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How LA Grew its Art
From left: Edward Kienholz, “Walter Hopps Hopps Hopps,†1959; photo by Susan Einstein. Wallace Berman, “Untitled (Faceless Faces with Kabala),†1963-70; photo by Ellen Labenski. Larry Bell, “Untitled,†1969. For those of us who are not native to Los Angeles yet live here (some for more of our lives than anywhere else), there is a […]
Every Picture Tells a Story
For 30 years, Michael Schwartz has owned and operated Galerie Michael, an art gallery on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, building, in his own words, “museum-quality collections, one work at a time.†Works by Picasso, Dali, Goya and Miró adorn the walls for the current exhibition on Spanish masters. With a staff of 24, many […]
'Beauty' is Skin Deep
“Tooker Lips,†New York, 1965, by Melvin Sokolsky, © 2011. On the afternoon I attended the Annenberg Space for Photography’s latest exhibition, “Beauty Culture,†I was standing in the dark watching a series of fashion images projected in the digital gallery, when I was distracted by a woman who entered the room. I did a […]
Future Shock: Albert Brooks' novel "2030"
“2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America†(St. Martin’s Press) is Albert Brooks’ novel (in all senses of the word) take on our not-so-distant future. Anyone familiar with Brooks’ films, such as “Defending Your Life†or “Modern Romance,†will not be surprised that his debut novel is clever and entertaining. But it is […]
Columbo co-creator solves his own mystery
William Link “Now, Tom, do I look Jewish?” William Link, 77, was asking the question. Link is one of, if not the most successful producer and writer in television history, having put, with his late partner Richard Levinson, 16 series on the air, including creating “Columbo,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “The Cosby Mysteries” and “Mannix.” They […]
Churchill's Stand
Who do we have to thank for Hitler’s eventual defeat? What was World War II’s turning point? Who, by his actions during the war, inspired Chaim Weizmann and David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s early leaders? The answer, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s stirring new documentary, “Walking With Destiny,” is Winston Churchill. Churchill, who died in 1965, […]