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Eileen Havant Townsend
MAGNUS PETERSON HORNER at Gaylord Fine Arts

MAGNUS PETERSON HORNER
at Gaylord Fine Arts

On the top floor of The Gaylord Apartments, a spare selection of seven new paintings by Magnus Peterson Horner tingles the optic and haptic senses, even when they’re barely paintings, even when they’re barely there at all. Horner paints people as if sensed through...

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IN SEARCH OF A CITY — (print exclusive)

IN SEARCH OF A CITY — (print exclusive)

Last year, I went through a phase of reading early aviation memoirs. The book that started me on this kick was Beryl Markham’s West with the Night, in which the British-Kenyan aviatrix writes about flying over the Sahara in the early 1900s, delivering supplies between...

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WHERE ARTISTS HANG OUT

WHERE ARTISTS HANG OUT

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STAYING SANE(ish) WITH DR. TRAINWRECK — (print exclusive) Dear Dr. Trainwreck

STAYING SANE(ish) WITH DR. TRAINWRECK — (print exclusive)
Dear Dr. Trainwreck

Dear Dr. Trainwreck, I've been relatively successful as an artist, but still, I often feel less than. In a world that is becoming more inclusive and understanding of diversity, economic diversity is still somehow frowned upon. I grew up pretty poor in LA. I've had...

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COLLECTOR’S CORNER — (print exclusive) Jordan D. Schnitzer

COLLECTOR’S CORNER — (print exclusive)
Jordan D. Schnitzer

Artillery recently sat down with art collector and philanthropist Jordan D. Schnitzer during the opening of The Schnitzer Family Foundation’s “The Art of Food” exhibition currently on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Why Art? How do we deal in a world where we...

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POEMS

POEMS

Adopt a Highway Old world sadness meets modern shame on a melancholy walk along a dirty shore, where the beachfront properties are indistinguishable from public restrooms. As we step around fly-strewn masses of rotting seaweed and stare at the sun as it sinks behind...

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AN ARTIST ANSWERS QUESTIONS Pedro Pedro

AN ARTIST ANSWERS QUESTIONS
Pedro Pedro

Top three dead artists? Fernando Botero, Wayne Thiebaud, and Henri Matisse. This article is available in print and in our digital edition. To read the full article, please subscribe.

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STAYING SANE(ish) WITH DR. TRAINWRECK — (print exclusive) Narcissists

STAYING SANE(ish) WITH DR. TRAINWRECK — (print exclusive)
Narcissists

I have a notebook from this obnoxious British heritage brand called Smythson, and on the front cover it says, in gold leaf, “Charming in Character and Appearance.” The only thing in this particular notebook is pages upon pages of what I call “unforgivable things”:...

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ART DAMAGED Highbrow Caveman

ART DAMAGED
Highbrow Caveman

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ROLL CALL

ROLL CALL

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GALLERY DOGS (and a bird!)

GALLERY DOGS (and a bird!)

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LUDOLOGY

LUDOLOGY

This month’s game is an art contest. You must make it. Specifically, you must make a work of art that is perfect for Instagram and made at Instagram scale. Make a rectangular art object that exists in the real world (no digital art), and make that object no larger...

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Sandra Cinto

Sandra Cinto

The delicate line-work in these semi-abstract sea/land/sky-scapes is incredibly controlled, almost to a fault. It doesn’t leave much room for the unexpected. This might be okay except that the overall vocabulary of forms is a bit too constrained. For instance, the...

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Volta’s “Loneliness Triptych” at Jeffrey Deitch

Volta’s “Loneliness Triptych”
at Jeffrey Deitch

Friday night director/choreographer Mamie Green (collaborating with writers Stephanie Wambugu, Lily Lady, and Sammy Loren) presented 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒚𝒄𝒉, a 30-minute dance/spoken word performance in three consecutive parts, each performed in one of Jeffrey Deitch...

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Vielmetter

Paul Mpagi Sepuya
at Vielmetter

The title “positioner” refers to the photographer’s inclusion of himself in several of these photos as he positions his models, most of which are queer men and women. These are a reflection on studio portraiture as a specific social context. They explore the...

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Jill Magid at Various Small Fires

Jill Magid
at Various Small Fires

The centerpiece of this show is a carpeted wooden platform, covered with white on blue stars like an American flag. Various Small Fires’ owner, Esther Kim Varet, is running for Congress, and this mini-stage is meant for use by her campaign. What Varet and artist...

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Mary Weatherford at David Kordansky Gallery

Mary Weatherford
at David Kordansky Gallery

Two big rooms of Mary Weatherford’s prodigious wall works still aren’t enough space to contain the mesmerizing views the artist generously presents in “The Surrealist” exhibition, which is a bold, seductive reminder of painting’s emotional power and material...

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Luis C. Garza at the Los Angeles Central Library

Luis C. Garza
at the Los Angeles Central Library

Self-taught photographer Luis Garza began his career as a photojournalist documenting the turbulent social events of the 60s for La Raza magazine, which was a counter-balance to the prevailing conservative and often racist media narratives. His latest exhibit of 63...

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