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Basquiat Everywhere
Jean Michel Basquiat died in 1988, only 27 years old. At the time of his death, Basquiat’s talent and importance were acknowledged but no one could have predicted how much his work would matter today, almost 40 years later. Or that his work would be available everywhere: in museums, galleries, independent art attractions, on stickers, […]
Ed Ruscha: What You See Is What You Get LACMA retrospective celebrates long career of Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha, Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, Sid R. Bass, Private collection, © ED RUSCHA, PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST Ed Ruscha’s career retrospective at LACMA, ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN (first mounted at New York’s Museum of Modern Art) makes a strong case for the power of Ruscha’s hard-edged, minimalist, yet graphically […]
Herb Alpert Award In The Arts Celebrates 30th Anniversary: The Greatest Arts Award You've Never Heard Of
“In a confusing world like ours, we count on the artist to deliver the truth…” —Herb Alpert. 2024 Winners of the Herb Alpert Award in the ArtsCOURTESY OF THE HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION On May 2, the Herb Alpert Foundation in partnership with CalArts announced the 30th annual winners of the 2024 Herb Alpert Award in the […]
Allison Katz Goes Hollywood in Westward Ho!
The works in the exhibition are different in style, subject matter, even the way the paint is applied, showing a wide level of craft, ability and talent that is impressive. Yet each work, even when painted in a completely different style, remains recognizably the work of Allison Katz. Katz grew up in Montreal, attended Concordia […]
The Gift Of Simone Veil: Elsa Zylberstein’s Oscar-Worthy Performance
Simone Veil was a major figure in France, one of that country’s most popular politicians ever, whose steely will, remarkable determination, and unyielding sense of justice led Veil, who as a teenager was deported to Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen, whose father and brother were murdered by the Nazis and whose mother died in the camps, […]
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Feasting in Batumi: Caucasian home of super supras
Tom Teicholz heads to Georgia’s second city, where he finds familiarity and wonderful hospitality—topped by the extravagant supra feastT From Lucire.com/ The global fashion magazine December 31, 2023 https://lucire.com/2023/1230vo0.shtml Feasting in Batumi: Caucasian home of super supras Volante Tom Teicholz heads to Georgia’s second city, where he finds familiarity and wonderful hospitality—topped by the extravagant supra feast PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE […]
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