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Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83; abstract painter
Helen Frankenthaler, a New York artist whose bursts of color achieved by pouring thinned paint onto canvas from coffee cans helped point art in fresh directions after the initial post-World War II explosion of Abstract Expressionism, has died. She was 83....Tags: Ellsworth Kelly, Artists, Obituaries, George W. Bush, Museums
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PST, A to Z: ’46 N. Los Robles’ at Pacific Asia, ‘Proof’ at Norton Simon
Culture MonsterPacific Standard Time will explore the origins of the Los Angeles art world through museum exhibitions throughout Southern California over the next six months. Times art reviewer Sharon Mizota has set the goal of seeing all of them. This is...... -
Art review: 'State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970' at OCMA
Culture MonsterChristopher Knight reviews "State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970" at the Orange County Museum of Art... -
June Wayne dies at 93; led revival of fine-art print making
June Wayne, who helped pioneer a revival of fine-art print making in the 1960s when she founded the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles, has died. She was 93.
An accomplished artist in her own right, Wayne died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles...Tags: Arts, Artists, Fine Arts, The Happiest News!, University of New Mexico
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Southland arts venues
18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th St.,
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 453-3711, 18thstreet.org
A + D Architecture and Design Museum
6032 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 932-9393, http://www.aplusd.org
American Museum of Ceramic Art...Tags: Arts, University of California, National or Ethnic Minorities, Fine Arts, Crossroads
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Lesser-known artists are poised for a breakthrough
Nobody thought a 12-sided geometric painting by a little-known artist could top a Hockney. The painting, "Vector," has languished in storage for at least 30 years. The painter, Ron Davis, has been living off the grid near Taos, N.M., for almost as long....Tags: David Hockney, Artists, Minority Groups, Museums, Standards
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Artists sue Christie's and Sotheby's for 'resale royalties'
Culture MonsterWhat do New York painter Chuck Close, L.A. artist Laddie John Dill, and the estate of L.A. sculptor Robert Graham have in common? They are all plaintiffs in a pair of class-action lawsuits filed Tuesday against the New York operations of Sotheby's and... -
Resale royalty lawsuits filed against nine California galleries
Culture MonsterManny Silverman says he opened his gallery in 1987, then on La Cienega Boulevard, at the urging of painter Sam Francis. Now he’s being sued by the Sam Francis Foundation--along with eight other galleries who allegedly refused to pay a 5 percent... -
Review: 'Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970'
Culture MonsterChristopher Knight reviews the Getty Museum's flagship Pacific Standard Time show, "Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970"... -
Art review: 'Perpetual Motion: Michael Goldberg' at Cal State University, Long Beach
Culture MonsterFor the last century and a half, art movements have followed hot on the heels of one another faster and more furiously than ever before. Even a quick list is dizzying, taking readers from Impressionism to Fauvism and Expressionism, onto...... -
Art review: Katharina Grosse at Christopher Grimes Gallery
Culture MonsterUsually, graffiti registers as an affirmation of presence in the world on behalf of socially marginal or even invisible people or ideas. Eleven engaging new paintings, all untitled, by Katharina Grosse turn that familiar experience inside out. Best... -
Estranged wife of Dennis Hopper contests sale of certain art items
Culture MonsterAn auction of art items from the collection of the late Dennis Hopper hit a legal bump this week after the actor's estranged wife filed papers in a Los Angeles court contesting the sale of certain pieces, among them works......
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