Carlson Hattonat Barrett Art Gallery at Santa Monica College Carlson Hatton, Random Neurons Firing, 2014Carlson Hatton’s immense and powerful exhibition of mostly mixed media drawings on view at the Barrett Art Gallery at Santa Monica College is both fantastical and...
An Evening with Jeff Koons and John Waters
[Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, February 24, 2013] ‘The best defense,’ as the old saying in legal and sporting circles goes, ‘is a good offense.’ John Waters, film director, artist, entertainer, theatrical impresario, and art connoisseur, goes better than that by...
Protest Breaks Out at Guggenheim
GothamistAs hundreds of tourists and art lovers enjoyed the Guggenheim's evening of free admission last night, scores of activists briefly took control of the museum, blaring a bugle, dropping banners from the spiral balconies, and raining leaflets on visitors.. ....
Thanks, I’ll leave it
SandylandIt put me in a great mood (once I got past the shock of a $12(!) charge at the adjacent UCLA parking structure) going into Sandra Bernhard’s show at Royce Hall. Girls night out; (boys, too). Homecoming. Lots of anniversaries among that crowd over the last...
Corcoran Gallery of Art ceases to exist
The Washington PostThe Corcoran Gallery of Art and its college through the years: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington’s oldest private art museum, and its venerable college of art and design will cease to exist as an independent institution, and its components —...
Daniel Joseph Martinez at Roberts & Tilton
Daniel Joseph Martinezat Roberts & Tilton Daniel Joseph Martinez, If I Wanted To, 2013Daniel Joseph Martinez has gone mad, once again—beautifully and seemingly irrevocably insane. And yet, as Shakespeare himself once proclaimed “to say we end the heartache and the...
Miami artist destroys $1 million Ai Weiwei vase in protest
CNNHe's been photographed dropping vases before -- but that doesn't mean it's OK for just anyone to do it. Ai Weiwei has made a name for himself by not only creating visually arresting and thought-provoking art, but for his uncompromising activism in opposition to the...
Google+ and Saatchi Gallery partner to launch gif competition
Marketing MagazineGoogle has partnered with The Saatchi Gallery to launch a photographic contest judged by Baz Lurhmann and Tracey Emin that embraces the popular gif technology trend.. . . READ MORE
Morgan Fisher at China Art Objects
Morgan Fisherat China Art Objects Rejoice! Color field painting is far from dead, and in fact can be seen thriving in its natural habitat no less in Morgan Fisher’s fourth exhibition at China Art Objects. I must admit I usually go in for more narrative, metaphoric...
Shia LaBeouf is really sorry, apologizes with #IAMSORRY at Cohen Gallery
DefamerOn Tuesday, serial plagiarist and "not famous" famous actor Shia LaBeouf invited the public to join him at his latest cry for help in Los Angeles. According to the press release for his new performance entitled "#IAMSORRY," LaBeouf will be "in situ" at an art...
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San Francisco’s MOMA Closed for construction, yet more open than ever
The San Francisco Museum of Art is closed for the year while its downtown facility undergoes a major renovation and expansion. But that hasn’t meant the end to SFMOMA exhibitions. Pursuant to the slogan “We’ve temporarily moved… Everywhere,” the museum is staging...
Art Flippers Chase Fresh Stars
BloombergFlipping has picked up as wealthy collectors chase paintings by emerging artists with the goal of reselling them quickly for a profit, a strategy some advisers say may be a sign that the contemporary art market is taking on characteristics of a financial...
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: INSTITUTION, IMAGE, IDEOLOGY
Starting this Sunday, the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles is admission free. And the free-for-all will have a new exhibit that tells viewers they can take it or leave it.Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology is the first large-scale exhibition to...
Rene Ricard, Art Arbiter With Wildean Wit, Dies at 67
New York Times“I’ve never worked a day in my life,” Rene Ricard, then 32, wrote in an essay for The New York Times Op-Ed page in 1978. “If I did it would probably ruin my career, which at the moment is something of a cross between a butterfly and a lap dog.”.. ....
Reverb at Torrance Art Museum
Reverb at Torrance Art Museum Max Presneill once told me that all rock stars secretly want to be painters and all painters would really rather “get the led out,” and judging from The Torrance Art Museum’s current exhibit, "Reverb," I think I’d have to agree. Bringing...
Exile off the Strip: Dave Hickey
So like a few of you (not many more—which was wise—you really didn’t miss anything), I went down to the Grand Central Market at 3rd and Broadway downtown to hear Dave Hickey plug his latest, Pirates and Farmers, subtitled “Essays on Taste,” under MOCA’s auspices—which...