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  • Kenneth Noland, 1924 – 2010

    The obits for Kenneth Noland, maybe the worst painter in all of art history, are rationalizations for his presence in museum collections. Like big banks, the big art institutions are just not allowed to fail – their holdings are propped up by art insiders whose blindness is evident in a fawning droolage spilled over a…


  • LA Art Scene Report January 2

    Check out the COAGULA WEEKEND BENDER Art Gallery Openings report. 


  • 2009: Year in Review

    Final sunset of 2009, Looking East on 55th Street (click to enlarge)Looking back, it was an alright year… Here is my Top 12: Reinvented the wheel in publishing 5 issues of my magazine, Coagula Art Journal, in a print-on-demand format after almost 17 years of printing and distributing the magazine. Readers now peruse the entire…


  • Weekend Wrap-UP

    I am trying to capsulize what went on in LA each weekend. Of course it pours rain on the first weekend i try this. Here is the result… COAGULA WEEKEND BENDER


  • walls of water

    We had to let the dogs into the house… it was raining so much. They were quite obedient and stayed on a specific blanket. Overnight they slept in the garage. Now it has stopped raining but they are acting like it is ordinary to come in the house with us. Having to re-train them all…


  • Come Eat a Whole Fresh Roast Pig on Friday!

    Perico’s is cooking a whole pig this Friday (December 4) – Pork should be ready for serving at 1:30 PM. My next door neighbor is a Cuban restaurant. A very good, inexpensive restaurant that delivers big portions of fresh Cuban cooking. This place has been a godsend in my isolated industrial neighborhood which is Jack…