The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) Photo Collection and Photo Friends are co-sponsoring a new exhibition titled The Industry In Our Backyard: Television Production In Los Angeles, 1940s -1980s. Featuring images from the vast LAPL photo collection, this new exhibit “…showcases five decades in the life of the medium that dominated American culture, yet for […]
Jasper Johns at The Broad – Six Decades of Creativity
December 15, 2017 11:15 am By
Early next year The Broad will open: “Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’”, a special exhibition featuring over 120 pieces of work created by one of the country’s greatest living artists. Organized by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with The Broad, the show will bring together six decades of Johns’ work, including drawings, […]
LA’s One and Only Panorama is Back – Catch it While you Can!
October 31, 2017 3:38 pm By
If you’ve never heard of, or experienced, panoramic paintings you’re not alone. While this unique art form was popular in the nineteenth century, few survive today. Fortunately for Angelenos, The Velaslavasay Panorama (VP), a local non-profit located in the West Adams Historic District, is dedicated to preserving this precursor of the motion picture, which immerses the viewer […]
Railway Modeler Pulls into Bergamot Station
August 20, 2017 10:04 am By
When something captures a child’s attention, he or she locks onto the subject and doesn’t let go. Visiting the Lois Lambert Gallery at Bergamot Station several weeks ago to see an exhibition titled “Sonny Wizelman – A Moment in Time,” I watched a young girl circle the room, mobile phone in hand, taking video of […]
Three Artists Interpret Los Angeles
March 14, 2017 3:25 pm By
The Los Angeles art scene is so vibrant that to get noticed artists often have to promote their own work. That’s exactly what Vivian Shih did when she reached out to inform Curating LA about The Land Around Us, a self-curated group show that features her work alongside that of Bijou Karman and Juliette Toma.
LA Art Book Fair 2017
February 21, 2017 3:58 pm By
Events that combine books and art always get my attention. I love both and write about them often on this blog. So it should come as no surprise that I’m really excited about the 2017 installment of the LA Art Book Fair (LAABF17). The LA based event and its counterpart, the NY Art Book Fair, showcase […]
The LA Art Show is Back
January 11, 2017 4:07 pm By
Now in its 22nd year, the LA Art Show is once again bringing its curatorial vision to downtown Los Angeles by highlighting the work of established and emerging artists from around the world. Utilizing 150,000 square feet of exhibition space at the L.A. Convention Center and expecting upwards of 70,000 attendees, this year the event […]
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