Art & Artists
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Pop goes the Skirball with Lichtenstein's Prints
In my office, I have a Time magazine cover from 1968, that I framed for myself as a child (the marks where I pulled off my parents’ subscription info are still there). It’s a portrait of Robert F. Kennedy giving a speech, drawn as a comic book hero and secular saint in Pop Art style by Roy Lichtenstein. The cover appeared on May 24, 1968, during the Presidential primary season as Kennedy’s popularity was surging. A few weeks later, Kennedy… -
The Full Schimmel: 'Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016'
Hauser Wirth & Schimmel (HW&S) an international gallery (locations in Zurich, London, Somerset, and New York) has landed in LA with a splash, in a new art space located at 901 East 3rd Street in Los Angeles’ downtown Arts district. HW&S have refurbished a large set of 19th and early 20th Century buildings, The Globe Mills (it once housed a Flour Mill), into 100,000 square feet of exhibition space broken up into several large indoor and outdoor areas. Their inaugural… -
Frank Gehry's Emotional Architecture
“The Dionysus of Modern Architecture,” is how James Cuno, President and CEO of The J. Paul Getty Trust, described architect Frank Gehry when awarding him the third annual J. Paul Getty Award at a lively and elegant event at the Getty Center in Los Angeles on September 28, 2015. Among a well-dressed crowd of some 350 attendees that included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Executive Vice Mayor Rick Jacobs, LA Philharmonic Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, as well as… -
This is London ("London Calling" at The Getty Center)
“London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach and Kitaj” on view at the J. Paul Getty Center until November 13, 2016 is the first U.S. exhibition devoted to exploring what R. B. Kitaj called “The London School” — a group of post- World War Two painters in England who pursued figurative art at a time when Abstract Expressionism was the rage. This is a wonderful exhibit, well-thought-out and well-curated, with a room devoted to each of these important painters, as… -
Looking at Cindy Sherman
Looking at Cindy Sherman View Original Article -
Hammer Museum's Made in LA 2016: Art is in the Eye of The Curator
Hammer Museum's Made in LA 2016: Art is in the Eye ... View Original Article -
The Met Breuer's Unfinished State
The Met Breuer's Unfinished State View Original Article -
Automotive Art: Rolling Sculpture at the Petersen Automotive Museum
Automotive Art: Rolling Sculpture at the Petersen A... View Original Article -
Turned on: Kienholz Televisions at LA Louver
Turned on: Kienholz Televisions at LA Louver View Original Article -
What Black Mountain College Taught
What Black Mountain College Taught View Original Article -
The Art of the Rubell Family Collection Miami
The Rubell Family Collection (RFC) in Miami, housed in a former DEA warehouse, is remarkable in many respects. First and foremost, as it name advertises, it is the collection of one family, Donald and Mera Rubell and their two adult children Jason and Jennifer collected over the last half century, that continues to grow with the involvement of the next generation (one of whom is an artist herself). The Rubells were also instrumental in Art Basel deciding to hold its… -
Don't Hate on PAMM (The Perez Art Museum Miami)
Don't Hate on PAMM (The Perez Art Museum Miami) View Original Article