Angeleno
Supposedly I am in this month’s issue of Angeleno Magazine that goes on sale today, so if you see it around, let me know where and if you can grab me a couple of copies all the better.
HausGuests show benefits SAVE DARFUR
Saturday Night’s HAUSGUESTS art exhibition / event raised awareness and money for the fight to Save Darfur. To say that it was well-attended is laughable – the place was mobbed for four hours plus, with dozens and dozens of artworks selling – many of which were priced in the bargain range relative to the names …
West Hollywood City Council’s own Abbe Land and artist Martin Gantman Health Care Advocate Abbe Land and artist Martin Gantmann at the SAVE DARFUR benefit organized by Haus Gallery.
Richard Bruland Painter Richard Bruland was one of 200+ artists exhibiting at the SAVE DARFUR event.
The crowd A swelling crowd at the massive opening for the 200+ artist SAVE DARFUR art show organized by Haus Gallery
ASK MAT
My Ask Mat Column is intermittently online at the THAT AIN’T ART blog.
Salma Hayek and Coagula’s Publisher
Salma Hayek and Mat Gleason at Ace Gallery’s opening for Robert Wilson VOOM Portraits My girlfriend asked Salma if she would pose with me and the international beauty was happy to.
Robert Wilson at Ace Gallery
Down to his almost invisibly generic name, Robert Wilson is about as far from the celeb-artist persona embodied by Damian Hirst as is humanly possible. And yet his solo show at Ace Gallery (which opened Friday Night), trounced Gagosian’s Hirst show at every turn. Wilson, the American, used celebrities as beautiful accoutrements to his overwhelming …
Damien Hirst Art Opening Photo
Overflowing crowd at Damien Hirst exhibit, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, February 22, 2007 I suppose Damien Hirst is laughing, “haha you’re not at church… not a one of you” in maybe a Benny Hill accent.
Damien Hirst at Gagosian Gallery
So we hit some galleries today. Michael Maas at L2Kontemporary was good stuff, as was visiting Gallery Revisited on Sunset Boulevard – we walked in as a collector was choosing a painting to buy – there were a lot of red dots everywhere. So then the drive to Beverly Hills to see Damian Hirst’s butterfly …
Damien Hirst, THIEF?
Over the years, a lot of artists have contacted me and my magazine with a claim that their work has been poached by other artists. Comparing two works of art by different artists is often difficult to tell, and the eccentric personalities of artists usually make me shy away from reporting on these stories, as …
Romance in Laguna
We went to the Laguna Museum’s fundraiser auction on Saturday night. It was extra-romantic as we were staying in a hotel in OC for a two day getaway and our first date almost five years ago was at the Laguna Museum and the Peter Blake Gallery across the street. Here are some pictures form Chris …