Archive for the ‘contemporary art’ Category
F.B.I. Art Sleuth, Now Author of ‘Priceless’ (NY Times) Review: Yves Klein Retrospective at Hirshhorn Museum (NY Times) TV Review: ‘Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’ on Bravo (LA Times) Art Review: ‘They Have Not the Art to Argue with Pictures’ at Cherry & Martin (LA Times) Lehman Looks to Sell More Art (WSJ) […]
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Tags: Cherry and Martin, FBI art, Hirshhorn Museum, Jackie-O, Kurt Cobain, Lehman art, Paris Hilton, Priceless, Tate Modern, Yves Klein
Artist Joel Kyack’s first public project, Superclogger, debuts this month during evening rush hour on freeways throughout the Los Angeles area. The project is an L.A.P.D.- L.A. Public Domain project curated by Cesar Garcia and presented in collaboration with the Hammer Museum. Kyack will present puppet shows to commuters stuck in traffic jams from the back of a white […]
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Tags: Hammer Museum, Joel Kyack, LAPD-LA Public Domain, Los Angeles, puppets, Superclogger, traffic jams
Louise Bourgeois, Influential Sculptor, is Dead at 98 (NY Times) Creative Dialogue Between 3 Sculptors in West Chelsea (NY Times) A Gathering of Women with Cameras at MoMA (NY Times) Interview: Marina Abramovic Talks about Her Current at MoMA (WSJ) Art Review: Alice Neel Portraits Shine at L.A. Louver (LA Times) What Jeffrey Deitch Should […]
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Tags: Alice Neel, AOL, Chuck Close, LA Louver, Louise Bourgeois, MaMA, Marina Abramovic, Phillips, Segalot
Opinion: Can Art be ‘Priceless’ in Rocky Times? (NY Times) LACMA Acquires Gursky Ocean Abstracts (NY Times) Halsey Minor Awarded $8.57 in Suit Against Christie’s (NY Times) Art World Profile: Yvonne Force Villreal of Art Production Fund (WSJ) Site-Specific Work Shines at ‘Greater New York 2010’ at MoMA P.S. 1 (WSJ) Top International Architectural Firms […]
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Tags: Amy Bessone, Andreas Gursky, Art Production Fund, Broad Museum, Christie's, David Kordansky, Greater New York 2010, Jose Bedia, Kate Moss, Latin American Masters, MoMA PS1, Paris art theft, photos, Yvonne Force Villareal
On Sunday, May 16, 2010, from 10am – 2pm, the Hammer Museum is holding its exciting inaugural Kids’ Art Museum Project (K.A.M.P.) featuring a family friendly day of interactive art-making workshops led by an impressive roster of L.A. artists. All proceeds of the event benefit Hammer Kids’ free public programs. All of the projects are […]
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Tags: art, art projects, Breckin Meyer, Edgar Arceneaux, Elliott Hundley, Hammer Museum, Hilary Swank, Jodie Foster, K.A.M.P., kids, kids programming, Laura Owens, Los Angeles, Mark Grotjahn, Soo Kim
At $106.5 Million, a Picasso Sets an Auction Record (NY Times) Getty Foundation to Help Restore the Ghent Altarpiece (NY Times) Review of ‘Emily Dickinson’s Garden’ at New York Botanical Garden (NY Times) Heard & Scene: Costume Institute Gala at the Met (WSJ) Art Review: Carroll Dunham at Blum & Poe (LA Times) Getty Boss […]
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Tags: Blum & Poe, Carroll Dunham, Christie's, Emily Dickinson, Getty Foundation, Ghent Altarpiece, Met Costume Institute Gala, New York Botanical Garden, party pics, Picasso record, Turner Prize
May is an exciting month for the New York auction world. This year, some very private West Coast collections, featuring rare work, will be offered at auction in the next two weeks. Property from the $150 million Holmby Hills-based Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody will be auctioned off at Christie’s on May 4 and 5 […]
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Tags: Brody Collection, Christie's, Halsey Minor Collection, Jasper Johns, Marc Newson, Michael Crichton collection, Nu au Plateau du Sculpteur, Phillips de Pury, Picasso, Richard Prince
Portraits of Alice Neel’s Legacy of Realism (NY Times) From William Furlong and Audio Arts, a New Book (NY Times) Paris Journal: Chatter of Swindles and Scames at Drouot (NY Times) Art Dealer Admits Lying to FBI Over Faked $2 Million Picasso (WSJ) Critic’s Notebook: What L.A. Might Ask of Eli Broad (LA Times) Hammer […]
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Tags: Alice Neel, art, Audio Arts, David Zwirner, Drouot, Eli Broad, Elizabeth Peyton, Hammer Museum, Honor Fraser, LACMA, Picasso, realism, Robert Lazzarini, scandal, Souren Melikian, William Furlong
Fashion as Art
On Wednesday, April 21, LACMA’s Costume Council featured a brilliant presentation by artist Kimberly Brooks, “Art, Fame, and Fashion.” Brooks recently completed the Los Angeles component of the The Stylist Project, a series of oil paintings that will eventually be turned into a book. The Stylist Project hones in on today’s fashion influencers and explores […]
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Tags: Costume Council, Elizabeth Stewart, Jeanne Yang, Kimberly Brooks, LACMA, Taylor de Cordoba, The Stylist Project