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Art world responds to death of Kenneth Price
Feb 25th
The art world is mourning the loss of artist Kenneth Price, who died early Friday at his home in Taos, N.M. He was 77. The art world is mourning the loss of artist Kenneth Price, who died early Friday at his home in Taos, N.M. He was 77.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Between a rock and LACMA, it’s a hard place
Nov 24th
When installed at the art museum, a 340-ton boulder will become part of a sculpture called ‘Levitated Mass.’ Getting there from Riverside County is a logistical challenge and a bureaucratic one. The object: A 340-ton, 211/2-foot-tall chunk of granite, sitting in a quarry in Riverside County.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Theater review: ‘Somewhere’ at the Old Globe
Oct 5th
“Somewhere,” Matthew Lopez’s often charming though overstuffed drama, takes place in a poor, showbiz-obsessed household on the West Side of Manhattan during the Golden Age of the American musical. “Somewhere,” Matthew Lopez’s often charming though overstuffed drama, takes place in a poor, showbiz-obsessed household on the West Side of Manhattan during the Golden Age of the American musical.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Music review: Juanjo Mena and Labeques at the Hollywood Bowl
Sep 2nd
Pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque perform and Basque conductor Juanjo Mena debuts at the Hollywood Bowl Pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque perform and Basque conductor Juanjo Mena debuts at the Hollywood Bowl
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Critic’s Notebook: What MOCA’s ‘Art in the Streets’ numbers mean
Aug 11th
“Streets” racked up “the highest exhibition attendance in the museum’s history,” but that doesn’t mean it is the most popular. “Streets” racked up “the highest exhibition attendance in the museum’s history,” but that doesn’t mean it is the most popular.
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‘Magú’ Luján, influential Mexican American artist, dies at 70
Jul 26th
Gilbert ‘Magú’ Luján — whose whimsical, slyly humorous art, which often evoked a rollicking, mythical view of Mexican American life, graced museum walls and public places — died Sunday at age 70. Gilbert “Magú” Luján — a painter, muralist and sculptor whose whimsical, slyly humorous art works, frequently evoking a rollicking, mythical view of Mexican American life, graced museum walls, the Hollywood and Vine subway station and other public places — died Sunday, according to a Facebook posting by his family. He was 70.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Grammy Awards nominations: Michael Daugherty, Steve Mackey lead classical categories
Dec 2nd
Daugherty’s “Deus Ex Machina’ gets five Grammy nods, with three for Mackey’s ‘Dreamhouse.’ Arvo Pärt’s Symphony No. 4, “Los Angeles,’ which debuted at Disney Hall is up for an award. Daugherty’s “Deus Ex Machina’ gets five Grammy nods, with three for Mackey’s ‘Dreamhouse.’ Arvo Pärt’s Symphony No. 4, “Los Angeles,’ which debuted at Disney Hall is up for an award.
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Tattoos become new ‘body’ of literature
Oct 21st
Wherever Tess Adamski goes, Jack Kerouac has her back. Two years ago, the Toronto woman had the closing lines of On the Road tattooed across her spine, along with a portrait of the iconoclastic author whose seminal novel changed her life. The striking image, swathing the entire top half of her back, sets Adamski among a growing tribe of bibliophiles whose passion for books is literally written all over them. “Words are the new tribal art,” says Steven Hayes, a tattoo artist at Shades of Grey in Edmonton.
