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Springsteen On Netflix Showcases The Man Who Made The Music
Last night I watched “Springsteen on Broadway” on Netflix. I had wanted to see the show during its run, but I couldn”t quite bring myself to pay the $800-$1000 a ticket cost on the open market.It’s a good show. It’s 2 ý hours long and is compelling throughout. Springsteen performs his well-known songs in new […]
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Rudi Gernreich: Fashion-Made For These Times
Rudi Gernreich has arrived at the Skirball in a new exhibition, “Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich” as a Culture-shaking creator, activist and a human being whose time has come â some 30 years after his death (the exhibition runs until September 1, 2019 ).Gernreich is best known as a celebrated LA based fashion designer â world […]
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Myself and Maisel, a Documentary
“Jay Myself,” is a reverential documentary portrait of photographer Jay Maisel by noted photographer Stephen Wilkes, Maisel’s one-time apprentice. The framing device for the story is Maisel’s having to vacate the New York City building at 190 Bowery where he”d lived and worked for the last 48 years.What makes this “moving day” film all the […]
Behind The Scenes Of The Beyond Music Project
“Same Sky: Beyond Music Volume 1,” is a wonderful collection of inspiring new music, the product of a collaboration between artists from all over the world, all produced by the project’s artistic director, Los Angeles native, Grammy-award-winning producer and legendary musician in his own right, Larry Klein.First things first: To explain how the Beyond Music […]
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Sometimes The King Is A Woman: The Paintings Of Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald’s show at Hauser & Wirth in New Yorkwhich I regret to say will close October 26th, is a joy to behold and a revelation. Go see it, if you still can!Sherald is perhaps best known for her portrait of Michele Obama which can be seen at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. In […]
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California's Marciano Museum Closes
Los Angeles” Marciano Art Foundation, the three-year-old art museum founded by Marciano brothers, Paul and Maurice – who made their fortune in the jeans business – has unceremoniously closed.Paul and Maurice Marciano came to Los Angeles in 1981 from France and founded a denim company that eventually became the very successful GUESS? clothing and lifestyle […]