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Art Experiences At Home: Russian Edition
In the period A.C. (After Covid), I needed, more than ever, to look at Art. And given that I didn”t see traveling in the foreseeable future, I started to think: Where have I always wanted to go? What Museum have I always wanted to visit? What first came to mind: The Hermitage in St. Petersburg.Turns […]
Los Angeles' Annenberg Space For Photography To Close Permanently
Wallis Annenberg announced this week that the Annenberg Space for Photography which has been closed since March due to the pandemic, will not reopen. Located in Century City, the decade old institution had been LA’s only museum devoted solely to Photography.In a letter posted on the The Annenberg Space’s website, Annenberg said her decisions was […]
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Inquiring Within With In-Q
“What is life if it’s not an adventure and an exploration internally and externally. So I choose to do that from my poetry,” said In-Q, the spoken word artist whose first collection of poetry “Inquire Within” was recently published by HarperOne. “Inquire Within” gathers In-Q’s rhythmic written word explorations of our humanity couched in a […]
Looking At Contemporary Art
In the weeks before coronavirus shut down the world’s Art Museums, I saw a staggering amount of Contemporary Art both in Los Angeles which held its contemporary Artmegaddon – Frieze LA-Felix-Art Los Angeles Contemporary (all in one weekend!) and I also visited a number of contemporary art collections in South Florida, including the Perez Art […]
A Journey to Being: On Seth Greenland's "A Kingdom of Tender Colors"
A MAN WALKS INTO a doctor’s office. And it’s no joke. He’s 37, seemingly in robust health, happily married, with one child and another on the way. The doctor finds that his lymph glands are swollen in a way that is troubling, and a few weeks later, the man is diagnosed as having lymphoma. Cancer. […]
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A (Virtual) Journey With The People of Jerusalem
At the close of every Passover Seder attendees are enjoined to proclaim, “Next Year in Jerusalem!”You need not wait. Mekudeshet, a Jerusalem-based cultural organization is offering up a virtual experience Dissolving Boundaries: A Journey with the People of Jerusalem, that you can order online and experience in your own home and while walking around your […]
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