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Irving Blum

Who Painted Over Ed Ruscha's Avant-Garde Masterpiece?

Gordy Grundy | Posted 05.08.2013 | Arts
Read More: Henry Hopkins, Candy Coleman, Ferus Gallery, Irving Blum, Gagosian Gallery, Gordy Grundy, Couturier Gallery, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Olga Seem, Rebels in Paradise, Slidepollajax, Ed Ruscha, Ruscha Sweetwater, Sweetwater, Arts News
Gordy Grundy

I was grinding pencil lead and burning paper as I furiously wrote down her confession. The perp was speaking softly, her voice dulled with regret. An art world mystery of half a century has been solved and I have the confession!

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IN DEPTH: The Man Who Discovered Warhol

Gordy Grundy | Posted 12.22.2011 | Arts
Read More: Frances Colpitt, Walter Hopps, Irving Blum, Ed Ruscha, Gordy Grundy, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Ferus Gallery, Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli, Henry Hopkins, Los Angeles, Pacific Standard Time, Rebels in Paradise, Arts News
Gordy Grundy

Art writer and curator Frances Colpitt stated that the Getty show Pacific Standard Time "will insert California art into the canon of Modern Art." Th...

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Rebels in Paradise by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Jane Chafin | Posted 10.02.2011 | Arts
Read More: Frederick Weisman, Irving Blum, Marcel Duchamp, John Altoon, Ed Moses, Ferus Gallery, Frank Gehry, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Andy Warhol, Pasadena Art Museum, Walter Hopps, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston, Frank Sinatra, Ken Price, Arts News
Jane Chafin

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp's recently released Rebels in Paradise: the Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s introduces all the major players of the 60s Los Angeles art scene in straight-forward prose.

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Surface Truths -- Abstract Painting in the Sixties: This Artweek.LA (March 21-27)

Bill Bush | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Scripps College, Norton Simon Museum, Takeshi Kawashima, Helen Frankenthaler, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Charles Garabedian, Contemporary Ceramics, Abstract Painting, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Jack Youngerman, Kenneth Noland, Dnj Gallery, Larry Bell, Thomas Downing, Michael Eastman, Ferus, Lyrical Abstraction, Irving Blum, Betty Parsons, Color Field, Leo Castelli, Minimalist, Post-Painterly, Hard-Edge, Arts News
Bill Bush

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Locked Into Now

Rebecca Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Andy Warhol, Ed Kienholz, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Elsa Longhauser, Roy Lichtenstein, Irving Blum, Contemporary Art, Jasper Johns, Betty Asher, Arts News
Rebecca Taylor

Whether it's the charm of his candor, the confidence exuded by his high pitch, his witty intonation or simply his overall prosody, there's something about Irving Blum that captivates his audience.

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Plan ForYourArt: July 22-28

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Lacma, Redcat, Moca, West of Rome, Irving Blum, Mike Kelley, Mike Smith, Dennis Hopper, NOW Festival, Smmoa, Cinefamily, Catherine Opie, Dennis Hopper Moca, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Each Week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings for the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.

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