Category Archives: culture
Quebec’s thriving Art Scene
Organized by the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, the Québec Triennial, is situated in its spacious high-ceilinged modern building with bare white walls and no architectural frills – puts a spotlight on Quebec, showing artworks so delightful and of such … Continue reading
Filed under art, art exhibitions, conceptual art, contemporary art, culture, Montreal
Book Signing: Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting at Book Soup, Los Angeles
<script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/IllWorkForArt?i=” type=”text/javascript”> Ed Ruscha signing books at Book Soup Last Saturday evening, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to have the great and famous Ed Ruscha sign his latest book, “Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting” at Book Soup, Los Angeles. … Continue reading
I he[art] Herb & Dorothy Vogel.
Herbert and Dorothy Vogel like the most unlikable art. They own a few inches of frayed rope with a nail through it. A curved lead pipe. A black cardboard square with definition of the word ”nothing” printed on it, in white. … Continue reading
Filed under art, Art Collector, art history, conceptual art, culture, Minimal Art
Favorite Art Shows of 2009
After reading Peter Schjeldahl’s “Eleven Best Museum Shows of 2009″ in the New Yorker, I thought, I too will compile a list. 1. Please, Please, Please, Jeppe Hein, January 30 – March 29th 2009, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada 2. … Continue reading
Filed under art, art exhibitions, art history, conceptual art, contemporary art, culture, Los Angeles, New York, P.S.1, photography
An evening in Culver City Arts District
Last Saturday evening, we checked out Culver City’s Art District, where many of the cities most esteemed galleries hosted art openings: Roberts & Tilton, Peres Projects, Blum & Poe and LAX Art. The night was bustling with art lovers hoping … Continue reading
Filed under art, art criticism, art exhibitions, art history, Blum & Poe, contemporary art, culture, Culver City, Los Angeles, photography
Jonathan Horowitz: And/Or at P.S.1, NYC
Jonathan Horowitz: And/Or at P.S.1 The connection between Micheal Jackson and America’s ill-fated military interventions might seem tenuous, but after viewing Jonathan Horowitz’s sculptures and video installation the link becomes obvious and uncomfortable. For his solo show P.S.1, NYC, Chief … Continue reading
Filed under art, art exhibitions, contemporary art, culture, Media, New York, P.S.1
Larry Sultan, Pictures from Home
I found an interesting blog “Domesticity: A Blog Exploring the Photography of Domestic Experience,” where the author Ben Alper references an essay I wrote about Larry Sultan’s, Pictures from Home . It is great to see the essay with photographs by Larry Sultan. … Continue reading
Filed under art, contemporary art, culture
Visiting Museo De Antioquia, Medellin Colombia
While on vacation early this year, I visited Museo De Antioquia in Medellin Colombia. The museum houses an amazing art collection that documents Colombia’s history beginning from pre-colombian to Contemporary art. As a foreigner, I became intrigued by the artwork … Continue reading
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A Day at the Getty
As the silent white automated tram departed and slipped under the station roof-vaults, the distant view of the citadel is suddenly framed and revealed. The ensuing serpentine clime of the tram track then takes over and provides constantly changing vistas … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, art, contemporary art, culture, design
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