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
The film tracks Vezzoli’s scandalous life and art career, the plot hinging on coverage of a fictional project by Vezzoli, an implausible remake of Maximilian Schell’s 1984 documentary Marlene, 1984, about Marlene Dietrich.
April 2nd, 2009
Categories: Hollywood, TV, Italy, Los Angeles, Performance, Celebrity, Video . 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
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