Robert Rauschenberg

The 'Big Break' and an Artist Who Knew How to Use It

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Leo Castelli, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Hubbard Art Award, The Business of Art, Dean Mitchell, Artists Big Break, Professional Artists, Arts News
Daniel Grant

When a big break comes in an artist's career, will that person realize it, or know how to take advantage of it?

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Jim Dine's Pop Art Pinocchio

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Video, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Galerie Daniel Templon, Pop Art, Jim Dine, Pinocchio, Neo-Dada, Jim Dine Galerie Daniel Templon, Claus Oldenburg, Arts News

Pinocchio tells the story of a wooden puppet who turns into a living boy. Jim Dine, an influential pop artist who has been actively working for over 5...

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When Billboards Are Ripped

Jan Herman | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Richard Sargent, Billboards, Wolf Vostell, Robert Rauschenberg, Pop Art, Mimmo Rotella, Abstract Expressionism, East Bay, Decollage, Exposure, Arts News
Jan Herman

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Rauschenberg's Treasures

Alexander Adler | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, James Rosenquist, Rene Magritte, Art, Robert Rauschenberg, Gagosian Gallery, Arts News
Alexander Adler

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Paradise Found: This Artweek.LA (October 31 - November 6, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Scot Sothern, JT Burke, Courtney Reid, Peter Frank, Robert Rauschenberg, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Charles White, Jim Mangan, Ed Moses, Laddie John Dill, Betye Saar, Larry Bell, Arts News
Bill Bush

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Video)

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Art, Fear No Art Chicago, Paintings, Fear No Art, Michael Darling, Sculpture, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Mca, Rene Magritte, Chicago Artist Month, Robert Rauschenberg, Nick Cave, Chicago News
Elysabeth Alfano

While we walk the corridors of the museum and throughout the superb exhibit Pandora's Box, Mr. Darling talks about the importance of the museum creating a safe space to ask questions, and ways we can all relate to art.

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Proof Is in the Print: This Artweek.LA (Sept 26 - October 2)

Bill Bush | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Avant L.A., Josef Albers, Richard Diebenkorn, Fountain Los Angeles, June Wayne, Ed Ruscha, John Altoon, Art Platform Los Angeles, Feminism and Art, Ed Moses, Sam Francis, PULSE Los Angeles, Robert Rauschenberg, Mat Gleason, Garo Antreasian, Louise Nevelson, The Woman?S Building, Claes Oldenburg, Ken Price, Arts News
Bill Bush

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Emergency Relief Funds Help Artists in Dire Need

Daniel Grant | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Aid to Artisans, Adolph Gottlieb, George Segal, Inc., New York Artists Equity, Business of Art, Lee Krasner, Jacob Lawrence, Judith Rothschild, Robert Rauschenberg, Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Change, W. Eugene Smith, Actor's Equity, Joan Mitchell, Cerf, Arts News
Daniel Grant

A high percentage of artists and craftspeople have no health or studio insurance, creating a small margin for any type of sickness or accident that may occur.

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How LA Grew Its Art

Tom Teicholz | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Los Angeeles, Gemini G..E.L., Lacma, Judy Chicago, The Getty Research Institute, The Getty Museum, Pacific Standard Time, Pomona, Larry Bell, Ben Shahn, Stanley GFrinstein, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Di Suervao, Walter Hopps, Jofel Albers, Art, Wallace Berman, Jasper Johns, The Hammer, Kienholz, Mocva, Chicano, Arts News
Tom Teicholz

"Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980" makes the case for the many ways in which Los Angeles has been a partner, catalyst and home to a unique, prolific and influential artistic vision.

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WATCH: Chuck Close On Corruption In The Art Market

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Chuck Close Portraits, Kate Moss, Phillip Glass, Roy Lichtenstein, UK Arts, Chuck Close Interview, Chuck Close, Art, Video, Brad Pitt, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Chuck Close Video, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Jasper Johns, Arts News

Chuck Close is well known for his photorealistic portraits, and as an artist with numerous parties vying for control of his work, he is in a unique po...

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LA Art Today: The Face of a Shiny Dusty City (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Art Openings, Andy Warhol, Post-Modernism, Los Angeles Art, Robert Rauschenberg, Gregory Way Gallery, Dave Tourje, Arts News
Tom Gregory

Art, like language, morphs words and tones to describe the world. It can be a reflective, interpretive, literal, and/or emotional. Important art passes the litmus test of time. It remains in the pop culture lingo to mark the space from whence it came.

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Bipolar Americana: An Interview With Artist Grant Barnhart

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Clowns, Americana, Football, B/D Interviews, Western, Rodeo, Painting, Cowboy, Ed Rusha, Interview, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Beautiful Decay, Gerhard Richter, Beautiful/Decay, Grant Barnhart, Arts News

Via Beautiful/Decay: "Guitar Backstabs" The Midwest, motorcycles, cowboy boots, blue jeans, football—imagery associated with classi...

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Choice Nuggets Found in Leo Castelli Archives

Daniel Grant | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Leo Castelli, Archives of American Art, Richard Serra, Robert Rauschenberg, Calvin Thomkins, Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Count Panza, Ed Ruscha, James Rosenquist, John Chamberlain, Jasper Johns, Ileana Sonnabend, E.P. Richardson, Arts News
Daniel Grant

The Castelli Gallery was perhaps the most prominent commercial venue for art in the world, starting from the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s.

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The Reluctant Gallerists

Dorothy Spears | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Dealers, Jeff Koons, Contemporary Art, Daniella Luxembourg, Amalia Dayan, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, Otto Muehl, Linda Benglis, Galleries, London, Arts News
Dorothy Spears

If the art dealers Daniella Luxembourg and Amalia Dayan were to impart one essential bit of wisdom to aspiring gallerists, it would probably be this: ...

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Minneapolis, Not New York, to Get Merce Cunningham Dance Company Collection

Debra Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Walker Arts Center, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Arts News
Debra Levine

The 150-object Merce Cunningham Dance Company collection of set pieces, costumes and painted drops created for the visionary choreographer by leading artists, designers and musicians finally has a home.

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Painters Painting: From Abstract Expressionism to Pop

Jane Chafin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hans Hoffman, Jackson Pollock, Jules Olitski, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann, Willem De Kooning, Pop Art, Robert Motherwell, Abstract Expressionism, Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Clement Greenberg, Kenneth Noland, Barnett Newman, Jasper Johns, Philip Pavia, Larry Poons, Arts News
Jane Chafin

Imagine going back in time to an era in art history, talking to the artists themselves at work in their studios and hearing first-hand what their concerns, processes and influences are.

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Do Artists Need To Be Specialists?

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Career Advisors, Art, Specialization, Robert Rauschenberg, Commercialization, Public Art, Childrens Book Illustration, Sculpture, Performance Art, Santa Monica, Arts News
Daniel Grant

To achieve recognition, enabling viability in the marketplace, artists must become specialists. Unfortunately, what makes sense in the market defies a basic element of creativity.

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Too Many Openings, Too Little Time: This Artweek.LA (February 14-20)

Bill Bush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Okinawa, Joseph Cornell, Hans Burkhardt, Bruce Conner, Rauchenberg, Obama, Betye Saar, Claire Falkenstein, Larry Bell, Collage, Tony Berlant, Terry Allen, Beat Generation, Romare Bearden, Louise Nevelson, La Around Town, California Artists, Michael McMillen, Alexis Smith, Hannelore Baron, Thomas Eakins, Surrealism, Ed Moses, Watercolor, Ed Kienholz, Llyn Foulkes, Assemblage, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg, Gordon Wagner, Frank Stella, George Herms, Wallace Berman, Klimt, Arts News
Bill Bush

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Lynda Benglis, Shape Shifter and Influencer

Marina Cashdan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cubism, Lynda Benglis, Robert Rauschenberg, Modern Art, The New Museum, Sculpture, Abstraction, New-Museum, Robert Morris, Minimalism, Arts News
Marina Cashdan

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TOP 10's: Art Critic Jerry Saltz Lists Top 10 Worst Art Moments Of 2010

Vulture | By: | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Top 10 Worst Art, New Yorker, Robert Rauschenberg, Art Critic, Art Criticism, Jerry-Saltz, The New Museum, Art Basel Miami, Art Critics, Moma, Tim Burton, Jerry Saltz, Arts News

Dear Jerry, I liked your 2010 Top Ten list, although I was surprised you didn't include the Robert Rauschenberg show at Gagosian Gallery. That aside,...

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HAIKU REVIEWS: Robert Rauschenberg, Martin Mull, Babes In Arms & More | SF, LA, NY

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, New York, Claremont, Santa Monica, Slidepollajax, Theater, Los Angeles, Haiku Reviews, San Francisco, Robert Rauschenberg, Martin Mull, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...

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Sir Peter Blake Speaks About His Collection of Curiosities

Spread ArtCulture | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kisa Lala, Taxidermy, Sir Peter Blake, Walter Potter, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Dion, Joseph Cornell, Jack Pierson, Damien Hirst, Art, Kurt Schwitters, Collage, Henri Matisse, Arts News
Spread ArtCulture

The vintage worlds of fairgrounds, Victorian curios, cultural detritus and memorabilia have been Sir Peter Blake's passion for most of his life.

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SOLD OUT: American Pop Artists

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, crane.tv, Olyvia Fine Art, Gallery, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Pop Art, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Walking past all the glaringly obtrusive "SOLD OUT" signs outside London's renowned Olyvia Fine Art Gallery, you'd think there was no more reason for ...

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Relish the Art That Surrounds You

Agnes Gund | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Governor's Island, High Line, Robert Rauschenberg, Olafur Eliasson, Wegmans, New York, Parks, New York City, New York News
Agnes Gund

The visual revelation that a city -- big though it may be -- is simultaneously a village, a "neighborhood," just as Jane Jacobs always told us.

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PHOTOS: For Sale -- Pieces Of Financial Crisis History

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lehman London Art Sale, Christies Auction, Gary Hume, Robert Rauschenberg, Lehman Art Sale, Lehman Brothers Auction, Lehman Brothers, Andreas Gursky, Slidepollajax, Business News

LONDON, AP -- For sale: a sign of the times. Christie's is auctioning off the 10 foot-long (3 meter-long) sign that adorned the European headquarte...

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