artists from 1961 to the present.

8. C.A.V.E.

0.46 MILES

One of our favorite Venice galleries, it specializes in single-artist exhibitions. When we passed it hosted the works of Ralph Ziman, a South African–born…