Tag Archives: Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles

The Last Days of Pompeii in LA

by Lily Simonson | Sep 17, 2009

Looking at Los Angeles

The Last Days of Pompeii in LA

by Lily Simonson | Sep 17, 2009

The Los Angeles art world still has a lot of the laissez-faire approachability that endeared it back in the ’60s, which is why so many artists migrate to L.A. and …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 31, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 31, 2009

House of Light (2000), a permanent installation in Kawanishi, Japan by Season 1 artist James Turrell, will be open through September 14 as part of the 2009 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial. …

Chain Link Fence

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 25, 2009

Chain Link Fence

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 25, 2009

Some summertime offerings from the internets. Pastels Not Dunzo: Joshua David Stein watches the cast of “The Hills” getting pastel’d. “Chalk pastels are the soft focus of the art world …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Paul McCarthy interviewed by Benjamin Weissman

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 21, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Paul McCarthy interviewed by Benjamin Weissman

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 21, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we’ll be featuring a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist. This week we present Paul McCarthy’s interview …

Flash Points

Professionalized Fantasy

by Catherine Wagley | Aug 14, 2009

Flash Points

Professionalized Fantasy

by Catherine Wagley | Aug 14, 2009

If I were to name art’s King and Queen of sleek professionalism, Florian Maier-Aichen and Marilyn Minter would take the crowns. They compliment each other, Maier-Aichen bringing out Minter’s reliance …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 20, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 20, 2009

Works by Art21 artists Pepón Osario (Season 1) and Eleanor Antin (Season 2) are currently on view in the exhibition Black&WhiteWorks at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. The show includes painting, …

Flash Points

New Flash Points Topic: Fantasy

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 20, 2009

Flash Points

New Flash Points Topic: Fantasy

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 20, 2009

In celebration of the fifth season of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, premiering this fall on PBS, the current round of Flash Points topics correspond to our upcoming four thematic …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms: Art21 Educators 2009

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 15, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms: Art21 Educators 2009

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 15, 2009

Starting today, Art21 is pleased to welcome K-12 teachers from across the country to participate in our first summer institute, Art21 Educators. Jessica Hamlin, Marc Mayer, Joy Lai (our amazing …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 6, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 6, 2009

Curators Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos/UNstudio have invited 12 artists to exhibit work at Fort Asperen, a 19th century defense tower in the Netherlands. “Retreat” is the central theme …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 22, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 22, 2009

Matthew Barney (Season 2) and Elizabeth Peyton have collaborated on a site-specific installation for the Deste Foundation in Hydra, Greece. Blood of Two is on view through September 30 in …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Educators 2009-2010 – Apply Now!

by Marc Mayer | Apr 9, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Educators 2009-2010 – Apply Now!

by Marc Mayer | Apr 9, 2009

Art21 Educators: Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms 2009-2010 Are you interested in contemporary art? Are you a K-12 art and/or media teacher? Do you teach in Los Angeles, Chicago, or …

This Week’s Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 16, 2009

This Week’s Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 16, 2009

What’s happening now: The Sound of Silence, an exhibition of works by Alfredo Jaar (Season 4), is on view at Galerie Lelong in New York through May 2. Visitors are invited …

Calling all photographers: Museums (and Wikipedia) want to recruit you!

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2009

Calling all photographers: Museums (and Wikipedia) want to recruit you!

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2009

“Henry VIII,” Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3) February may very well be the unofficial month of the photography contest. Earlier this week, Joe Fusaro wrote about art contests in the classroom, …

Flash Points

Crying Wolf

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 23, 2008

Flash Points

Crying Wolf

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 23, 2008

Here’s one of the biggest problem with controversy in contemporary art: once it sparks, people stop really looking. I didn’t see UCLA’s Wight Biennial this year. LA Times critic Christopher …

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects (Part II)

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 10, 2008

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects (Part II)

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 10, 2008

Los Angeles’ Regen Projects II will be hosting a new exhibition by artist Raymond Pettibon (Season 2) from December 13, 2008 to January 24, 2009. Entitled Cutting-Room Floor Show, Pettibon’s …

Pettibon’s “I thought California would be different…” in Hollywood

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 4, 2008

Pettibon’s “I thought California would be different…” in Hollywood

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 4, 2008

While we posted about the 2008 California Biennial back in May, I discovered this image via the SuperTouch blog about Raymond Pettibon‘s (Season 2) contribution: Legendary punk artist/Black Flag branding …

Public Space and Prop8

by Marc Herbst | Nov 26, 2008

Public Space and Prop8

by Marc Herbst | Nov 26, 2008

Feel Tank Chicago. Image related to their Parade of the Politically Depressed. (It happens on the street on MayDay) No on 8 rally. Weird Space in LA. Photo by Nancy …

Crowds and Power

by Marc Herbst | Nov 23, 2008

Crowds and Power

by Marc Herbst | Nov 23, 2008

Image via innis22mara on Flickr I’m away from LA this weekend, missing what, by several heated emails, is a curious event at the MOCA. Struck by a financial crisis, a …

A brief back-note…

by Marc Herbst | Nov 20, 2008

A brief back-note…

by Marc Herbst | Nov 20, 2008

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnx2Wv4T1o] I saw this online yesterday as it occurred in my city. A project done by an LA-based Iraqi Veteran Against the War set out 4171 toy US Soldiers at …

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by Marc Herbst | Nov 19, 2008

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by Marc Herbst | Nov 19, 2008

At a recent Journal meeting with my co-editors, Christina Ulke and Robby Herbst, we were considering how the current climate would affect our work. While some of our ideals would …

All the News We Hope to Print

by Marc Mayer | Nov 13, 2008

All the News We Hope to Print

by Marc Mayer | Nov 13, 2008

Living in the afterglow or wake (depending on your political leanings) of the 2008 presidential election, we are left to wonder where this talk of hope and change might lead …

Global Video Part 3

by Catherine Wagley | Nov 2, 2008

Global Video Part 3

by Catherine Wagley | Nov 2, 2008

“Part of your preparation is to have as many strings in your hand, just not to knot them,” said Cate Blanchett, explaining her approach to acting.  “You don’t want to sort …

Reframing Global Video

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 31, 2008

Reframing Global Video

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 31, 2008

I am always dubious when the word “global” begins an exhibition title. Trying to gauge some sort of global cultural pulse seems absurdly ambitious. But yesterday, when I went to see Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video …

Making Art Effable

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 29, 2008

Making Art Effable

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 29, 2008

For the exhibition Index: Conceptualism in California,  MOCA invited four Los Angeles poets to respond to artists’ work. Though the scope of the exhibition–Index  ambitiously explores the ways in which California artists …

Soundings and Songs: Ann Hamilton

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 29, 2008

Soundings and Songs: Ann Hamilton

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 29, 2008

Soundings–an exhibition of sculpture, photography, prints and video by Season 1 artist Ann Hamilton–is on view at Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado through November 15. The exhibition expands upon Hamilton’s works from an …

Collier Schorr & Mark Bradford in Los Angeles

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 7, 2008

Collier Schorr & Mark Bradford in Los Angeles

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 7, 2008

On October 10, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host a public conversation between Collier Schorr (Season 2) and curator Christopher Bedford in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Projects 11: Hard Targets-Masculinity and …

Kerry James Marshall in Southern California

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 23, 2008

Kerry James Marshall in Southern California

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 23, 2008

An exhibition of new paintings and drawings by Kerry James Marshall (Season 1) is on view at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City, California through October 24, 2008. PORTRAITS, PIN-UPS And Wistful …

[St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986

by Marc Mayer | Sep 19, 2008

[St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986

by Marc Mayer | Sep 19, 2008

Yesterday, the New York Times published a review of the exhibition [St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986 at Specific Object in Chelsea. The review and the press release sparked my interest though …

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 9, 2008

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 9, 2008

On September 13, 2008, Regen Projects in Santa Monica, California will open the first segment of a two-part exhibition dedicated to works by Raymond Pettibon (Season 2). Part I, entitled Seminal Work (1978-1988), is on view …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 27, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 27, 2008

Two weeks ago, from August 11-15, I had the pleasure of spending a week working with a number of outstanding art teachers at the MoCA, Los Angeles summer institute, Contemporary …

Quiet on the set: keep noise to a Minimum

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 13, 2008

Quiet on the set: keep noise to a Minimum

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 13, 2008

I was rereading a batch of the previous posts to avoid being redundant, but that won’t stop me from piggybacking. Ben Street’s post “Best Supporting Artists” reminded me of a …

Roni Horn at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 23, 2008

Roni Horn at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 23, 2008

  July 24 through August 29, 2008, works by Season 3 artist Roni Horn will be on view at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, California. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in the Los Angeles area in …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

While vacationing locally this summer (since that’s all anyone has gas money for) and taking the necessary steps to slow down in order to feed your imagination and even your …

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

My biggest pet peeve in New York City is watching men (and women) of all walks of life, hack and cough, then swiftly discharge a slimy wad of saliva on …

Podcast: Kara Walker

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 11, 2008

Podcast: Kara Walker

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 11, 2008

A new podcast featuring Art21 artist Kara Walker is now available¬†through iTunes¬†or¬†KCET.org. Walker discusses her work with Gary Garrels,¬†chief curator¬†at the Hammer Museum,¬†where the artist’s¬†touring survey¬†My Complement, My Enemy, My …

“California Video” at the Getty features 4 Art21 artists and many others

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 25, 2008

“California Video” at the Getty features 4 Art21 artists and many others

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 25, 2008

The Getty Research Institute has amassed one of the largest institutional collections of video art in the world. California Video, on view at the Getty Center through June 18, 2008, …