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YoungArts Comes to LA

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Performing Arts, Warner Bros, Doug Aitken, Film, Los Angeles, Education Cuts, California, Television, Education, Raul Esparza, Visual Arts, Roy Hargrove, Kerry Washington, Arts, High School, Viola Davis, Vanessa Williams, John Currin, Arts Education, Kennedy Center, Los Angeles News
Hoyt Hilsman

The level of professionalism from these young artists was both stunning and inspirational, and provided great hope for those of us devoted to the future of the arts in America.

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Where Do Important Artists Come From?

David Galenson | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Damien Hirst, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, Young British Artists, Lisa Yuskavage, Royal College of Art, Richard Serra, Yale School of Art, Chuck Close, John Currin, Goldsmiths College, Matthew Barney, Arts News
David Galenson

Simply put, important new artists are most likely to emerge in the same cities where important artists have emerged in the recent past. And even more narrowly, in recent decades important new artists have been most likely to emerge from the same academic institutions that have produced important artists in the past.

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Ray Caesar 'Dangerous Inclination' In LA

Susan Michals | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Jean-Honore-Fragonard, Ray Caesar, Los Angeles, Corey Helford Gallery, John Currin, Antoine-Watteau, Arts News
Susan Michals

("La Chasse" courtesy of Gallery House Ray Caesar) Ray Caesar is weird - but if you're familiar with his work, you probably already know that. One ...

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Top 10 Portrait Picks From The London Auctions

Bruce Helander | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: UK, Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, Alexander Calder, Sigmar Polke, John Currin, London, Art Auctions, Andy Warhol, Phillips De Pury, Jean Michele Basquiat, David Hockney, Christie's, Sotheby's, Gerhard Richter, Damien Hirst, Debby Harrie, Blondie, UK Arts, Arts News
Bruce Helander

Next week, London hosts contemporary auctions organized by Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury. While there are gems on the docket like Warhol'...

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Porn As Performance Art?

ARTINFO | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Photography, Contemporary Art, Performance Art, Art, Artinfo, Porn, Sasha Grey, Neu Sex, Marilyn Minter, American Apparel, Ron Jeremy, Steven Soderbergh, John Currin, Vice Books, Richard Prince, Arts News
ARTINFO

NEW YORK--Pornography has long been an au courant subject for contemporary art -- see John Currin, Marilyn Minter, or Richard Prince -- but it's rare ...

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BLOG WATCH> Daily Serving on John Currin: "It's All About The Boobs"

dailyserving.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Currin Portraits, Erotic Paintings John Currin, John Currin Females, John Currin, dailyserving.com, Blog-Watch, Painter John Currin, John Currin Painter, Arts News

The biggest snow job in history is how high art in Western culture has largely been about ogling T&A under the guise of mythological allegory. Work by...

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Highlights This Week: Art's Cup Runneth Over

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Korean Artists, Rainn Wilson, Macy's Parade, Thanksgiving, Soulpancake, Slidepollajax, Thanksgiving 2010, Gagosian, John Currin, Gagosian Gallery, Arts News

'Tis the holiday season, and in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we on the Arts page are thankful for a lot. From the perfect pecan pie to table decorating...

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EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT: Not Your Great-Grandfather's Nudes: John Currin's New Paintings at Gagosian Gallery

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Paintings, Exhibition Spotlight, Female Nudes, Painting, John Currin, Gagosian, Slidefullscreen, Figure Painting, Gagosian Gallery, Arts News

WHO: John Currin WHAT: John Currin, New Paintings WHEN: November 4 - December 23, 2010 WHERE: Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10...

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ART BOOK: Steve Martin's New Book 'An Object Of Beauty'

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Books, Steve Martin, Art, Edward Hopper, Larry Gagosian, New York, Ed Ruscha, Comedian, Books, Object of Beauty, Maxfield Parrish, John Currin, William Acquavella, Arts News

Walking down Madison Avenue on a sunny afternoon last week Steve Martin had the look of a movie star in thin disguise, wearing tinted glasses and a ch...

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PHOTOS: CULTUREZOHN: Jean Pigozzi's Gagosian Gallery Show, Johnny STOP!

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muhammad Ali, Diane Von Furstenberg, Mick Jagger, Bono, Damien Hirst, Bill Gates, Carla Bruni, Rolling Stones, Johnny Pigozzi, Larry Gagosian, Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, Keithrichards, Slidepollajax, NY Culture, NY Around Town, John Currin, Arts News
Patricia Zohn

2010-11-12-muham.jpgIf memoir is the art form du jour of twenty first century art, then Johnny Pigozzi is the master of photo-memoir, shameless in his pursuit of the beautiful people.

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EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT: 'In The Company Of Alice Neel' At Victoria Miro Gallery

Marina Cashdan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chantal Joffe, Marlene Dumas, Alice Neel, Hernan Bas, Boscoe Holder, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jacco Olivier, Elizabeth Peyton, Karen Kilimnik, Victoria Miro Gallery, Ns Harsha, Whitechapel Gallery, Idris Khan, John Currin, Slideshow, Arts News
Marina Cashdan

"In the Company of Alice" review from ARTINFO Victoria Miro, London http://www.victoria-miro.com/ Through July 30, 2010 "In the Company of Alice Nee...

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Vice Founder Suroosh Alvi, John Currin, Louise Bourgeois All Living Large In East Village

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vice Magazine, East Village, Suroosh Alvi, Louise Bourgeois, Suroosh Alvi East Village, New York, New York City, John Currin, William Ivey Long, New York News

Vice is cooler than your cool uncle's cool uncle. It has photographs of naked polyglot brunettes, impeccably cruel music reviews, crueler Dos and Don'...

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Culture Zohn: Elizabeth Peyton Lets People In

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Peyton, Art, Portraits, The New Museum, Michael Jackson, Art Basel, Frida Kahlo, Marie Antoinette, Lisa Yuskavage, Gavin Brown, Picasso, David Hockney, Napoleon, John Currin, Georgia O'Keeffe, King Ludwig, Saana, Delacroix, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-10-14-PULL.jpg Juxtaposed with the highly colored rock stars and fashionistas, the portraits are notable for the virtuosity and the way they make their subjects look utterly contemporary.

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