Archive for June, 2009
What: Jo Ann Callis: Woman Twirling @ Getty Museum When: Through August 9, 2009 Where: The Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Why: It is not widely known that the Getty features strong contemporary art programming and Jo Ann Callis’ current show is no exception. Callis was one of the first participants in […]
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Tags: contemporary art, fabricated photographs, Getty, Jo Ann Callis, photography, Pictures Generation, Woman Twirling
How the Art World Memorialized the King of Pop (ARTINFO) The Rage to Buy Vanishing Art Works in London (NY Times – Global Edition) Dan Graham at Whitney: A Round Peg (NY Times) In Chelsea, Art Intersects with Reality of Iranian Conflict (NY Times) Cai Guo-Qiang Turns Gunpowder into Art at Guggenheim Bilbao (WSJ) The […]
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Tags: Cai Guo-Qiang, Chelsea, Dan Graham, Guggenheim Bilbao, Iran conflict, king of pop, LACMA, London auctions, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson art, review, Whitney, Your Bright Future
What: Jeana Sohn: Sleep Sleep Where: Taylor de Cordoba, 2660 S. La Cienega Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90034 When: Through June 27, 2009 Why: Los Angeles-based, CalArts-educated Jeana Sohn’s new work is breathtaking in its edgy innocence. The series of paintings on panel feature doll like fairies surrounded by natural, botanical images that are filled […]
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Tags: Culver City, Jeana Sohn, Los Angeles gallery, Sleep Sleep, summer art, Taylor de Cordoba
By Meg Emmitt The United States has become associated with anything and everything “larger than life”. To steal a quote from my favorite food network chef, Duff Goldman, “We make it bigger, make it badder, we make it awesome!” As I have experienced first hand, this is the sentiment echoed by people across the globe when […]
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Tags: American, American culture, Bilbao, culture, Duff Goldman, Guggenheim, imperialism, pintxos, Richard Serra, supersize
‘Futurism’ at Tate Modern: The Futurists’ Futile Chase After Motion (NY Times) In Venice, Peter Greenaway Takes Veronese’s Figures Out to Play (NY Times) This Summer, Some Galleries Are Sweating Their Survival (NY Times) ‘Your Bright Future’ at LACMA (LA Times) Christie’s Resumes Cutting Jobs After May N.Y. Auctions Decline (Bloomberg) Judge Slams MoMA, Guggenheim […]
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Tags: art, Art Basel, Bright Future, Christie's job cuts 2009, Christie's layoffs, Futurism, galleries closing, Guggenheim, Holocaust, LACMA, London, MoMa, Nicolas Trembley, Obamas, Peter Greenaway, secret agreement, Tate, Venice, Veronese, White House, Whitney
Pae White @ Venice Biennale
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Tags: Pae White, Venice Biennale, YouTube
By Meg Emmitt Ahhhh the GMB… so much to say about this espectaculo and I feel so conflicted over the subject! Without a doubt, the building is something special. It literally radiates… The titanium glistens like a rare gem. Its like seeing a HUGE celebrity and not being able to divert your gaze (which happened to […]
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Tags: Basque, Bilbao, Bono, Cai Guo-Qiang, celeb, GMB, Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Meg Emmitt, Museo de Belles Artes, Patricia Gonzalez, U2
Art in LA: Summer Must Sees
What: Pae White: “Smoke Knows” @ 1301 PE When: May 9 – July 3, 2009 Where: 6150 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90048 Why: Pae White is an artist known for her work with light as air materials such as cat whiskers, spider webs, and reflections from Plexiglas sheets. Her 5th solo exhibition at 1301 PE, […]
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Tags: 1301 PE, Pae White, Smoke Knows, Venice Biennale
Use Their Work Free? Some Artists Say No To Google (NY Times) A Thriftier Lot Comes To Basel This Year (NY Times) A New Concept in Handling Art (NY Times Global Edition) Transforming the Louvre in Uncertain Times (NY Times Global Edition) OCMA Sells paintings to private collector, prompting criticism (LA Times) Window Shoppers: Seasoned […]
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Tags: Art Basel, art party pictures, artists, Brad Pitt, California impressionists, galleries, Google, Grosvenor House, Louvre, OCMA, old masters, party pics, San Francisco, Venice Biennale