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So if you have an hour to spare and want to listen to me talking about what is going on in the Los Angeles art scene, the latest episode of THE MAT GLEASON SEVEN is up at the Art Scene Visual Radio website. I wish I had been recorded when I gave a talk at…

Okay, so a toddler makes splashy paintings and a mum in England posts them on the Saatchi site. Some schmoe there drops 40 buck on one to hang above his couch and a Berlin Gallery mass e-mails everyone on that site to rent their gallery, so the Daily Mail reports that the kid has the…

When I was a kid, there were fewer celebrities than there are today. And for a few years, Evel Knievel was at or near the top of the pyramid of living gods. Sure, I am older and it is funny to look at the pictures of him in his glory and roll my eyes at…

So there is nothing quite as un-P.C. in L.A. right now as a wood-burning stove. My house was built in like 1907 or 1917 (it has no charm, no historic value in its appearance, other than standing as an example of utilitarian blandness). This is an old house and this is a COLD house. So…

So I have been curating for over ten yeas and wanted to write a book about it, so I am organizing a series of lectures and projects called Curators College that you can attend and I will compile the notes into a book (…someday…), so if you have the time, the dough and want to…