The drummer Justin Faulker is in Los Angeles Saturday as part of the trio led by jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel; expect to hear music from the album “Reflections,” a lush reading of standards. (The show, which also includes bassist bassist Ugonn…
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Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for the black labrador Eddie that was rebuilt last fall and has been touring the country ever since.
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Hard-core snowboarders and skiers in Aspen might get surly when it rains, but Mark Grotjahn's newest sculptures, which are sharing the slopes, seem content in any weather. They are boxy, cheery, colorfully painted bronze heads with cut-out eyes that…
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Philip Brandes reviews Valerie Dillman's drama "Sarah's War," based on the life and death of American peace activist Rachel Corrie.
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A version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is expected to bring in $80 million or more at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The sale, which was announced this week and is scheduled for May, will feature a version of the famous image created by the Norwe…
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When Timothy Potts joins the Getty in September as its new museum director, he also will join the narrow ranks of American museum directors who earn more than half a million dollars annually,according to a compensation update dated Feb.14 and publi…
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Get ready to groove your socks off during Thursday's Homage: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble featuring Phil Cohran event at Exchange LA. Presented by Edgar Varela of EVFA and ArtDontSleep, this is the second live music collaboration between the two aficion…
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Valentine's Day may be over, but we're still feeling warm and fuzzy inside. Thanks to the generosity of our friends at NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision, ExperienceLA has received four passes to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies in theatres o…
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A quick walk across the street from Union Station gets you to El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, LA's birthplace.  It's a great place for both native Angeleno and tourist alike - with plenty of sights and sounds to take in.  On this part…
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Ants: Foot juggling/icarian games from "OVO"Image courtesy of Cirque du SoleilThey never cease to amaze. OVO is the latest Cirque du Soleil show to come through the Santa Monica Pier under the Grand Chapiteau. It is, by far, the most whimsical…
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There's something incredible about the one-woman play.  It lays somewhere in the intimacy of the experience that calls into bright focus the power of the single actor and their story.  When that actress is Kathleen Turner as Molly Ivins in Red Hot…
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Photo by Anthony Masters Photography, courtesy of [Inside] the FordIn the 1980s, singer Bonnie Tyler longed for a hero in her song, "I Need A Hero." In 2012, playwright Matt Pelfrey examines the consequences of becoming a modern-day hero in th…
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For the last three years, audiences have been walking into shows by Branford Marsalis and other headliners and walking out talking about Justin Faulkner.For the last three years, audiences have been walking into shows by Branford Marsalis and other h…
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Snowboarders and skiers in Aspen, Colo., might get surly when it rains, but Mark Grotjahn's newest sculptures seem content in any weather. Snowboarders and skiers in Aspen, Colo., might get surly when it rains, but Mark Grotjahn's newest sculptures s…
- 4 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:55pm -

The German singer and bandleader and his Palast Orchester go 21st century retro with their new album, 'One Cannot Kiss Alone.'Max Raabe is up to something new, which is news itself.
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If Snoopy had a doghouse like the one Frank Lloyd Wright designed for a black Labrador named Eddie, would he still have slept on the roof?If Snoopy had a doghouse like the one Frank Lloyd Wright designed for a black Labrador named Eddie, would he sti…
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Amid the endless polarized chaos and bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, is there any space between protecting human rights and supporting terrorists? Amid the endless polarized chaos and bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, is there any space between protecting hu…
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A version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" will go on sale at a Sotheby's auction in New York and is expected to rake in $80 million or more.A version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" will go on sale at a Sotheby's auction in New York and is expected to…
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Tomorrow night, LACMA’s CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan will be in conversation with Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Their conversation (free to the public) will touch on a number of topics related…
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The exhibition Common Places: Printing, Embroidery, and the Art of Global Mapping features embroidered objects with global themes, inspired by works on paper. Included in the exhibition is LACMA’s Mappa (1979), a work conceptualized by Italian art…
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Thanks to Target, LACMA is free all day today! In addition to seeing many of our special exhibitions (excluding the specially ticketed exhibition In Wonderland) and permanent collection, you can also enjoy a slew of family activities. Rhythm Child, w…
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Opening tomorrow is Common Places: Printing, Embroidery, and the Art of Global Mapping, a small exhibition highlighting a common thread between three textiles in LACMA’s permanent collection—Alighero Boetti’s 1979 Mappa, a cigarette silks quil…
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Last week, we installed in the Ahmanson Building two works from our collection by Mike Kelley as a humble tribute to the recently deceased artist. News of Kelley’s passing hit the art scene—here and abroad—with a forceful, unexpected shock. Inn…
- 6 days ago, 16 Feb 12, 5:29pm -

LACMA’s high school internship program gives students the opportunity to work with artists, learn about the art in our galleries, and lead exhibition tours. Our current crop of interns had the opportunity to visit the studio of Gronk, a founding me…
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Heidi Duckler mixes the kinetic and the static, having choreographed contemporary dance performances, since 1987, in Angeleno urban spaces, ranging from Laundromats to private Modern houses. Her most recent venue is the 51st floor of the the Paul Has…
- 11 days ago, 11 Feb 12, 11:40pm -

My friend Scott Timberg has been writing a very interesting series for Salon about the “creative class” and what he sees as its decimation, largely by digital technology and the internet economy (and the resulting loss of ability to monetize “…
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2012 Winter Membership Drive: Get Your Design Goodies Here!By Beth ToppingBefore I was a KCRW employee, and before that a KCRW volunteer, I was a KCRW member.  I had just moved to Los Angeles and found that KCRW gave me a sense of community and…
- 29 days ago, 25 Jan 12, 2:14am -

At the end of his review of ”Best in Art” in 2011 review, LA Times art critic Christopher Knight wrote that in his view the ”worst development” of the year was  “the institutional confusion of fashion with art.” This after the “Alex…
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There are a thousand stories in the naked city, as they say, and when it comes to design in LA, many of them are good. So it’s always hard to determine what to make the focus of the once-monthly DnA. But this January, it just seemed like a natural…
- 36 days ago, 18 Jan 12, 2:08am -

The GOOD4NOTHING CONNOISSEUR went to see Metropolis II when the art-piece was switched off, the cars and trains were still and the room was devoid of the constant whirr of racing vehicles. The experience is different; one focuses on the visual, not t…
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pics:tryharderHuman Resources LA
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pics:tryharderSheree RoseHuman Resources
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Brennan and Griffin / NYdavid castillo galleryCherry & Martin GalleryChina Art Objectspics:tryharderhttp://artlosangelesfair.com/
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"this year i was able to draw A LINE 7,200 (seven thousand and two hundred) METERS LONG. (the first series of lines, begun in 1959 had a maximum length of 33.63 meters.) this is the first series of lines of exceptional length of which i will leave on…
- 15 days ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:49pm -

first and foremost, if you've visited my website lately, and have noticed it has not updated over the past 6 months, and depending on your browser, it is showing an even older home page... fear not, it's in the midst of a total overhaul, and hopefull…
- 15 days ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:21pm -

very sad to hear about mike kelley’s death ... although i have this nagging feeling that if i am sentimental in any way, he’ll come back either make fun of me or kick my ass. i was fortunate to meet mike and work with him as a stud…
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"speed limits space, slowness multiplies it... two slownesses gently grazing each other even go so far as to rub against each other. we dare henceforward speak of such activity no longer in terms of geometry, but almost in the language of the boudoir…
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"...yes ceramics is kind of crazy. i hate ceramics... but i do it. i think if you hate something too much you have to do it. you have to use that.""i think poetry is for keeping our intellect in the stage before rationality. it brings us to a pure se…
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Going back to glorious Thailand for a month, not that there’s that much hawt bloggin’ going on here at the moment.  But if you’re looking for me, I’ll likely be here: http://www.thailand.marshallastor.com
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The SR-71, here shown in its A-12 variant, is the most beautiful design object of the 20th Century.  It was a burst of raw vision, literally conceived within a dream, and built with the lovely precision of a Faberge egg.  Fragile as an egg, it’s…
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Currently going for about a thousand bucks, one identical pair of photos of Theodore Kaczynski, courtesy of our government.
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Apparently this image is of Shirley Phelps-Roper, of the Westboro Baptist Church, from a protest back in March.  It’s not just impressionistic tweens, Democrat soccer moms and McGraffiti wannabees that are sporting Shepard Fairey’s brand these…
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Not in the “Yoko Ono does standup” sense, but in the short comic book by Eric Kostiuk Williams sense.
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Nicholas Kirkwood x Keith Haring on Nowness.com. Drown in the imagitivity! Oooh, the 1980′s are finally being “summed up”, thanks to the power of Swarovski crystals. Is there nothing lazy fashion designer with a bedazzler can’t do? Fashion w…
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Robert IrwinL&M VeniceClosed October 22nd In the December, 2011 issue of Art Review, I invite you to read my review of Robert Irwin at L&M, Venice. This is a link to the article online.Thanks for Reading
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You may not know about Hastings Plastics, a hardware store specializing in space age materials and plastics for over 55 years in Santa Monica, but it could be argued that Light and Space Art stemmed from its services. Here is a tribute to Hastings Pl…
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My Favorite Art of 2011 The Clock at LACMA: I’m not the first nor the last to love Christian Marclay’s The Clock, an incredible achievement that even now is difficult for me to fully talk about. That said, I’ll stop talking, and let Zadie Smith…
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Edward Kienholz: Five Card Stud (1969 - 1972), RevisitedLACMAThrough January 15, 2012I’d just finished my freshman year of college in Texas when I heard about the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, Texas. Mr. Byrd was dragged by his ankles…
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Pacific Standard TimeL.A. WeeklySeptember, 2011I hope that you will check out my recent L.A. Weekly article, a trip around L.A. art history through the sites it left behind. Here is a link. Thanks!Also, check out the fantastic Getty Catalogue, a must…
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Jacob KassayL&M ArtsThrough September 2ndReposted from www.artslant.comTwenty-seven year old Jacob Kassay’s monochromes at L&M are functions of science and grace. Using a variation of electroplating, metal particles adhere to the surfaces like fiel…
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posted by Stacey on 02/14/12Still from Bas Jan Ader, Primary Time, 1974. Umatic tape transferred to DVD, silent. 25 min, 47 sec. More images can be found at Patrick Painter Editions.
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posted by EoB on 02/13/12In this 1981 essay in REAL LIFE magazine, art historian Howard Singerman proposes "the adolescent [as] the role model for Post Modernism" and assesses the early performance work of artists Chris Burden and Mike Kelley. He wri…
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by Gwen L. AllenThe emergence of Los Angeles as the “second city” of American art, as art historian Barbara Rose once called it, was witnessed by Artforum’s tenure here. Founded in San Francisco in 1962, the magazine focused almost exclusively…
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posted by Stacey on 02/01/12"Dreva livens up the most boring presidential election in memory with two flyers promoting the candidacy of Mary Hartman for president and Patti Smith for vice-president of the United States. Smith accepts nomination as "p…
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posted by Stacey on 01/30/12CalArts dorm room interior featuring Metamorphokit modular furniture designed by Peter de Bretteville and Toby Cowan (1972).
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by Anne AyresIn this interview, Rosamund Felsen describes engaging in the nascent 1960s Los Angeles art world; the founding of Gemini GEL with her husband, Sidney, and Stanley and Elyse Grinstein; working in the now-defunct Pasadena Art Museum and th…
- 43 days ago, 11 Jan 12, 12:00am -

Hmm, not too sure about buying dogs on Ebay...but this ad is ADORABLE!
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Mars was a champ in his costume..I MEAN A CHIMP!!! He went BANANAS for dressing up! Ok enough with the play on words...Lisa and Tomasa at Amanda's DEAD DISCO partyAmanda fashionably mummified!Guess who won 1ST PLACE in her annual pumpkin carving con…
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Nylon Magazine September 2011Petrushka Sweater TankLatina Magazine September 2011Granite SweatshirtEssence Magazine September 20111969 Dress
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Macedonia, 1800'sMacedonia, 1900'sPalestineFrom the British Museum via Nothing is New
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Paco, the 15lb chihuahua saves the day by chasing armed robbers out of a store in Altadena, CA! Another reason we love these little guys! They are tiny yet MIGHTY! Our hero :)
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Should Carmageddon STOP you from getting on the road this weekend? Freddie says RELAX..oo..errr I mean Frankie said that! Ok, Freddie says... via Top Gear on BBC *Music video from Pstonie of http://www.ggcmedia.com, with lovely shots of zooming car…
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I’m over at Houzz today sharing my top 20 favorite shower curtains. I must admit, I prefer a glass enclosure over a shower curtain, but some homeowners have no other option but to use a shower curtain. If you have no other choice than to use a show…
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  How sweet is that bedroom? Loving the pink chevron floor! The headboard, the stools at the end of the bed and the orange poof all work really well together against the white background. Very crisp, clean and fresh! This is a good example of how t…
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I get asked a lot how to create a collage of frames. Whether it be a collection of family photos, frames alone or a random collection of art, the key is keeping it personal while displaying it stylishly. If you’re designing a family photo wall, I…
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Have you seen them yet? I love Z Gallerie’s new spring arrivals! I’m so excited that the main color they are sporting this upcoming season is aquamarine! My birthstone! Take a peek at what they have to offer this Spring! You can find all…
- 6 days ago, 16 Feb 12, 5:14pm -

Here are some examples of my interior design work and remodels completed in the cities of La Verne, Glendora, San Dimas, Upland, Claremont, Rancho Cucamonga, Chino Hills and others along the Foothill Corridor in Southern California. Please click on a…
- 7 days ago, 16 Feb 12, 12:10am -

Before this young family moved into their new, larger home, they wanted to update and freshen the "shabby chic" look left by the previous owners. We started by painting every room in the house and complimenting most rooms of the home with a high gl…
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It's been a while since my last post on this topic – Single at 45: The Move – so I thought it would be appropriate timing to write a follow-up post to let you know how I am doing. In the aftermath of my last break-up, a move and a whole new life.…
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MADGE DOES IT AGAINAt SuperBowl XLVI – Madonna proves to the world why she is the 'Queen of Pop.'Whoever had any doubts about Madonna putting on the greatest show on earth in just over twelve minutes is eating humble pie today.Yesterday – during…
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BOOK COVER DESIGNThis is a book cover I designed for my friend, Mikel Wilson. It's his first novel and I was thrilled that he asked me to design the book cover (as well as the back) of his new book. Mikel, you were a great client! Thank you for the p…
- 19 days ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:04am -

Nissan 350ZMy newest Hot Wheels. The Nissan 350Z. I drove this car before I bought my car, but for the money, I like my car better – the Mitsubishi Eclipse GT V6.
- 19 days ago, 4 Feb 12, 3:49am -

SANDWICH MARKETWest HollywoodThe new Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market at the West Hollywood Gateway is a great place to get a gourmet sandwich – if you can deal with the chaos of the whole process.Cost for lunch:  $15 (with chips and a drink)Cle…
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