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The G2 Gallery is a Venice, Los Angeles, California-based nature and wildlife photography gallery.

History/Information
The G2 Gallery was founded in March 2008 by Susan and Daniel Gottlieb. All proceeds from art sales are donated to environmental and animal welfare causes. To date, The G2 Gallery has donated over $700,000 to such causes. The G2 Gallery presents traveling exhibitions and curated original content by gallery director Jolene Hanson. The G2 Gallery also hosts artist receptions and presentations, environmental speakers, fundraisers, community events, and private events. Prior to opening, The G2 Gallery was adapted to meet Green Building standards and is Arts:Earth Partnership certified. The G2 Gallery is a member of The LAX Coastal Chamber, The Venice Chamber of Commerce and The Green Chamber of Commerce.

Ansel Adams Collection
The exhibition "Ansel Adams: Open to the Public" showing from February 21-May 13, 2012 serves as The G2 Gallery's first full-scale display of Adams' work and explores his "desire to have his work accessible to the public at large vis-à-vis his work to promote the National Parks lands as common ground for Americans."

The G2 Gallery began acquiring Adams' works in 2010, and today has over 20 signed, original works by the artist, including: Mount Williamson (1945), Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park (1948) and "Portfolio Two: The National Parks & Monuments."

Selected Exhibitions
Feb 21–May 13, 2012. Ansel Adams: Open to the Public. Benefiting the Sierra Club.

Jan 10–Feb 19, 2012. Visions of America, solo exhibit featuring Clyde Butcher. Benefiting the World Wildlife Fund.

May 10–June 19, 2011. Ocean Wild solo exhibit featuring Brian Skerry. Benefiting Heal the Bay.

Feb 15–March 27, 2011. Boreal Future: Our Last Great Forest and the Threat of the Tar Sands, solo exhibit featuring Garth Lenz. Benefiting the Sierra Club.

Aug 17–Sept 10, 2010. Nature LA: Carolyn Cole, featuring images from the Gulf oil spill.

Jan 5–Feb 7, 2010. Borderlands presented with the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Sept 22–Nov 8, 2009. Robert Turner: Rare Places in a Rare Light.

April 7–May 17, 2009. Galen Rowell: A Retrospective. Benefiting the Galen Rowell Foundation.

Sept 18– Nov 30, 2008. A Life Well Lived: 40 Years in the Making by Robert Glenn Ketchum.

June 5– Sept 14, 2008. Boundless Vision Featuring: Jack Dykinga, Frans Lanting, Thomas D. Mangelsen, David Muench, Marc Muench, Jim Stimson, and Larry Ulrich. Benefiting Venice Art Walls.

The G2 Gallery’s inaugural exhibit Art and Nature: Thomas D. Mangelsen.