I applaud Michael Govan, for he has truly created a dialogue. Art is on the lips of wise academics, curious cab drivers and anyone seeking sensation.
lacma.wordpress.com | Posted 07.17.2011
As you may have read in Sunday's Los Angeles Times, we've got a new major artwork on its way to LACMA--Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass. We are beginni...
The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.17.2011
My late father once told me, "Time is our most precious commodity," and after attending west coast premiere of Christian Marclay's The Clock, I'm conf...
The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.17.2011
On Monday night, Angelenos flocked to the Bing Theater at LACMA for the west coast premiere of Christian Marclay's The Clock. Last month at LACMA's C...
latimes.com | Jori Finkel, Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.14.2011
To hear Govan talk so passionately about this artwork, which is after all one big rock, is to get some sense of what makes him a powerful advocate for...
The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.06.2011
Los Angeles loves its stars -- and if they come in pairs, all the better. But this list doesn't focus on couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; in...
Posted 05.29.2011
The Art Newspaper released their annual tally (PDF) of top 100 museums worldwide based on 2010 attendance numbers, and the results are disappointing w...
The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is getting ready to welcome the public to Ray's Restaurant And Stark Bar (or Ray's And Stark). Gifted by ...
The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011
Carole Bayer Sager was surrounded by family and friends last night for a private reception at the West Hollywood gallery LA Art House. Her new exhibit...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Michael Govan, who has led the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for five years, has renewed his contract as LACMA director through June 30, 2016. G...
Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011
The beginning of gala season in Los Angeles is bringing out the city's heavy hitters when it comes to art philanthropy, curation, and cultural tastema...
latimes.com | Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic | Posted 05.25.2011
The influence that Eli Broad has had on the built landscape of Los Angeles over the last two decades has been wide-ranging, as I pointed out in a piec...
latimes.com | April 19, 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011
The comic-looking tiger painted in ink on a 17th century Japanese folding screen by Kano Sansetsu slyly or shyly dares to drink from a river poised to...
Posted 05.25.2011
A run-down of the week's winners, click here to see the losers. Jeff Zucker:We use the term "winner" rather loosely here, but reports surfaced ...
Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011
I remember reading about this "materials magician" on LACMA's blog a year ago in a post about Jack Brogan's custom paint job of Michael Govan's 1989 BMW 325is.
Posted 05.25.2011
Imagine if you went to a museum, and all the people in the paintings were alive and interactive. That's exactly what happened Monday and it was fascinating.
Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011
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Willow Bay | Posted 05.25.2011
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Gordy Grundy | Posted 05.15.2012