Vermeer at the Norton Simon
We went to a private premiere for a 3-month run of Vermeer’s A Lady Writing at the Norton Simon Museum. Hilarity ensued… READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE …
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Dear World,
Okay you heard, America elected a black man as president. Pretty cool. I am sure you are proud of us and look at us in a nicer way. Now it is your turn. For years it has been up to us to get better. Time for you all to look into the mirror. If America can …
Extra Credit
Cal State Long Beach will give its art students extra credit if they got to the Brewery Artwalk this weekend and take a picture of themselves with an artist. What the fuck ever happened to writing a report? Schools have become tinkertot summer camp babysitting service. Wonder if Chris Miles teaches fingerpainting classes at Long …
Art World Power 100 Bullshit
> Entrants on the Power 100 list are judged on the following four criteria, each of which carries a 25 percent weighting. Painter Brian Tydings sent me a list from one of those desperate -for-attention art magazines on how they calculate one of those bullshit “Art World Power 100” lists that are always a combo …
Mausoleum Jury…
“A dreaded sunny, so let’s go where we’re happy, I will meet you at the cemet’ry gates…” I juried a show with three other art world powerbrokers for the Laguna College of Art and Design. The drive down to Laguna was a breeze – so few cars on the road – I guess a recession …
Just noticed…
Wow, ten minutes ago, I turned 44.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM Review
A positive review of the ANIMAL MAGNETISM exhibit that I curated at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. The reviewer forgot to mention the name of the curator, but it is a good mention of some of the artists.
Saturday Night FREE Art Event Downtown
Tarryn Teresa Gallery is previewing their new gallery space with a party honoring the ACLU and featuring artist team GRIFFIN MOSS. It is a GIANT warehouse space and the party is supposed to be a massive blowout with all the trimmings. CLICK FOR DETAILS … just RSVP to them and you are in. See you …
Published
It is rare that one of my poems is published (by anyone but myself), but a poem of mine about meeting my favorite poet was included in an anthology/celebration of that poet. The book, Bukowski’s L.A. is now available on Amazon. I have not seen the book yet, so I cannot vouch for it, but …
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Downtown Art Sighting
So it is hard to write about my girlfriend’s art and her art career and maintain my critical objectivity, but this is a pretty cool incident. We were walking in Downtown L.A. on Thursday night and we passed a building, a high-end condo place – and in the lobby there, hey look, two of her …
My Orange County Art Show
I have jury-curated a show, Animal Magnetism, at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) that opens Saturday night. There is a big exhibit at Grand Central Art Center next door to OCCCA, and the group show opening there is curated by Doug Harvey, so two of L.A.’s art world lifers will be down …