Posts Tagged ‘LACMA’
Frescoes 101
by Emily Waldorf In light of the fascinating current Pompeii exhibition at LACMA, Pompeii and the Roman Villa, I thought it would be interesting to delve into frescoes. Many people know what frescoes look like but few know how they are made. There is a common misconception that frescoes are made with oil-based paint when […]
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Tags: buon fresco, Christopher Knight, frescoes, houses, LACMA, lime mortar, Los Angeles Times, murals, Pompeii, Pompeii and the Roman Villa, Pompeii brothels, review, Roman Art, Westside
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 […]
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Tags: Angelina Jolie, art dealer, art museum, ArtCRUSH, Arts Alliance, Aspen, Aspen Art Museum, Beverly Hills, Daniel Edwards, David Lynch, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Eli Broad, expatriate, Hamptons, health care, invrstor, Iranian art, LACMA, Madoff, muslim head scarf, party pics, Rothko
Art or Ad or What? Lynda Benglis’ Photograph Caused a Lot of Fuss (NY Times) Stripping Away the Darkness as Murals Are Reborn at Rockefeller Plaza (NY Times) A Career Woman’s Short but Sweet Career in the 17th Century (NY Times) The Hand and Eye of Genius: Frank Lloyd Wright (WSJ) Lehman Mounts Art Bargain […]
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Tags: benefit, Bourgeois, Bravo, English database, film program, Frank Lloyd Wright, LACMA, Lehman, Lehman Brothers, Lichtenstein, Louvre, Lynda Benglis, murals, party pics, Rockefeller Plaza, untitled art project, Watermill
By Emily Waldorf Did you know that you can get into Los Angeles museums for free on certain days? Mike Boehm wrote the definitive guide in The Los Angeles Times, that breaks it all down for the budget conscious culture-seeker. Hammer Museum is free on Thursdays Huntington Museum, Library, and Botanical Gardens are free the first […]
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Tags: entry, Fisher Museum, free, Getty Museum, Getty Villa, Huntington Gardens, Huntington Library, Huntington Museum, LACMA, museum, Museum of Latin American Art, Norton Simon, Orange County Museum of Art, recessionista, USC
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
‘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
My Dream is for Sale; Buy It For Me: Collector’s Committee at LACMA (NY Times) A Scarcity of Goods Hovers Over Art Market (NY Times Global) ‘HomeBase IV’: At A Clinic, Artists Reflecting on Home (NY Times) Great Performances – Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Opera (WSJ) Christie’s Bests Sotheby’s With $102.7 Million Sale […]
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Tags: Art Chicago, Berlin, Christie's, Collector's Committee, Frick, galleries, HomeBase IV, LACMA, Metropolitan Opera, party pics, pop art, Ross Bleckner, Sotheby's, Tracey Emin, Warhol and Watts, White Cube
In Los Angeles, Art That’s Worth the Detour (NY Times) $80 Million? Try a Tenth of That. Art’s New Numbers (NY Times) Shrinking the art of Selling Fine Art: Auction Catalogues Thinning (NY Times) Gallerist David Zwirner on the Art Crash (WSJ) LACMA Curator Lynne Zelevansky to Head Carnegie Museum (ARTINFO) Art in the Time […]
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Tags: art crash, auction catalogues, Carnegie Museum, Chelsea galleries, Damien Hirst, David Zwirner, facebook, LACMA, MACO, Mexico City, party pics, PinchukArtCentre, swine flu
Keeping Art, and Climate, Controlled (NY Times) I Dream the Clothing Electric: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits (NY Times) Valentino Finds Passion in Fashion: Review ‘The Last Emperor’ Film (WSJ) London Sales Feature Prints (WSJ) UBS Stops ‘Art Banking’ for Rich Clients (Forbes.com) Getty’s $100,000 tab for Chinese Photos Signals Bargain Time (Bloomberg) Baroque Bling Glistens in Ornate […]
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Tags: Anne Hathaway, art banking, celebs, Chinese photos, Dave Muller, Getty, Gwyneth Paltrow, LACMA, Leo Villareal, London auctions, Martin Gayford, Nick Cave, party pics, soundsuits, The Last Emperor, UBS, Valentino
If you are an art-lover and collector or just curious to learn more about the LA art scene, be sure to check out ForYourArt‘s second annual Los Angeles Art Weekend, a four-day event highlighting a comprehensive assortment of the city’s contemporary art, architecture, and design hot spots. Events include five-day blogging extravaganza, Postopolis! LA, a fashion […]
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Tags: documentary, ForYourArt, LA art weekend, LA>, LACMA, Los Angeles architecture, MAP ForYourArt, Postopolis, Postopolis! LA, Regen Projects, Taschen, Valentino, Walead Bashty