Archive for March, 2010
Painting, Still Lively in the 21st Century (NY Times) Kiki Smith: Works in Glass (NY Times) J.M.W. Turner’s Last Rome Painting to Be Sold (NY Times) Jeff Koons Curator’s Debut Features Candy Giants, Jesus: Review (Bloomberg) Anish Kapoor to Design $29 Million Olympic Tower (Bloomberg) Cy Twombly: Hitting the Louvre Ceiling (LA Times) Review: ‘Leonardo […]
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Tags: 21st century, Anish Kapoor, Carla Bruni, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Cy Twombly, Getty Museum, J.M.W. Turner, Jeff Koons, Kiki Smith, London Olympics, Louvre, Olympic Tower, painting, USC, William Kentridge
Art Handling Olympics on the Lower East Side (NY Times) Talking with Ex-Met Director Philippe de Montebello (NY Times) Smart Phones Serve as Docents in Many Museums (NY Times) Renoir in the 20th Century, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (WSJ) Los Angeles Municipal Arts Begin to Feel Budget Crisis’ Effects (LA Times) […]
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Tags: Antony Gormley, art handlers, budget, chairman, Getty, Jeffrey Deitch, LACMA, Leonor Antunes, Los Angeles, Marc Foxx, MOCA, Phillips, Renoir, TEFAF
Mark Grotjahn at Blum & Poe
by Kelly Boyd Layers of pigment, built up with brushes and palate knives on cardboard and canvas make up Mark Grotjahn’s Seven Faces exhibit, now showing at Blum & Poe. Reminiscent of Picasso and drawing inspiration from Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the exhibition features thirteen paintings, most of them quite large, and quite recent. While the […]
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Tags: Blum & Poe, Demoiselles d'Avignon, galleries, Los Angeles, Mark Grotjahn, Picasso
Emily Waldorf interviewed Los Angeles-raised, Brooklyn-based artist Jaqueline Cedar, whose vibrant new paintings are currently being shown at the Tracy Park Gallery’s new location at the Malibu Country Mart. EW: Tell us about your current show at Tracy Park Gallery. Is there a dialogue between your work and Daniel Stern’s work or does your work tell […]
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Tags: Brooklyn, contemporary artist, Jaqueline Cedar, Malibu Countrymart, Tracy Park Gallery
The New Guard of Curators Steps Up (NY Times) Judith Rothschild Foundation Promotes Art as Well as Sole Trustee (NY Times) Performance Art Gains Favor, Fights Ensue (NY Times) Art Review: Mark Grotjahn at Blum & Poe (LA Times) Christie’s to Auction off Michael Crichton’s Art Collection (LA Times) Michelangelo: Anatomy as Architecture at the […]
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Tags: art collection, Asia Week 2010, Blum & Poe, Christie's, El Anatsui, Judith Rothschild Foundation, Mark Grotjahn, Michael Crichton, Muscarelle Museum, performance art, young curators
Why not exploit L.A.’s much bemoaned car culture to promote fresh artistic endeavors, blending existing architecture, with pop culture and conceptualism? “How Many Billboards? Art in Stead” includes 21 newly commissioned works by contemporary artists using the alternative medium of billboards. The works engage in an important visual dialogue with L.A.’s heavily commercialized public space. The exhibition […]
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Tags: architecture, art billboards, Los Angeles, MAK Center
Christie’s Wins Bid to Auction $150 Million Brody Collection (NY Times) Caravaggio: An Italian Antihero’s Time to Shine (NY Times) Ken Price, Suddenly Dominating New York Galleries (NY Times) Andreas Gursky Makes a Long-Distance Connection (LA Times) Ruben Ochoa: In a Construction Zone (LA Times) $2.7 Billion Dutch Fair Lures Collectors as Confidence Rises (Bloomberg) […]
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Tags: Andreas Gursky, Annie Leibovitz, Armory 2010, Beverly Hills, Brody Collection, Caravaggio, Christie's, Dasha Zhukova, Gagosian, Jessie Washburne-Harris, Ken Price, Los Angeles River, Roman Abramovich, Ruben Ochoa
LA><ART Editions
LA><ART, a leading nonprofit exhibition space in Culver City, offers a wonderful selection of editions by emerging and mid-career artists that support its cutting edge exhibitions, projects, and publications. Current selections include C-prints in small editions by Shana Lutker, Amir Zaki, and Gregory Michael Hernandez, all for $1,000 or less. Upcoming editions include works by […]
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Tags: editions, Kamrooz Aram, kunsthalle, LAXART
Jeff Koons, one of the world’s most famous living artists, is well-known for his inflatable lobsters, puppy dogs, and porn stars but he is also a passionate and very private collector of Old Masters and blue-chip 19th and 20th century works. In addition to being an avid collector, Mr. Koons can now add curator to […]
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Tags: Dakis Joannou, Jeff Koons, New Museum of Contemporary Art, private collection, Skin Fruit
Bustling Armory Opening Heralds Contemporary Art Market Resurgence (ARTINFO) The AI Interview: Alex Katz (ARTINFO) Buyer of Giacometti Sculpture is Revealed (NY Times) The Koons Collection (NY Times) Anger and Angst, Explored with Animation by William Kentridge (NY Times) At the Hammer, Louisa Lambri Makes Herself at Home (LA Times) Richard Wyatt’s Reunion with His […]
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Tags: 2010, Alex Katz, Armory, Giacometti, Goldberg, Hammer Museum, Jeff Koons, Lily Safra, Louisa Lambri, Richard Wyatt, William Kentridge