Michael Govan
The Transcendental Minimalist:  Agnes Martin

The Transcendental Minimalist: Agnes Martin

So I’m at brunch at Figaro (on Vermont) with two of my best (and one of my oldest) friends from out-of-town; and we’re actually sitting outside on the hottest day of the year (I’m imagining the wait-staff making bets on my imminent demise). There’s a very...

From Blob to Blot – A Debate Over the New LACMA

From Blob to Blot – A Debate Over the New LACMA

And so the Govan/Zumthor/LACMA PR juggernaut thunders on, steamrolling over those skeptical eyes looking over their shoulders from near and far, critics and other local scolds (and possibly its immediate neighbors), to say nothing of its own Board of Trustees, the...

LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH

LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”  Don Vito Corleone to Johnny Fontane, The Godfather (Paramount, 1972) written by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, from the novel by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. As visitors to this blog are aware,...

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