LACMA
Composer Steve Reich performed at LACMA Tuesday night in a concert celebrating the museum’s retrospective of artwork by James Turrell. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer was joined by the Lyris Quartet, pianists Vicki Rey and Joanne Pearce Martin, and a...
LOS ANGELES – In the fountain outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is Alexander Calder’s first large-scale kinetic piece, “Three Quintains (Hello Girls).” When it was installed in 1965, it was the pride of the L.A. art scene but is now a...
This is the second of a three-part ARTINFO series on art patronage in Los Angeles.Museum Directors Step InGiven the mercurial nature of art support in L.A., how can patronage stabilize and develop into a culture of the long-term commitment? Many...
The last week has been something of a rollercoaster of news about the Los Angeles museum world. First, after months — years, even! — of financial turmoil for the smaller institution, LACMA officially submitted a bid at the end of February offering merge with...
EMERGING is a regular column where ARTINFO spotlights an up-and-coming artist.Within the murals and drawings of Mark Licari, objects, animals, and organic material collide in a glorious chain of growth and decay. Flowers burst in puffs of dirt from dresser...
Our most-talked-about stories in Visual Art, Design & Architecture, Fashion & Style, and Performing Arts, October 29 - November 2, 2012:ART— In the wake of superstorm Sandy, Julia Halperin reported from ravaged Chelsea and ...
LOS ANGELES — A purple carpet set the stage for the international art, fashion, and film royalty present at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s second-annual Gucci-sponsored “Art + Film” gala on October 27. Guests sipped Laurent-Perrier pink champagne...
Art lovers get a sweet reward at Los Angeles museum
Two weeks ago, federal authorities broke open a Manhattan storage unit to discover $20 million worth of allegedly looted ancient bronze and sandstone statues. The cache of suspicious treasure belongs to Subhash Kapoor, an Indian-born, New York-based art...
In the wake of chief curator Paul Schimmel's controversial departure from L.A. MOCA, various stories have swirled about the museum, its dire financial situation, and the competence of former art dealer Jeffrey Deitch in the director's position. Comparisons...
