It’s not often that I cite the Los Angeles Times (or update, for that matter), but this article speaks as to the obstacles and successes gallery owners face in LA:
Sales have all but dried up for many L.A. area dealers, quite a few galleries have closed and others have downsized. But in a period […]
July 29th, 2009
Categories: Los Angeles, Hollywood, Urban, LA, Architecture, Business . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: Comments Off
Thanks to Edward Wyatt’s astute reporting at the NYTimes stretching back at least a year, I’ve been able to follow the unfolding saga of the Los Angeles museum world, which will undoubtedly result in a marked change to the cultural landscape there. The culmination of the year’s events came with an institution on the brink […]
January 14th, 2009
Categories: Los Angeles, Curator, Power players, LA, Controversy, Business, Museum . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
Zak Smith’s latest solo exhibition at Fredericks & Freiser gallery opens this Friday, October 10. From the press release:
Midnight in the Empire features compulsively dense abstract works, a grab bag of drawings and paintings on different subjects, as well as the latest installments of “Girls In The Naked Girl Business”–Smith’s ongoing series of portraits of […]
October 8th, 2008
Categories: Solo Show, Chelsea, Toronto, Drawing, LA, Opening, New York, Painting . Author: lynette c . Comments: No Comments
The © MURAKAMI retrospective at the Los Angeles MOCA, while spanning a massive 35,000 sq. ft. and nearly fifteen years of Takashi Murakami’s work, it’s the inclusion of his newest and most unique works that matter in this instance:
Of particular importance, is the debut of Oval Buddha, an enormous self-portrait sculpture in the guise of […]
November 21st, 2007
Categories: Asian, Japan, Animation, Los Angeles, Retrospective, Art Star, Celebrity, Painting, Museum, Sculpture, LA, Video . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: 1 Comment
If you’re in Los Angeles, look out for the two shows in three days for Dutch artist, Parra. I’d try to explain, but it’s better that you see for yourself.
Examples here (at his Rockwell Clothing line’s site), and here (MySpage!)
RSVP for Thursday.
April 4th, 2007
Categories: Private showing, Amsterdam, Party, Illustration, Design, LA . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: 1 Comment