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So the Cuban restaurant next door to my house has been a smashing success. Today they roasted a whole pig. The place was jammed, I assume they let their friends know. I was likely the only native English speaker and the rhythm of the cuban accents in conversation was noticeably alive. I am used to…

A great essay from England about how the art academics perpetuate the deepest upper-class prejudices.

Artist James Westwater interviewed me for his blog – here is PART 2 of his four part (!!!) interview. We reached out to some blogs to talk about the art world and art on the eve of Coagula’s 100th Issue.

 Nancy Spero passed way at 83. There always seemed to be a soul-less gap betwen the politics of her art and the extravagant art spaces where ti was exhibited, too. Same goes for her hubby Leon Golub. They were NOT in the trenches, nor telling us anything new, nor creating with urgency. In a way…

Okay, let’s just be bold and try taking the greyhound to vegas. we live on the bus route that goes by the LA Station in skid row so we were there pretty quick – but the lot there says FREE PARKING and the booth is unattended and it IS the shittiest part of L.A. just…

So I was about to go to bed and there was an email there from a friend: Dear (everyone) I’m teaching at the painting department of (blank) college of Art and I would like to give my students a reference list of great contemporary national/international painters. I realized they know modern and older historic painters but…