Archive for the ‘celebs’ Category

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 […]


In Europe, Arts Ask for Alms (NY Times) Making Art Out of an Encounter (NY Times) Online, It’s the Mouse that Runs the Museum (NY Times) Scorsese, Govan Talk Film Preservation and Hint at Future Collaboration (LA Times) Critic’s Notebook, MOCA Begins to Roll Out Future Exhibition Plans (LA Times) A Renaissance at the V&A […]


by Caroline Newman For those who are interested in both sports and photography this is the show to see!  Currently on display at The Annenberg Space for Photography is the exhibit “Sport” containing photographic works from Walter Iooss and Neil Leifer.  Both Iooss and Leifer propel the genre of sports photography into a whole new […]


Miami Fair:  Big Pieces, Smaller Prices and Relief (NY Times) Tweaking the Big Money Art World on Its Own Turf:  William Powhida (NY Times) A Rembrandt Identity Crisis at the Getty (NY Times) Peter Zumthor, Michael Govan Plot LACMA’s Future (LA Times) The Worlds of David Hockney (LA Times) Sizzle Sans Steak and other New […]


Jeff Koons:  New Paintings at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills features ten oil on canvas paintings that breath new life into Koons’ tradition of questioning taste, banality, sexuality, and consumerism.  The multilayered paintings are either 9 x 12 feet or 9 x 7 feet and the dominant colors are graffiti tinged silver, verdant green, and […]


Warhol’s ‘Dollar Bills’ Fetches $43.7 Million at Auction (NY Times) Zaha Hadid’s Modern Lines for the Eternal City (NY Times) Some Object as New Museum Trustee Joannou Shows his Art (NY Times) MOCA Revs Up Chris Burden’s ‘Big Wheel’ (LA Times) Francesco Vezzoli Escorts Lady Gaga to MOCA’s Gala (LA Times) Christie’s Sale Brings in […]


New York based artist Marilyn Minter’s sexy eight minute video, Green Pink Caviar, will be on view at The Standard, Downtown LA + Hollywood from October 21 – December 6th.  The mesmerizing video depicts sensuous female lips licking vibrantly colored cake and candy decorations.  Green Pink Caviar is also being shown as part of Madonna’s […]


Pakistani Art at Asia Society (NY Times) Painting the Ancient, Invisible Dream:  Aboriginal Art (NY Times) All the Books You’ll Never Catch on a Kindle (NY Times) Hollywood Justice:  The Roman Polanski Drama (WSJ) The Artist and the Director:  Takashi Murakami and Kirsten Dunst (WSJ) Fleshy Nudes Abound in Paris Show of Late Renoir Works:  […]


Iranians Shine, Assisted by Expatriate Art Dealer (NY Times) In the Hamptons, A Painting Season and More (NY Times) Creative Views of the Muslim Head Scarf (NY Times) A Gift for Every State:  The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (WSJ) Madoff Investor’s Art Dealer Got $26.5 Million in Rothko Sale (Bloomberg) Behind Michael Govan’s Almost […]


Koons and a Sailor Man in London (NY Times) Sketch to Stage:  Modern Designs for Theater and Opera at Morgan Library (NY Times) Artist Dash Snow Dead of Drug Overdose (ARTINFO) Decoration, Trompe l’Oeil, and Soft Porn at ArtHamptons (ARTINFO) Bon Jovi, ‘Real Housewives,’ Few Buyers Attend ArtHamptons (Bloomberg) Art Dealer Lawrence Salander Indicted for […]