Cover Stories
All Aboard The Expo Auction
Mon, May 14, 2012
Santa Monica Auctions has showcased mid-career and established artists of all mediums including painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, multiples and prints for the past 19 years. But it looks like it's the end of the line.
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French Invasion
Mon, May 07, 2012
The first exhibition in Los Angeles dedicated to the work of France’s leading street artists today: JonOne, Nasty, Rero, Speedy Graphito, and Tilt. Opens May 12 at Fabien Castanier Gallery, Studio City.
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Bruce Cohen: A Hint of Something Else
Tue, May 01, 2012
"Bruce's pictures have this other sense," explains his older brother Larry. "They are a little bit strange." Through June 16 at Louis Stern Fine Art.
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PLANEfurniture: Types + Prototypes
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Edward Cella Art + Architecture presents its first exhibition of contemporary furniture, advancing the gallery’s unique focus on 20th and 21st century architects and designers. Opens April 28.
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What Hath Mat Gleason Wrought?
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
Described by the L.A. Weekly as a cranky, self-exiled, gossipmonger, Mat Gleason, art critic and publisher of Coagula, will cut the ribbon on another art world venture - Chinatown’s newest gallery, Coagula Curatorial. We asked Mat what it was that drew him to the other side.
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L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945–1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy
Tue, Apr 10, 2012
This exhibition traces the distinctive aesthetic of figurative expressionism from the end of World War II, bringing together over 120 works by forty–one artists in a variety of media. Continuing through May 20 at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA).
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Herb Ritts: L.A. Style
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
Herb Ritts: L.A. Style explores Ritts’s extensive photographic career, including a selection of renowned and previously unpublished photographs, as well as his directorial projects. Opens April 3 at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center.
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Brewery Art Walk
Sun, Mar 25, 2012
A free weekend of Open Artist Studios at the Brewery Arts Colony, celebrating its 30th anniversary! March 31 and April 1 from 11am to 6pm.
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Frederick Hammersley
Mon, Mar 19, 2012
The exhibition opens March 22 at L.A. Louver, Venice and includes a range of geometric and organic abstract paintings made between 1958-1991, as well as over twenty unique lithographs from 1949-1950.
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Kiss Me! I'm an Artist!
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
The "wearin' o' the green" collides with L.A.'s art scene as this year's Santa Monica Airport Artwalk takes place on St. Patrick's Day from noon to 5pm. Here are a few of Artweek.LA's recommendations.
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A Change of Pace
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
Is L.A.’s art market ready to ride the freakish tidal bore headed from the East?
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The Getty Goes Gay: Cruising The Archives
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
As part of Pacific Standard Time, the Getty's epic survey of postwar art that forged Los Angeles' potent modern art scene, comes a not-to-be-missed collection of seminal works called: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980.
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The Total Look: The Creative Collaboration Between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
The remarkable collaboration between fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, his model and muse Peggy Moffitt, and Moffitt’s late husband, photographer William Claxton, who created the distinctive images of Moffitt activating Gernreich’s designs. Opens February 26 at MOCA Pacific Design Center.
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Contemporary Art, Studio Ceramics, and the Clay Revolution in Los Angeles
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
In the art world of Los Angeles during the 1960s ceramists associated with the clay revolution or the finish fetish movement recast the very terms of what constituted contemporary art in the city. This is an excerpt of an essay from the catalogue and exhibition of the same name, Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California 1945–1975.
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Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951 – 1969
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
Pasadena to Santa Barbara focuses on the legacy of two of Southern California’s leading venues for contemporary art since the 1940s: the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) and the Pasadena Art Museum (PAM). Opens February 11 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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'Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
The work of George Chann, Jake Lee, John Kwok, Milton Quon, and Tyrus Wong, contemporary Chinese American artists who employed their artistic abilities in their professional lives while remaining true to their own artistic pursuits in their personal lives. Through April 21 at the Vincent Price Art Museum.
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Kienholz Before LACMA
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
An exhibition of rarely seen works by Edward Kienholz (1927-1994), which he created in the decade prior to his controversial 1966 exhibition at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. Opens January 24 at L.A. Louver, Venice.
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Clay’s Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956–1968
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
This exhibition focuses on three of the most innovative and dynamic artists of the era, whose work forever changed the way ceramics would be regarded. An opening reception will be held at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery of Scripps College on January 21 at 7pm.
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Photo L.A. Turns 21
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
The longstanding photo l.a. returns to the city by the bay and the historic Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for its 21st edition January 12 - 16, 2012.
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The Gestalt of K.u.B.O.
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
Multi-media artist K.u.B.O. says his vision and inspiration stem from the Gestalt effect, the form-generating capability of our senses which enables us to envision ideas greater than the sum of their parts.
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Chuck Close
Mon, Dec 19, 2011
This landmark exhibition is Close’s first one-person show with Blum & Poe and represents the most significant body of his work assembled in Los Angeles in sixteen years. Closes December 22.
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Civic Virtue: Intersections of Art, Agency and Activism
Sun, Dec 11, 2011
An excerpt from the catalogue essay by Pilar Tompkins Rivas. Civic Virtue opens December 15 at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and December 17 at the Watts Tower Arts Center.
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It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles, 1969-1973, Part 2: Helene Winer at Pomona
Mon, Nov 28, 2011
“Part 2: Helene Winer at Pomona” focuses on the cutting edge curatorial programs that Winer presented as gallery director and curator at the Pomona College Museum of Art from the fall of 1970 through the spring of 1972. Opens December 3.
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Artistic Evolution: Southern California Artists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1945-1963
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
The works on view in Artistic Evolution were shown in the context of the Natural History Museum’s “Annual Exhibition, Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity” series. Runs through January 15, 2012.
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Hans Burkhardt in the 1960s – A Provocative Presence
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
In contrast to the artists of L.A.’s “cool school,” Burkhardt’s work was passionate and painterly, reflecting the ‘60s with the same range of emotion and fervor that marked that remarkable decade.
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Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–12
Mon, Nov 07, 2011
The first presentation ever held on the West Coast devoted to this seminal and fascinating phase of modern art. Through January 8 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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An Artist for President
Fri, Oct 28, 2011
It was 1984. Ronald Reagan was running for his second term. His administration was pursuing what would become a relentless, multi-decades long retreat from democratic ideals. Susanna Bixby Dakin had an outrageous notion that artist-citizens could reverse that oh-so-subtle nullification of government by and for the people. Susanna Dakin, sculptor, performance artist, and publisher of the seminal High Performance magazine declared with the Federal Elections Commission as an Artist/Candidate for president! Here's an excerpt from her new book, An Artist for President.
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Beatrice Wood: Career Woman
Tue, Oct 11, 2011
A comprehensive survey and new assessment of this seminal artist who made a remarkable body of ceramic lusterware until just a few years before her death in 1998 at the age of 105. On view at the Santa Monica Museum of Art through March 3, 2012.
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Ahmad Zakii Anwar: A Drawn Appearance
Tue, Oct 11, 2011
Whether or not he cares what you think of his art or its subjects, Zakii cares how you see it. Ahmad Zakii Anwar: Bones and Sinews opens October 22 at AndrewShire Gallery.
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Gajin Fujita: Made in L.A.
Sat, Oct 08, 2011
In his Los Angeles Times article, MOCA’s ‘Art in the Street’ Gets the Big Picture Wrong, critic Christopher Knight describes Fujita’s paintings as “the most important 21st century iteration of graffiti’s influence on art.” Opens October 13 at L.A. Louver.
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Arts Libris : The Latest in Art Books + Catalogues
Sat, Oct 08, 2011
Just in time for the holidays. A new weekly section featuring books and catalogues about art, architecture and photography.
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The Little Gallery That Could
Mon, Oct 03, 2011
This month Billy Shire celebrates the 25th Anniversary of La Luz de Jesus with a monumental group show that features more than 260 artists, and companion catalogue which includes the following essay by Billy himself.
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Roland Reiss: Personal Politics, Sculpture from the 1970s and 1980s
Mon, Sep 26, 2011
In his review of Reiss' most famous and groundbreaking works, Peter Frank notices how these scenarios "make us feel less as if we’re peeping through a keyhole and more as if we’re walking in at an inopportune moment."
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Yes, L.A. has a PULSE
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, the leading U.S. art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art, will present its first edition of PULSE Los Angeles next week at the Event Deck at L.A. LIVE.
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The Shire of Echo Park
Mon, Sep 12, 2011
The Museum of California Design honors Peter Shire, one of the original members of the Milan-based Memphis group, for his outstanding contributions to American design.
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Adi Da Samraj
Wed, Aug 31, 2011
Artist, writer and spiritualist lives, Adi Da Samraj was a creative and technical visionary who produced an exhaustive catalogue of work, spanning some 40 years.
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Pacific Standard Time: Art In L.A. 1945-1980
Mon, Aug 22, 2011
An unprecedented region-wide collaboration that includes more than 60 cultural partners, 60+ exhibitions, dozens of galleries and an eleven-day performance art festival in celebration of the rise of the Los Angeles art scene.
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Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is the first major public sculpture by Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei. Opens August 20 just east of the museum’s Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion.
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Moving Beyond Cars
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
This event shows how Los Angeles can move beyond cars by challenging everyone who attends to use alternative transportation. August 11, 7-10:00pm at A+D Museum.
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Finding Common Ground Through Art
Mon, Aug 01, 2011
Common Ground 191 needs your help to become an icon to the one thing all people on the planet share, life on the surface of the soil, peaceful and stoic platform beyond borderlines, upon which human beings carry on their many and varied fomentations.
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Debating Through the Arts
Sun, Jul 24, 2011
A dynamic process of exchanging ideas and opinions, through which artists connect in a collaborative atmosphere that encourages the development of new, creatively inspired ideas and solutions. Debate and Performances July 30 from 1-9pm at the 18th Street Arts Center.
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Shannon Ebner: The Electric Comma
Sat, Jul 16, 2011
Los Angeles-based artist Shannon Ebner’s work investigates the correlations between photography and language with a multi-location exhibition at LAXART, the Hammer Museum, in Culver City, CA, and Venice, Italy as part of the 54th Venice Biennale.
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The World’s Largest Statement on Photography
Sun, Jul 10, 2011
The Great Picture is the world’s largest photograph produced by the world’s largest camera. It is also the world’s largest statement, literally and metaphorically, about the role that photography plays in our society. The Great Picture will be on view at the Culver Center of the Arts (UCRiverside) from July 16 to October 8, 2011, with a reception on July 16 from 6 to 9pm.
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Tribal Art: Is LA too Hip to Care?
Sat, Jun 25, 2011
Where are the serious tribal art collectors in Los Angeles? Or more to the point is there or will there again be a serious market for tribal art in Los Angeles?
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Analog to Digital
Thu, Jun 23, 2011
The L.A. Center for Digital Art groundbreaking show, Analog to Digital, explores how analog work sizes up against its digital counterparts and how the border between analog and digital art has become increasingly blurred. Opens July 9.
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Street Sight at the Armory
Tue, Jun 21, 2011
A major exhibition of Southern California street photography from the late 1960s through early 1980s, Street Sight opens June 25 at the Armory Center for the Arts.
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Video Killed the Gallery Star?
Fri, Jun 10, 2011
The concept of the flatscreen TV is hardly revolutionary – yet reinterpreting it as a medium to exhibit original video art is. San Francisco-based company ShinyArt harnesses this everyday consumer item in a unique way, transforming it into an artistic forum with original art and a cadre of international artists.
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Prints-ly Treasures to be Found at Santa Monica Auctions
Mon, Jun 06, 2011
One of the most anticipated aspects of the Santa Monica Auctions every year is the remarkable depth and star-power of the prints and editions -- and this year's auction truly outdoes itself in that department.
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Blame it on Burbank
Sun, May 29, 2011
Taking inspiration from popular culture, fairy tales, traditions of the gothic, and growing up in Burbank, Tim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as an expression of a personal vision. At LACMA through October 31.
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John Frame at the Huntington Library
Tue, May 24, 2011
Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story is an adventure for us viewers, as for the artist, whose journey continues as his vision evolves. Through June 20.
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