Month: February 2014

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

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...

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...

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.”.. ....

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