California Biennial

THE 2008 California Biennial is all over the place, and that means aesthetically as well as geographically. It includes the work of some 50 artists at over a dozen venues, mostly congregated at the Orange County Museum of Art, but with pieces or displays in Los Angeles, Tijuana, Joshua Tree, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco.

New York Studio Visit

KATHERINE BERNHARDT has no patience for sitting around waiting for paint to dry. She prefers to get on with it, slathering acrylic onto canvas with two-inch brushes at breakneck speed. "If everything is working, I can do three or four paintings a day," she reports.

Dialogue

In 2002 I discovered Christopher Russell's 'zine, Bedwetter. With its unconventional design qualities — several issues mandated that you "destroy to enjoy"— and widely varied subject matter provided by a host of talented contributors, it was unlike anything I'd seen.

Popscope

A COUPLE OF WEEKS since his Best Actor Golden Globe award, Mickey Rourke is making the rounds of morning talk shows hosted by other has-beens who just keep on going. He even appears to have washed his hair for Baba Wawa and Whoopi. By now his "comeback" is official.