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3 February 2012

Santa Barbara bound

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A new show of old stuff opens at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Feb 4. [...]

1 February 2012

Mike Kelley (1954-2012)

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Artist Mike Kelley, died today, February 2012, a suicide. [...]

30 January 2012

Tattoo you, Jackson Pollock, on your 100th birthday

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Arts writer and COAGULA Magazine publisher, Mat Gleason, has emblazoned his dedication to painter Jackson Pollack, in a permanent kind of way. [...]

29 January 2012

Gathered at Schlesinger’s opening: beautiful art, beautiful people

A handsome crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of Peter Schlesinger’s sculpture & photography homecoming show at L.A.’s Duke & Duke Gallery on January 26, 2012. [...]

29 January 2012

Sculpture meets photography in Peter Schlesinger’s L.A. homecoming show

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Homeboy and artist Peter Schlesinger, who swung in London in the sixties, comes back to L.A. with a tasty show at Duke & Duke Gallery. [...]

22 January 2012

Where industry meets the arts

Two striking photographs from 1928, 1934 bear a similar theme. [...]

20 January 2012

Julian Stanczak’s op art at the L.A. Art Show

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The work of Julian Stanczak, the Polish-born artist now living in Cleveland, caught my eye at the L.A. Art Show opening last night. A skilled practitioner of optical art, Stanczak has an amazing biography. [...]

23 December 2011

L.A. traffic jam inside Caroline Graham’s home

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It was an L.A. traffic jam of a good sort, Caroline Graham’s Christmas party, packed with people. [...]

17 December 2011

Julius Shulman’s 1936 shot of Griffith Observatory — and beyond

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An extraordinary photography of the (then) brand-new Griffith Park Observatory taken by the late Julius Shulman captures the burgeoning megalopolis with the photographer’s characteristic rapture. [...]

27 November 2011

Quiz: Who got the best gig @ MOCA gala, dancer or bartender?

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A quiz on who got the best one-night gig at the recent MOCA gala event — the dancers or the bartenders. [...]