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Willow Bay | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

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Willow Bay

Our goal is to give LA a page of its own, where bloggers can express themselves on the issues that matter to them -- whether they're substantive, sublime, simple or just plain fun.

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The History of Art, Through the Lens of Los Angeles

Michael Govan | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lacma, California, Latin America, Los Angeles-California, Doug Wheeler, Art History, James Turrell, Maria Nordman, Robert Irwin, Contrmporary Art, Palm Trees, Asian Art History, Los Angeles News
Michael Govan

Los Angeles has also given birth to a distinct moment in art history during the last 40 years. The modern world was invented -- or reinvented -- in LA. Everything gets reinvented in California.

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LACMA Loses 23% Of Its Investments In Meltdown Year

Los Angeles Times | Mike Boehm | Posted 11.20.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lacma, Los Angeles News

No arts nonprofit is apt to show a rosy balance sheet for the year of the great economic meltdown, unless by rosy one means red ink. LACMA In the c...

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Eli Broad Expands Plans For His Westside Museum

latimes.com | Mike Boehm | Posted 11.17.2009 | Los Angeles

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Art collector and philanthropist Eli Broad has nearly doubled the size of the museum he intends to build on the Westside for his 2,000-piece collectio...

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Thom Bierdz: Daytime's Inspired Resurrection Isn't Restless Anymore

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Thom Bierdz, Lacma, Art, The Young and the Restless, Phyllis Bierdz, Gay Hollywood, Prop 8, Oprah, Contemporary Art, Forgiving Troy, Cbs, Daytime TV, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

For daytime TV viewers, it's not just Oprah anymore. Thom Bierdz is back on the dial. His mother would be proud.

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LACMA to Film Buffs: Stay Home. Alone.

Mike Miley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Richard Schickel, Los Angles County Museum of Art, Lacma, Netflix, Film, Los Angeles, Martin Scorsese, Kenneth Turan, Entertainment News
Mike Miley

LACMA's announcement not only royally stinks, but it also represents a major blow to the appreciation of film as an art form on equal footing with painting and sculpture.

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Women Without Men: Iran and Its People in Transition

Angella Nazarian | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Revolution, Women Without Men, Lacma, Iran Uprising, Iranian Revolution, Farhang Foundation, Iran, Iranian Film, Iranian Art, Iranian Uprising, Shirin Neshat, World News
Angella Nazarian

2009-06-18-SN122_PULL.jpg It is in these gripping scenes that we see history repeating itself, and that art and the artist, a nation and its people, are inexplicably linked through their longing for what is absent.

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Obama and the Berlin Wall

Lester Sloan | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Lacma, Obama Germany, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, George Herbert Walker Bush, Stimulus Package, Die Ziet, Obama, Berlin Wall, We Shall Overcome, Socialists, World News
Lester Sloan

Susan turned to me and said, "Obama's election was like the fall of the Berlin Wall." Given that she has three history degrees, including a Ph.D., I felt that she spoke with some authority.

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Culture Zohn: Alt Oscar: The Other Gold in Los Angeles

Patricia Zohn | Posted 03.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: LA Philharmonic, Royce Hall, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Lacma, Norton Simon Museum, Hammer Museum, Getty, LA Opera, Broad Stage, Disney Hall, Moca, Redcat, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2009-02-20-zpull.jpg We also have actual places to go and things to see that will make your heart go pitter-patter and even echo this year's Best Picture nominees.

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Out of the Ordinary

Suzanne Deal Booth | Posted 02.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art, Lacma, Museums, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Painting, Los Angeles, Style News
Suzanne Deal Booth

it's not surprising that LACMA has come so far. Its director, Michael Govan has transformed the institution he once called a "sleeping giant." The evolution started where it should, with the art.

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Broad Brush Strokes: Q &A With Eli Broad

Willow Bay | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Eli Broad Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Eli Broad LACMA, Lacma, Eli Broad, The Giving Life, Willow Bay, History Channel, Living News
Willow Bay

BCAM Born! It's hard to miss the banners with the sparkling, red, cracked egg sculpture by artist Jeff Koons sprinkled across the city. This week the ...

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Billionaire Eli Broad Withdraws Massive Art Donation From LA County Museum

LA Times | Christopher Knight | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: LA Times, Billionaire Art Collections, Los Angeles Art, LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Eli Broad, Living News

The news this week that billionaire art collector Eli Broad has decided not to give any of his 2,000-piece collection to the Los Angeles County Museum...

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