Archive for the ‘photography’ Category
Iron Checkbook Shapes Cultural Los Angeles (NY Times) From Instant Thrill of Polaroid, Enduring Art, Now for Sale (NY Times) Alexander McQueen, Designer, is Dead at 40 (NY Times) Giacometti Record and Other Bright Spots for the Art Market (WSJ) Renoir as Closet Modernist at LACMA (WSJ) Fight for Doig, Fontana Boosts $84.5 Million Sotheby’s […]
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Tags: Alexander McQueen, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, de Kooning, Giacometti record, Klein, party pics, Polaroid Collection, Rachel Whiteread, Warhol
At London Sale, a Giacometti Sets a Record (NY Times) In the Naked Museum: Talking, Thinking, Encountering at the Guggenheim (NY Times) Steve McQueen: Intense Seeker of Powerful Elegance (NY Times) In Goth They Trust: Tim Burton at MoMa (WSJ) Nexus New York: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis (WSJ) Dell Buys Magnum Photo Print […]
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Tags: Dell, Giacometti record, Guggenheim, Gustavo Godoy, Nexus New York, Nina Pereg, photography, Roberts & Tilton, Shoshana Wayne Gallery
Sport Becomes Art
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 […]
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Tags: Annenberg Space for Photography, Michael Jordan, Michelle Kwan, Mohammed Ali, Neil Leifer, sports photography, Tiger Woods, Walter Iooss
Photo LA 2010 January 14 – 17, 2010 – includes over 25 international and domestic galleries specializing in photography as well as an array of LACMA sponsored lectures – Opening night reception on January 14th benefits the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at LACMA Santa Monica Civic 1855 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401-3209 Fine Art […]
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Tags: art fairs, FADA, Los Angeles 2010, Los Angeles Contemporary, Photo LA 2010
Art Prices (and Mood) Inch Back Up at Big Fall Auctions (NY Times) How to Conserve Art that Lives in a Lake: Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (NY Times) ‘FallMauerFall 61-89-09’: An Art Show Encompasses East Meets West: (WSJ) Robert Frank’s ‘The Americans’ Revisited at the MET (WSJ) Art Review: ‘Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years’ (LA Times) […]
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Tags: art party pics, Eli Broad, First Thirty Years, Giacometti, L'Homme qui chavire, MET, MOCA, Paris, review, Robert Frank, Smithson, Spiral Jetty, Sterling Ruby, YSL, Yves Saint Laurent
by Caroline Newman “New Topographics: Photography and the Man-Altered Landscape,” currently at LACMA, explores the man-altered landscape through ten fascinating perspectives. This use of different viewpoints of the photographer underlines the fact that photography is an art form with it’s own characteristics, unlike the often assumed role of photography as documentary. “New Topographics” was first […]
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Tags: Dan Graham, Ed Ruscha, New Topographics, photographic landscape, Robert Smithson, Timothy O'Sullivan, Walker Evans
by Caroline Newman Irving Penn’s “Small Trades” is a body of work consisting of 252 images currently on display at the Getty Center until January 10, 2010. “Small Trades” is a series of portraits that meticulously explore blue-collar workers and their occupations in the 1950’s. Penn is best known for his fashion photography and his […]
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Tags: August Sander, Eugene Atget, Getty, Irving Penn, photography, platinum/palladium prints, Richard Avedon, silver gelatin prints, small trades, Vogue
At MoMa, ‘Permanent’ Learns to Be Flexible (NY Times) Prints that Shine Anew: Cassavetes, Bergmann, and More at MoMa (NY Times) Banks Hoard Troves of Art (NY Times) John Singer Sargent’s Sea Fever at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (WSJ) Timothy Corrigan Says it’s a Great Time for Wallpaper (WSJ) Kinky Dolls, Glass Tears Adorn […]
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Tags: Bergmann, Cassavetes, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Genesis, John Singer Sargent, Kandinsky Prize, MOCA, MoMa, museum gala, National Design Awards, party pics, R. Crumb, Timothy Corrigan, wallpaper
Kathryn Rabinow Photography
by Emily Waldorf After many years teaching in academe, Houston-based Kathryn Rabinow decided to dive into fine photography, and the results are stunning. She is a world traveler and finds beautiful compositions in both obvious and unexpected places, from flowers, trees, sunsets, and animals to fabulous food and abstract manipulated images. Dr. Rabinow feels grateful […]
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