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PLAN ForYourArt: May 24-30

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Blum and Poe, Lacma, Eleanor Antin, Moca, LA Art Exhibitions, Los Angeles Art, La Art, La Around Town, LA Art Scene, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Sunday is opening day of a new exhibition that will focus on the emergence of land art in the 1960s and highlight the early years of artistic experimentations in this realm.

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This Saturday: The Echo Park PDA Art Walk

J.L. Sirisuk | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Culture News, Art News, Echo Park, Community, Los Angeles, Echo Park PDA Art Walk, Echo Park Art Walk, La Art, La Around Town, LA Culture, LA Events, Los Angeles News
J.L. Sirisuk

This Saturday May 19th is the Echo Park PDA (public display of art) Art Walk. Over 70 venues participate in this wonderfully eclectic and unique community, saturated with a diverse group of people, boutiques, galleries, coffee shops and cafes.

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Lucy Blodgett

The Quintessential Museum Guide

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: International Museum Day, La Art, The Getty Museum, LA Museums, International Museum Day 2012, IMD 2012, Museums in La, Lacma, The Hammer Museum, Imd, Slideexpand, Los Angeles Museums, Art in La, The Norton Simon, Los Angeles News

Every year since 1977, global citizens unite to celebrate the importance of museums in society on International Museum Day. This year's celebration fa...

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Art Treasures, Yours for the Asking

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: The Getty Center, Titian, Edouard Manet, Robert Mapplethorpe, LA Museums, LA Art Scene, La Art, LA Art Exhibitions, Arts News
Edward Goldman

As a rule, museums put on display only the best, only the crème de la crème of their collections, which counts for roughly 5 percent of everything that they have in storage. But what about the other 95 percent?

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PLAN ForYourArt: May 10-16

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: The Getty, LA Art Events, LA Art Exhibitions, La Art, The Getty Museum, La Around Town, LA Art Scene, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Cinespia kicks off its 10th season of film screenings at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. Guests are welcome to bring blankets and picnic supplies.

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From the Streets of Paris: This Artweek.LA (May 7, 2012)

Bill Bush | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Victor Man, Hugo Wilson, Bernard Rosenquit, John Baldessari, LA Art Exhibitions, La Art, La Around Town, LA Art Scene, Arts News
Bill Bush

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Analia Saban: Concept 85 Percent + Skill 65 Percent

Tracey Harnish | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Analia Saban, Thomas-Solomon-Gallery, Hammer Biennale, Slidepollajax, La Art, Los Angeles Art Exhibit, New York Art Exhibit, Los Angeles Art, Arts News
Tracey Harnish

Artist Analia Saban says the creative process has to come naturally: "I like to work as unconsciously as I can, letting ideas take over my production. ... I try to keep a constant level of experimentation."

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LA's Chinatown Art Scene Springs Fresh and Forward

Gordy Grundy | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: La Art, Galleries, Sabina Lee, The Company Gallery, Gordy Grundy, Artists, Los Angeles, Cafe Via, Charlie James, LA Chinatown Art, Art, Pepin Moore, Coagula Projects, Mat Gleason, Coagula Art Journal, Anat Ebgi, Charlie James Gallery, Artillery Magazine, LA Art Scene, Slidepollajax, Arts News
Gordy Grundy

This season, Culver City may wear the tiara of the international art world, but if you want romance, golden lanterns and a nibble on your earlobe, I'd rather be in Chinatown.

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Shakin' It Up: Artify It Introduces a New Way to Experience Art

Eddie Fernandez | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Art, Artify It, Microsoft, Artists, Facebook, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Artify, La Art, Art Market, Buying Art, Sf Art, Renting Art, Startups, San Francisco Art, San Francisco News
Eddie Fernandez

Artify It's mix of technology and new business models provides a creative new spin for the industry. But is the art world ready for this transformation?

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This Weekend: L'art Pour L'art

J.L. Sirisuk | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: La Art, L'art Pour L'art, LA Art Events, Los Angeles Arts Community, Los Angeles Art, La Around Town, L'art Pour L'art Event, Los Angeles News
J.L. Sirisuk

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PLAN ForYourArt: April 19-25

Bettina Korek | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: LA Art Exhibitions, La Art, Los Angeles Book Festival, Los Angeles Art, La Around Town, Radio Break, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Mat Gleason, the founder and publisher of Los Angeles' Coagula Art Journal, marks the 20th anniversary of this periodical with the launch of Coagula Curatorial.

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Broken Textured Seeing

Tracey Harnish | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Keltie Ferris, Slidepollajax, Mitchell-Innes--Nash, La Art, Keltie Ferris Art, Not Dead Yet Keltie Ferris, La Around Town, Not Dead Yet, Arts News
Tracey Harnish

Part of the "Not Dead Yet" series, below are 10 Questions for artist Keltie Ferris. One of her fundamental beliefs about the way she works? "Work shouldn't feel like work, it should be something more like a need."

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Beauty and the Beast

Edward Goldman | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Blum and Poe, Contemporary Art, Cai Guo-Qiang, Moca, Edward Goldman, La Art, LA MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art LA, Cai Guo-Qiang LA, La Around Town, MOCA LA, Best of La, Video, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Mystery Circle is a dangerous, explosive work of art by the famous contemporary Chinese artists, Cai Guo-Qiang.

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Public Pianos Bring Music To The Streets Of LA

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: La Art, Video, Luke Jerram, Play Me I'm Yours, #PMIYLA, #PlaymeImyours, #PMIY, Jeffrey Kahane LACO, La Music, Music in La, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Laco, Art in La, Jeffrey Kahane, Los Angeles News

Feel free to call Luke Jerram The Piano Man. Since 2008, his public art experiment, "Play Me, I'm Yours" has brought melody to the streets all around ...

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Female Personifications of the Sister Cities of Los Angeles: This Artweek.LA (April 9, 2012)

Bill Bush | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: La Art, Los Angeles Art Exhibits, Farrah Karapetian, La Around Town, Charlene Liu, LA Art Scene, Shay Bredimus, Arts News
Bill Bush

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LA's Month of Photography Heats Up

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: La Art, Asger Carlsen, Video, Andy J. Scott, Los Angeles Photography, Anouk Kruithof, Month of Photography La, Amy Lombard, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles Art, Stephanie Gonot, Slidepollajax, Mopla, Arts News

Good news, photography fanatics. This month is Los Angeles' month of photography, MOPLA for short, which means April will be sprinkled with events and...

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Lecturing Instead of Making Love to Aphrodite

Edward Goldman | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Contemporary Art, Art, La Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Los Angeles Getty Villa, Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, Getty-Villa, Getty Villa, Lacma, La Around Town, Aphrodite Getty Villa, Arts News
Edward Goldman

The new exhibition at the Getty Villa, Aphrodite and the Gods of Love tells a fascinating story about this goddess who beguiled, inspired and often wreaked havoc in all matters of love.

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PLAN ForYourArt: April 5-11

Bettina Korek | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Barney's Beanery, Redcat, Regen Projects, Geffen Contemporary, Francois Ghebaly, La Art, Ed Kienholz, MOCA Los Angeles, Los Angeles Art Exhibits, La Around Town, LA Art Scene, Ed Kienholz Barter Project, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

The original Barter Show (1969) consisted of watercolor washes which Ed Kienholz bartered for the sums, objects, or experiences painted on them. As a tribute, a group of artists have been commissioned to follow Kienholz's guidelines.

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Plunging into Amsterdam's Art World

Edward Goldman | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Stedelijk Museum, Rijksmuseum, Art, Cai Guo-Qiang, Amsterdam, La Art, MOCA Los Angeles, Moca, La Around Town, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporay Art, Museumo of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Going on a short press trip to Europe is never a walk in the park. It is more like a headfirst plunge into the local art scene: Exploring, tasting, inhaling it 24/7. And that's exactly how it was during my recent visit to Amsterdam.

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Hadley Holliday Expands Her Vocabulary

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: La Art, Hadley Holliday, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, Taylor De Cordoba, Warp and Weft, Painting, LA Art Scene, Slidepollajax, Video, Arts News

Hadley Holliday's works are heavy on the eyes, yet the borders and lines are crafted with youthful indulgence. While her new series at Taylor De Cordo...

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The Standard Downtown Mural Delivers With Deedee Cheriel

Vanessa Coblentz | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Deedee Cheriel, Street Art, La Art, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles Standard Hotel, Public Art, La Around Town, Theh Standard Los Angeles Public Mural, Public Murals, LA Art Scene, LA Artmurals Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Vanessa Coblentz

Acclaimed Los Angeles artist and all around cool girl, Deedee Cheriel brings her iconic imagery to the downtown Standard Hotel's 6th street mural program.

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Three Decades Of LA Art Go On Show In Berlin

AP | By GEIR MOULSON | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: La Art, Pacific Standard Time, Pacific Standard Time Los Angeles, Pacific Standard Time Art, Berlin, The-Getty-Foundation, Getty Research Institute, Arts News

BERLIN -- A primer on three decades of post-World War II art from Los Angeles, including iconic images from Ed Ruscha and David Hockney, abstract work...

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Not Dead Yet: 10 Questions for Painters -- This Week -- Ali Smith

Tracey Harnish | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Ali Smith, Abstract Art, Mark Moore Gallery, Slidepollajax, La Art, Painters, Long Beach, La Around Town, Painting, Arts News
Tracey Harnish

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Experience "L.A. Style"

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: La Art, Elizabeth Taylor, Fashion Photography, Dalai Lama, Herb Ritts Getty, La Style Herb Ritts, La Icon, Vogue, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pop Art, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Herb Ritts, Madonna, Cindy Crawford, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Fashion photographer Herb Ritts captured so much of the glitz and glamour that epitomizes that L.A. image-centric air. The skin, the sun, the models, ...

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Now Isn't That Spacial?: This Artweek.LA (Feb. 27, 2012)

Bill Bush | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: LA Art Exhibitions, La Art, Cody Trepte, Chris Engman, John Houck, Samantha Roth, Los Angeles Art Exhibits, James Welling, La Around Town, Frick Byers, LA Art Scene, Arts News
Bill Bush

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