Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’

An Offering Fit for the Emperors (NY Times) Femininity Salvaged: Lillian Bassman’s Photographs (NY Times) Hundreds Try Out for Art-World Reality Show (NY Times) Modern Maison de Verre in Paris (WSJ) Banksy Works Vanish From Auctions As Demands Drop for Urban Art (Bloomberg) Watts Towers Restoration (ARTINFO) Party Pics: Chinatown Art Walk (ARTINFO) Party Pics: […]


For Art Lovers, Basel Doesn’t End at the Fair (NY Times) A More Serene Venice Biennale (NY Times) Den Mother to the Louche and Famous:  Francis Bacon (NY Times) The Intersection of Islam, America, and Identity (NY Times) The Art World’s Olympics:  Venice Biennale (WSJ) Exhibitions Axed as Recession Bites (Art Newspaper) Review:  Pae White […]


By Emily Waldorf On May 7th, I organized my latest cultural field trip to Culver City called “Women in Art,” with a focus on female-run art ventures.  We started the field trip at uber talented floral designer Holly Vesecky’s fascinating studio, followed by a walkthrough with Mary Leigh Cherry of Cherry + Martin‘s inaugural group exhibition in […]


Ian Digman’s “Shoreline at Night, No. 2,” is one of the small scale works that will be available at the Enormous Tiny Art Show Save the date of Friday June 5th from 8pm – 11pm for The Enormous Tiny Art Show Los Angeles at the Living Room at 3531 Sunset Boulevard. Conceived and organized by Avital Schlesinger […]


Where Art Trumps Industry:  Cannes Film Festival (NY Times) Going Softly Into a Parallel Universe:  Claes Oldenburg at the Whitney (NY Times) Art Market Optimism:  Contemporary Art Sales Up (NY Times) Starting with Fashion, Ending with Art:  Richard Avedon (NY Times) Country Club, a New L.A. Gallery Opens with a “NewAgeRiot (ARTINFO) Two More Departures […]


By Hayley Miner Tonight was the first preview night of MOCA’s FRESH auction at the Geffen Contemporary.  Over 320 works of art were offered for sale, some donated by the artists, others by various galleries from around the world.   The five immense walls were installed beautifully with works above a ledge where bright red and […]


Stanley Boxer’s No. 30 from Flitofloat series, lot 7126 in Bonhams upcoming Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles on February 8th.  Estimate:  $800-$1,200. By Emily Waldorf Have you ever wondered if that dusty oil painting or antique clock you inherited from your great aunt is worth something but thought it was too complicated to get […]


By Emily Waldorf In conjunction with L.A. Art Month, there is not just one, but two, exciting art fairs to put on your cultural calendar this week. Art LA 2009, January 23-25 Art LA is being held at Barkar Hangar (last year it was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium).  Art LA is an […]


Emily Waldorf interviews Los Angeles based artist Ruby Osorio, whose ethereal drawings and works on paper were just featured in the exhibition, 20 Years Ago Today, at the Japanese American National Museum.  Ruby is represented by Cherry and Martin.   EW:  Please tell us about your beautiful works on paper.  What types of materials do […]


By Emily Waldorf Amid reports that L.A.’s MOCA is in dire financial trouble, Eli Broad announced that he is planning to open his own contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, designed to replace the apparently “cramped” offices currently housing the Broad Contemporary Art Foundation in Santa Monica, which is closed to the general public.  The […]