Art Talk
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Architecture and Art in 1970's LA and Now
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp finds an important connections in "Everything Loose Will Land" at MAK and "Larry Bell" at Frank Lloyd Gallery.
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Happy Days, and Hours, Are Here Again
Edward Goldman rounds up the good news this month for American museums on both coasts.
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Boogie with Ryan Heffington in KTCHN
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is dancing to a different drummer after watching the art inspired dance installation.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?of Museums
Edward Goldman reflects on architectural issues for LACMA and MOCA, while visiting two Los Angeles exhibitions.
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Alexis Smith's 'Second Nature' at Craig Krull Gallery
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is happy to see Alexis Smith take on the subject of landscape painting with a twist.
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The Adorable, Weird and Somewhat Scary World of Gary...
Edward Goldman is a guest of Gary Baseman at the Skirball Center and visits the Francois Ghebaly Gallery.
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Paris Photo Comes to LA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp applauds the mix of galleries showing photography and contemporary art together.
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Paris Photo-LA: Lights, Camera, Action
Edward Goldman haunts the Paris Photo art fair at Paramount Studios and visits Urs Fischer at MOCA.
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Urs Fischer at MOCA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp finds the Swiss artist to be rowdy and refreshing, for the most part.
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In the Art Ring: Newcomer Artist vs. Heavyweight Champion
Edward Goldman visits two prized artistic contenders at the LA Louver and Blum Poe galleries.
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Overdrive at the Getty and Stephen Prina at LACMA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp likes the Getty's focus on architecture especially the show on R.M. Schindler by artist Stephen Prina.
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Los Angeles, a Giraffe of a City
Edward Goldman reflects on the strange beast that is Los Angeles at the Getty Center's "Overdrive" exhibition.
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Kim McCarty Paints!
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp recommends an opportunity to meet, even paint with, the artist and buy her work to benefit the museum.
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The Dangerous and Seductive Beauty of Descanso Gardens
Edward Goldman takes in the blossoms at Descanso Gardens and visits its Sturt Haaga Gallery.
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The Night Gallery and Laura Owens
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp says that Laura Owens has guts, in her own show downtown and the show she helped organized at Night Gallery.
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The MOCA Trustees Woke Up and Smelled the Coffee, at Last
Edward Goldman reports some happy news from MOCA's trustees and visits Blum Poe's current exhibition.
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South of LA: Crazy, Messy and Endlessly Delightful
Edward Goldman heads south of LA, visiting the Orange County Museum of Art and the Laguna Art Museum.
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Peter Paul Rubens and 'Man in a Korean Costume' at the...
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the many questions raised by Rubens' 1617 drawing and the small exhibition about it.
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Escape to Santa Barbara, Malibu and Oxnard
Edward Goldman makes the trip to several museum exhibitions north of Los Angeles.
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Ain't Painting a Pain
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp thinks Richard Jackson's work is more pleasure than pain.
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One Luxury Billionaire Collectors Cannot Afford
Edward Goldman offers his advice to today's billionaire art collectors.
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Opie, Opie Everywhere
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about three shows of Catherine Opie's photographs that underscore her diverse accomplishments.
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The Hammer's Perfect Trifecta
Edward Goldman looks at the Hammer's current track record of excellent exhibitions.
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Llyn Foulkes Retrospective at the Hammer
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about one of LA's most original artists and his performance on The Machine on Tuesday night.
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From the Sublime to the Hauntingly Ridiculous
This week, Edward Goldman highlights a famous Vermeer in town and a retrospective of artist Llyn Foulkes.
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Valentine's Day in Chinatown
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp finds Lust Letters and Annie Sprinkle at the Chung King Road Galleries while the Vogels' art is at MOCA.
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When Art Critics Get It Wrong
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward reflects on times when he's changed his mind about an artwork, and whether, maybe, that's a good thing.
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Once Wild, Now Beloved: The Rite of Spring Is Back
Edward Goldman reflects on the hundredth anniversary of The Rite of Spring and its upcoming performance in Los Angeles.
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It's the End of the World for Jack Pierson
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the impact of words writ large at Regen Projects.
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Frank Gehry?s Fish Lamps Make a Splash at Gagosian...
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp recalls Rebecca?s restaurant in Venice, Gehry?s first fish lamps and her own octopus chandelier.
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The Artist as Magician and Trickster
Over the last weekend, I saw and admired the work of three artists, whom I would describe as magicians and tricksters.
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Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow at the Huntington
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is impressed by the contemporary art on display in the 19th century mansion of the Huntingtons
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An Art Remedy For Your Cold
Edward visits works on loan to the Getty and Norton Simon in search of a remedy to his New Year?s cold.
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Jordan Wolfson's Raspberry Poser at Redcat
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp and Lisa Napoli drop by Redcat gallery for full immersion into a multi-media installation.
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Back to the Future: 2013
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp offers a glimpse of highlights in the first half of the coming year.
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Highlights of 2012
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp says it has been an exceptional year at LACMA but don't miss the paintings by Giotto at the Getty.
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Falling for Dr. Strangelove...
Edward Goldman reconsiders his feelings about film exhibitions after visiting LACMA's "Stanley Kubrick."
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The French are Coming: Lost (in LA)
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the France/Los Angeles dialogue at the Municipal Art Gallery.
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The United States: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Edward Goldman takes a bird's-eye view of the American museum scene.
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MOCA and USC? Paul Schimmel and Mike Kelley.
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp muses on the good and bad news concerning MOCA in 2012.
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This Anna Karenina Is Unhappy in Her Own Spectacular Way
Edward Goldman discusses Joe Wright's "Anna Karenina" from the perspective of an art critic.
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'No Strangers' at the Annenberg Space for Photography
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp gives thanks for the ancient wisdom of the cultures photographed for this exhibition.
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One Way to Save the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes
Edward Goldman proposes an artful solution to the battle over Santa Monica's Nativity scenes.
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Marco Brambilla and Ben Jones
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the video art of Marco Brambilla and Ben Jones.
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Invasion of Saints and Angels
Edward Goldman recommends visiting the exceptional Caravaggio and Giotto exhibitions currently at LACMA and the Getty.
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Blues for Smoke at MOCA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp finds the blues uplifting in MOCA curator Bennett Simpson's sprawling exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary.
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A Vortex of Images: Mysterious, Challenging, and Very...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman visits several promising exhibitions and considers artistic determination.
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Drawing Surrealism at LACMA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp says that drawing was an essential tool in revealing the unconscious to Surrealists.
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Smoking Art in Downtown LA
Edward Goldman reassures us that reports of the demise of the Downtown art scene have been greatly exaggerated.
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Michael Asher: July 15, 1943 - October 15, 2012
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp recalls the art and legacy of one of LA's great Conceptual artists
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Looking Straight at the President, the War and Ourselves
With presidential debates dominating the national conversation, Edward looks for someplace to give him a sense of peace and beauty.
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Chris Burden's Quasi-Legal Skyscraper
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the artist's small skyscraper in Pasadena.
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Artists Who Know How to Tell a Good Story
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman discusses good artists who are also engaging and provocative speakers.
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5:50pm-The Photographs of Ray Metzker and the Institute...
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses the influence of the Institute of Design's Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Ray Metzker. (Special time: 5:50pm)
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Art and Presidential Debates, Never the Twain Shall Meet
Edward Goldman wonders why art is a forbidden subject in the presidential debates.
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Painting the Void
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp says that Schimmel's departure leaves a real void at MoCA.
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The Paris-Los Angeles Art Affair
Edward Goldman talks about a love affair between Paris and LA.
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Art Fairs Here, There, Everywhere!
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp previews Art Platform in Santa Monica, Frieze in London and FIAC in Paris, all opening in the next three weeks.
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Good Art, like Precious Stones, Needs a Great Setting
Stealing from Gertrude Stein, Edward claims that wherever and whenever we see it, "good art is good art is good art," but still, the presentation is important.
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Ken Price: Sculptor at LACMA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the completely original art of an artist of the 1960's Ferus gallery.
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LA Art Scene on Fire: Opening of the New Season
Edward Goldman runs all over town, getting drunk on art.
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Steve Roden and John Cage
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp and Lisa Napoli talk about John Cage and his lasting influence on artists such as Steve Roden.
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18th C. Artist Captures Cultural Embarrassments of Our...
Edward Goldman talks about the 18th Century portraits that echo his feelings about the cultural and political events of today.
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Motoi Yamamoto's Saltworks
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses Motoi Yamamoto's Saltworks at Loyola Marymount University's Laband Art Gallery.
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The Painful Beauty of Alison Saar's Stories
Edward Goldman admits that the enigmatic works of Los Angeles-based artist Alison Saar startle, disturb and attract him in equal measure.
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Cool Art in the Scorching Heat
Edward Goldman talks about cool art exhibitions to visit to escape the scorching heat.
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Xavier Veilhan's Architectones at Neutra's VDL House
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the French artist Xavier Veilhan's sculptures in Neutra's own house in Silverlake
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Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
Edward pays tribute to art critic Robert Hughes and collector William Randolph Hearst.
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Amanda Ross-Ho: Teeny Tiny Woman
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about a complex yet engaging installation at MoCA Pacific Design Center.
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Should Art Schools Ignore the Art Market?
Edward talks about the exhibition of MFA graduates from the leading Southern California art schools, where most of the works come across as seriously undercooked.
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Katy Grannan, Charlie White and Zoe Crosher at LACMA
There has been much chat about celebrity culture and the museums of late but a different, more critical, take on that equation is on view at LACMA in The Sun and Other Stars: Katy Grannan and Charlie White.
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Inspired Madness
Edward Goldman talks about the insane spectacle of the Venice Beach Biennial and thirty-one Kamikaze Exhibits in Downtown LA.
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Claire Falkenstein's Expanding Universe
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp speaks about the work of an under appreciated modern sculptor..
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Paul Schimmel vs. Goliath
Edward Goldman reflects on recent crises at MOCA and wonders what it takes to be a truly wise museum trustee.
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Biennial Goes to the Boardwalk
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp chats about the upcoming Venice Beach Biennial.
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What Would Catherine the Great Say?
The Rock has arrived! Edward finally experiences Michael Heizer's long-awaited Levitated Mass.
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Gustav Klimt: The Magic of Line at Getty Museum
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze drawings at the Getty and the Ninth Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Pilgrimage for Art and Food in the Mid-Pyrenees
WEB EXCLUSIVE: In the Mid-Pyrnes Edward goes on a pilgrimage to experience French art, history and gastronomy.
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Jack Goldstein x 10,000 at the Orange County Museum of...
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the brilliant and tragic career of Jack Goldstein.
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Paul McCarthy and Son at The Box
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp dissects the rebel, dabble, babble of Paul and Damon McCarthy and James Franco as patron.
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You Like It, You Like It Not
Edward shares some of the comments--thumbs up and thumbs down?that you sent in response to a few of the latest shows.
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Karl Haendel's Informal Family Blackmail
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp goes to Susanne Vielmetter Projects to see a show about fathers, sons and much more
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Methinks the Lady Doth Protest Too Much
LA has given NY a run for its money as the art capital of the world. But when the Hammer Biennial echoes the same sentiment it feels as if the lady doth protest too much.
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Sharon Lockhart-Noa Eshkol at the LA County Museum of Art
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about Lockhart's filmic collaboration with the late Israeli choreographer.
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White House Reduced: Invasion of Bad Art
Edward Goldman rants about bad art invading the White House.
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Art of Violence, Violence of Art
Edward Goldman discusses the exhibitions of two Los Angeles artists whose favorite subject is extreme violence.
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Land Art at MOCA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp says the earth moves in new show of international land art.
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Bizarre and Delightful
Economy be damned, the Los Angeles art scene is sizzling.
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Baldessari's Double Bill
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp recommends John Baldessari's new art made from art.
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Art Treasures, Yours for the Asking
Parents know the importance of hanging colorful toys over their baby's crib to stimulate the child's growing brain. What is the perfect toy to stimulate the adult brain?
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You Don't Know Jack, at Katherine Cone Gallery
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the contributions of Jack Brogan who fabricated much of the plastic sculpture of the 1960's.
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For Whom the Munch Screams? It Screams for Thee
Two stories that made the front-page news last week: one about art and an obscene amount of money, the other about the shameful treatment of a political dissident in China.
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Alexander Calder at L&M Arts
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses the work of Alexander Calder with his grandson Sandy Rower.
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Medicine for Your Eyes
Edward Goldman talks about the importance of having really good art displayed in hospitals, as much needed medicine for the eyes and for the soul.
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The Painting Factory: Abstraction after Warhol
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp reviews Jeffrey Deitch's new show at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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The Vagina Dialogues
Edward Goldman muses about the new show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and how much chutzpah it takes to go head to head with the past.
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Nature Painting at the Municipal Art Gallery
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp honors Earth Day with a look at three different kinds of realist painting.
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When Theater Stage Embraces Cutting Edge Art
Edward Goldman dreams about a major museum show dedicated to the visual magic of stage design at its best.
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Daido Moriyama at LACMA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses the erotics of Moriyama's photographs.
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Beauty and the Beast
Over the weekend, Edward Goldman drove a few hundred miles in search of beauty and the beast. He stumbled upon them both. The experience was sublime as well as riveting.
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Pedro E. Guerrero: Photographs of Modern Life
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the remarkable Mexican-American photographer and his relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright and Alexander Calder.
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Lecturing, Instead of Making Love to Aphrodite
Edward Goldman visits the Getty exhibition celebrating the goddess Aphrodite, and compares it to the LACMA exhibition of ancient Mexican art.
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From Pasadena to Santa Barbara
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp wraps up Pacific Standard Time with an exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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Mel Bochner's Theory of Sculpture: Fontana's Light
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is taken by the use of Murano glass in these works of Conceptual art.
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Plunging into Amsterdam's Art World
Edward Goldman plunges headfirst into the Amsterdam art scene; exploring, tasting and inhaling it 24/7.
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LACPS and the Politics of Community
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp recalls the impact of a scrappy organization supporting photography in the 70's and 80's.
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Great Art for Deep Pockets
Edward Goldman is just back from Holland, jet-lagged and still drunk on all the art he saw at the TEFAF Maastricht Art and Antiques Fair.
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Blowing Things Up at MOCA
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks to Lisa Napoli about Cai Guo-Qiang's show at Mathaf in Doha, Qatar and at MOCA, Los Angeles.
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Art: Good, Bad and Ugly...
(Special 4:44 broadcast) Edward Goldman on a great new show in Orange County, two good exhibitions closer to home and an embarrassing new likeness of our former governor.
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Richard Diebenkorn
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp admires the Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park paintings at the Orange County Museum of Art.
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Gernreich Had Everything Oscar Needs: Creativity,...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman wishes someone would bring back genius designer Rudi Gernreich, featured in a new MOCA show. Then Oscars fashion would be less of a bore.
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Mono-Ha Revisited
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is thrilled by the work of Lee Ufan and other Mono-Ha artists at Blum Poe.
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Knicks Player's Ball Crosses Over into Arts?
Edward Goldman wonders if "Linsanity" has invaded the arts, and congratulates the Huntington Library on its exciting recent acquisitions.
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Kienholz before LACMA at L.A. Louver
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is excited about Kienholz before LACMA, a show of assemblage from 1957-1964 at L.A. Louver Gallery.
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Die for Art; Art to Die For
Edward Goldman talks about the tragic life and complicated art of the obscure Polish artist, Alina Szapocznikow.
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Artistic Execution of 'Dear Leaders'
Edward Goldman talks about an exhibition he saw over the weekend that made him, at least for a moment, forget about all the imperfections of the world.
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Surrealism at LACMA, Gingrich to the Moon
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman talks about Frida Kahlo beating the boys, Ed Kienholz's raw, still-relevant early work and whether Newt will take him along to the moon.
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He Sold Us Sharks, Diamonds and Spots. Brooklyn Bridge...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman recounts his weekend adventures, which included dry ice pyramids, a snake of jumpsuit-clad bodies in Baldwin Hills, and Damien Hirst's notorious spots.
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Ellsworth Kelly in Los Angeles
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp on Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings, up at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through April 22, 2012.
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Sunday on the Riviera with Jean
Edward Goldman recalls a breathtaking visit to the French Riviera that convinced him of artist, writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau's true brilliance.
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The Real McCoy
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Which Is the Prettiest Fair...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman talks about Chris Burden's breathtaking, soon-to-debut sculpture at LACMA and the mad world of art fairs descending on the city.
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It Happened at Pomona, Part 2
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about William Wegman, Allen Ruppersberg, William Leavitt and others shown by Helene Winer at Pomona College Museum in the early 70s.
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Big, Steely, Shiny and, Thank God, It?s Not Jeff Koons
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman talks about a new sculpture on La Brea, imposing, steely and, hopefully, a sign of things to come.
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Ceramic Art Surveyed at AMOCA in Pomona
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses Millard Sheets, Peter Voulkos and ceramics in Southern California.
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The Most Memorable Art of This Year
Text and images to follow!
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MEX/LA: Mexican Modernism(s) in Los Angeles 1930-1985
Mex/LA: ?Mexican? Modernism(s) in Los Angeles, 1930-1985 at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach through Feb. 5, 2012.
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Is It Eifel Tower In My Window, or Too Much Vodka Last...
Edward Goldman travels through Paris, taking you to must-see art exhibitions, a fantastically renovated museum space and one not-so-fantastic new museum
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Video Art in Long Beach
A retrospective of video art from around the world highlights the role of the Long Beach Museum of Art.
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Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses an exhibit chronicling the history of printmaking in LA, showcasing work produced at Tamarind, Gemini and Cirrus in the 1960s and 70s.
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Manhattan on My Mind
Edward Goldman discusses his recent trip to New York and the show-stopping exhibitions he saw, including surprising, tour de force gallery shows by two L.A. artists.
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The Passion of Kenneth Anger
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They're Big, They're Heavy and, Boy, They're Gorgeous!!!
Edward Goldman shares his annual gift list, which includes a few deliciously heavy biographies and a smart selection of art books bound to impress friends and relatives.
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A Picture Worth 1000 Words
Edward Goldman shares listeners' responses to his recent commentary on Marina Abramovic and the MOCA Gala...
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Glenn Ligon at LACMA
Art critic Hunter Drohojowska-Philp looks at Glenn Ligon: America, currently on view at LACMA.
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PST: 'Doin' It' at Otis
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp shares her thoughts on "Doin' it in Public: Feminism and Art at the Women's Building," the Pacific Standard Time exhibit now at the Otis Gallery.
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When Art and Sex Stare Back at You
Edward Goldman reports from the annual MOCA Gala, an extravagant one-night circus-like event spiced with a lot of art, sex and nudity..
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The Black Monks of Mississippi
Special to Art Talk: KCRW's Lisa Napoli interviews artist Theaster Gates about The Black Monks of Mississippi.
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In These Gods We Trust
Edward Goldman reviews a new exhibition at the Getty Villa that explores the deep connection between Ancient and Modern art.
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PST: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken at the Armory
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp explores the experimental photography of Robert Heinecken and Wallace Berman, now on view at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena.
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Culture Clash, Spirit Unbroken and Attitude Galore
Edward Goldman reviews the latest exhibition by Gajin Fujita at LA Louver Gallery and Chuck Close at Blum Poe Gallery...
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PST: Now Dig This!
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp takes us to UCLA's Hammer Museum for Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980.
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Happy Memories Are Here Again
A few weeks ago, in my Art Talk, I shared with you the story of an unusual collaboration between Ed Ruscha and Joe Goode that took place in the late 1980's. The project...
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LA Art from Nixon to Reagan: PST's 'Under the Big Black...
For weeks, I've been talking about Los Angeles art of the 1960's, art made of light and colored plastic, even Pop art, art produced during period of prosperity in Southern California...
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Art, Sex, and Rock 'N' Roll
Have you ever seen a first-rate theater performance, sitting front and center, close to the stage? That's how I felt walking through the smart, captivating, and elegantly installed...
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PST's 'Artistic Evolution:' Art among the Dinosaurs
Before the Museum of Contemporary Art, even before the L.A. County Museum of Art, large art exhibitions in this city were held at what was then called the Museum of Natural Science...
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PST's 'Phenomenal: Light and Space in San Diego'
In the 1960's, artists everywhere were experimenting with ways to move beyond the traditional disciplines of painting and sculpture. In Southern California, many of them...
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Is It a Bird, Is It a Plane? No, It's Ed Ruscha!
Okay, make fun of me. With hundreds of Pacific Standard Time exhibitions ? or is it thousands? ? non-stop, 24/7, all over town, I desperately needed an escape....
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Portrait of LA by City's Better Angels
Just in time for an explosion of exhibitions in museums and galleries all over Southern California, two new art fairs were launched in LA last week...
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PST at the Getty
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Dressed to Kill For
For us, Angelinos, intrigued by the city?s ever-changing art scene, this week will test our endurance... There are major exhibitions opening at four different museums plus...
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Art at the Edge: Pomona
Pacific Standard Time is far flung affair and last week I drove to east to check out the show at Pomona College Museum of Art...
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Dark, Sexy, Provocative. The Choice Is Yours
You probably heard the joke that one cannot be too thin or too rich. To which I usually like to add, with a wink, that one cannot have too much good art either....
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PST: Beatrice Wood and Craig Kauffman
Art Critic Hunter Drohojowska-Phil reviews Beatrice Wood and Craig Kauffman, both in Santa Monica.
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Young Men and a Lot of Chocolate
In the art world, the beginning of September is a time when bells start ringing, announcing the opening of the autumn season...
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Three Pacific Standard Time Exhibits at LACMA
Hunter Drohojowsk-Philp reviews three exhibits currently on view at LACMA as part of Pacific Standard Time.
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Be Warned: This Art Makes You Want to Throw Up
Powerful works of art inevitably inspire and surprise. They stir up emotions and, on occasion, even make you indignant and uncomfortable. But to make you want to throw up...?
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Do Museums Love Themselves More Than They Love Art?
One of the most despicable things that can happen to a great work art, beyond destruction caused by some terrible calamity, is to be willfully cut in pieces for the greedy purpose...
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Twelve Angry Heads
In the last decade, the name of Chinese sculptor Ai Weiwei has become known not only to the art connoisseurs but to a wide public as well...
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When Showing Off Is the Name of the [Art] Game
For the last couple of months, friends and colleagues returning from New York kept raving about one particular exhibition, the one at the Metropolitan Museum...
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The Road to Art Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
You've probably seen photos of aspiring actors standing on streets in endless lines, waiting for a chance to audition for a role, no matter how small...
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The Majesty of Lucian Freud
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Art Around the Clock, Carmageddon Be Damned
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Art has unique power to inspire, to heal and, sometimes, even to triumph over such daunting obstacles as Carmageddon...
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Music to Your Eyes
Okay, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to a young lady I've been in love with for as long as I remember myself. Not only is she charming and pretty, but...
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With Art, There's No Rest for the Wicked
When Russians try to talk sense into an impatient, restless person, they say, "For heaven's sakes, slow down! It seems like you are sitting on a nail!"...
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It Takes Chutzpah to Compete with Great Artists of the...
Compared to the US, everything in Europe seems so close. It took me less than an hour to get from Antwerp to Amsterdam by speed train...
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Traveling for Art and Eating Well
Summer is upon us, and many of you are probably traveling. Like everyone else, planning a trip, I ask my smart, artsy friends for advice: what to see and what to eat....
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Visiting the Belgium Trifecta of Bruges, Ghent and...
Trust me, it's not Lady Godiva chocolate or the amazing variety of beers that made me go to Belgium twice in the last five months. In January, I was invited to Brussels...
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In a Dark Room. Intoxicated.
My recent trip to Europe ended up in Barcelona... About fifty art dealers from around the world gathered there for Loop, an annual video art fair....
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Deathly Fascinating
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In Belgium. High on Art.
It's 6 o'clock. I am waiting for a plane and staring in disbelief at the bold, colorful posters of Kandinsky, Sam Francis and Howard Hodgkin ? of all places ? on the walls of MacDonald's...
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The Best and the Worst: The Choice Is Yours
My last program with a reference to the art of super-famous Jeff Koons as "Shiny, Bubbly and Boring..." hit a nerve with listeners. I got quite a lot of responses to this program and you might want to read them on KCRW's website. Here are a few of my favorites...
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Shiny, Bubbly and Boring?It Must Be Jeff Koons
Being the student of contemporary art, it?s not difficult to notice the relatively short time in which the rich and famous buy and then put these toys back on the market?
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Luxury vs. Squalor: The Choice Is Yours
The story starts in the beautifully appointed room, where a lady of leisure is rolling up her stockings and tying them, just above the knees, with a pink ribbon...
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Art! Behaving!! Badly!!!
Last week, in the industrial heart of Downtown L.A., thousands of people were confronted with art and artists behaving badly. Big time. Graffiti and litter...
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The Art of Twisting and Turning Reality as We Know It
Strolling through the gardens of the Huntington Library makes me feel as if I am walking through the elaborate set design of a Shakespeare play..
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Brutal and Delicate: Artists Throw Punches
Looking at the schedule of art exhibitions here and abroad, one is tempted to say that all roads today lead not to Rome but to David Smith (1906-1965)...
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It Sure Isn't Pretty, but Boy Is It Beautiful
If you had a chance to see paintings by Henry Taylor a couple of years ago at the Santa Monica Museum of Art...you definitely would remember the overwhelming impact of the gritty street scenes with their downtown denizens, captured by him so colorfully, so mercilessly but, ultimately, so lovingly on his large canvases...
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These Saints and Rascals Look Familiar
The forecast for last weekend was rather grim, so I was crossing my fingers and praying that the group of art aficionados I was scheduled to lead on an art tour in downtown L.A. would not be caught in a storm. Somehow, my prayers were heard...
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Impossible, Implausible Story of 'The Desert of...
This is a story that is almost too good to be true. The story of a young artist who dedicated and virtually sacrificed his life to save the art of hundreds of other artists he admired...
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Getty's Turner Is Another Jewel in LA's Crown
Last summer, when the Getty placed the highest bid ? $45 million ? at London auction, for the rare and beautiful landscape by J.M.W. Turner, many skeptics, including myself, were understandably pessimistic about the chance that this great painting would ever be allowed to leave the shores of England...
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Hollywood: Art and Oscars
I wonder if the less than stellar results of the last Oscars, with its low voltage and sagging viewership, will make the Hollywood weasels ? clearly in need of help and inspiration ? turn to the world of Art...
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Great Art Inspired by Homer and Cartoons
However strange it might sound, there is something in common between visiting a particularly good art exhibition and going to that special restaurant for a great dinner with friends. In both cases, the moment you enter the premises, you are charmed and slightly seduced.
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Be Warned: You Can't Operate a Vehicle After Watching...
Generally speaking, I do not have an addictive personality. Anyway, I?m not a smoker or heavy drinker. But when I feel like getting high, I head to the nearest museum or gallery, or at least grab an art book off of a coffee table.
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Welcome to a Big, Small, Strange World of Art
It's not that often that one can find art related news on the front page of American newspapers, except when a big time scandal rattles the status quo. In 1990, the director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati was put on so-called "obscenity" trial for exhibiting provocative photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. Now, Mapplethorpe's name is once again front-page news, but this time it marks a happy occasion...
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Fairs, Fairs on the Wall, Which Is Prettiest of Them All?
So, ladies and gentlemen, this is the time of the year when all of you, art lovers, must put on running shoes and make a mad dash around town. Once again, the month of January is crowded in L.A. with art fairs that bring here hundreds of art dealers from the United States and abroad, all of them eager to spread before you thousands of paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos ? you name it...
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William Eggleston: Prince of Melancholy
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Trying to Undo the Whitewashing
Last week's program, American Museums: All Talk, No Walk, addressed the issue of the latest artistic censorship, when two leading American museums were intimidated by controversy caused by art they put on display. I didn't expect to do a follow up to this program, but so many of you placed comments on the Art Talk page of the KCRW website...that I decided, with your help, to try to undo the whitewashing done by MOCA and the Smithsonian.
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From New York, Crazy with Art
In a short program like this, there is no way to do justice to the New York art scene that I plunged head first into last week. The week after Thanksgiving is my favorite time to go there: museums and galleries are putting their best foot forward, and theaters and concert halls follow the same trend. So if you are thinking of visiting the Big Apple, here is a haiku review of the best that I saw and experienced there...
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Great Art Books to Give This Holiday Season
To make your life a little bit easier during the Christmas frenzy, here is a wonderful array of art books to give as holiday gifts. Trust me, your friends and family will be amused and entertained...
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A Delicious Art Spread for Your Thanksgiving Weekend
Have you ever heard the expression, "An exhibition a day keeps the devil away?" Ok, I made it up, but in a nutshell, that sums up my religious philosophy. And that's why, for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, I want to present you with a whole spread of delicious art exhibitions that should keep the devil away for the entire week...
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All's Well that Ends Well...with a Gala at MOCA
Probably many of you would agree that we are living in a rather cynical age, and that's why it's so inspiring to witness the miracle of resurrection. And no, I'm not talking about the story of Jesus. I'm talking about MOCA, our Museum of Contemporary Art, which last year swiftly rose from the ashes thanks to the tremendous support of Los Angeles artists, collectors, and especially the generosity of LA philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad...
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Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
Keep us, Lord, from losing close friends...those are the words of a Russian poet lamenting the loss of dear friends. In Russian, it goes like this: "Teryat druzei gospod ne prevedi." But somehow, when departed friends happen to be good artists, their spirit continues to live on in their art, and for those of us left behind, it's welcome consolation...
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MOCA Celebrates the Creative Spirit of LA
I am very tempted today to honor L.A.'s 30-year-old Museum of Contemporary Art, which thinks of itself as the ?Artist's Museum,' by simply reading -- with much respect and admiration -- the names of all 140 artists whose works are presented in the ambitious new exhibition occupying both of its downtown venues, MOCA Grand Avenue and the Geffen Contemporary. But going through this roster would take all the time and space allotted for Art Talk. Instead, I want to extend my sincere...
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Demise or Rebirth for KCET?
The recent announcement that KCET, L.A.?s flagship public television station, cut its ties to PBS as a result of a protracted financial dispute with the network, was met with disbelief. You could hear the outcry: What would happen to the innocent children -- all those little angels in our city -- deprived of their beloved Sesame Street? And how will aging Baby Boomers manage without their Antiques Roadshow and News Hour? But come now, dry your tears and rest assured: KOCE, the Orange...
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The Diminishing Role of Museums in Today's Art World
After the five long, tortuous years that it took Italian authorities to make their dubious case against former Getty Museum antiquities curator Marion True, the trial is over -- at last. It didn't prove either the curator's innocence or the validity of the prosecutors' claim that True knowingly acquired for the Getty numerous ancient artifacts which had been illegally excavated and then smuggled out of Italy. In an all-too-familiar example of excruciating Italian bureaucracy, the criminal...
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A Lovely Stew of Fashion and Nudity, Plus a Dash of...
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Whether in scorching heat or foggy gloom, driving along the PCH toward Pepperdine University in Malibu is always a pleasure. My goal was to see the exhibition Inspired by Fashion and Finance presenting artworks created in the last forty years and pulled from the holdings of the Weisman Art Foundation. Though this exhibition doesn?t break any new ground, it definitely provides plenty of amusement and food for thought...
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Three Exhibitions Hardly Acknowledging Each Other
By nature I'm not an envious person, but this morning, going through the Los Angeles and New York Times - I felt a pang of jealousy. There, on the front page of the New York Times, was a glowing report about the major Claude Monet exhibition that just opened at the Grand Palais in Paris. And if that's not enough, this front-page article was illustrated by an attractive photograph, with the report continuing on the inside with a generous half-page of text accompanied by an even larger color...
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