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1 February 2012

Mike Kelley (1954-2012)

Mike Kelley

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

17 October 2011

Hans Burkhardt, for four decades a master artist of Los Angeles @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

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The expansive and influential career of Hans Burkhardt (1904–1994) in Los Angeles is the focus of a survey exhibition of paintings and drawings, “Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond the Mainstream,” at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts. [...]

23 April 2011

You wouldn’t wish it on your worst enemy: street art

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Street art or graffiti: you decide. [...]

5 April 2011

Soraya Nazarian, sculptor, offers a 25-year retrospective

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Sculptor Soraya Sarah Nazarian kicked off the exhibit of a 25-year survey of her work in “Strength Revealed” on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Gallery 817, located at 817 N. Hilldale Avenue in West Hollywood. [...]

28 May 2010

Patrick Graham’s patch of earth

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“My first memory of drawing was as a child and I remember people talking about me,” said Irish artist Patrick Graham at a crowded art talk hosted by his long time representative, Jack Rutberg, at Rutberg’s La Brea Avenue gallery. Graham, born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, in 1943, was visiting Los Angeles from Dublin. [...]

29 April 2010

Own a masterpiece. Buy a stamp.

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The U.S. government supports the arts. It issues stamp art. [...]

5 March 2010

Readers zero in on Mostel

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arts•meme readers enjoy the memory of the great zero mostel [...]