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2013 Stories by Catherine Wagley

• Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, From Chatroulette to Marlboro Man

  published Jun 19, 2013

  This week, music videos get higher-art treatment, quirky paintings hang in Koreatown and a straight-shooting L.A. artist has a debut show at her new gallery. 5. Finding artistry on MTV "We believe... More >>

• Abstract art about making abstract art

  published May 2, 2013

  One imperfectly painted silver canvas with tie-dyed pink cloth loosely attached to its surface angles across another silver canvas in the basement... More >>

• Can a leaf have six fingers?

  published May 9, 2013

  The Voynich Manuscript, written sometime in the 1400s or 1500s, has never been read. No one knows how to decipher the mystery language it was... More >>

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  A Mexican Telenovela Spawned a Teen Pop Sensation. Artist Yvonne Venegas Documented the Insanity

  published June 13, 2013

  In a photograph, Anahi, the actress-singer who uses only one name and plays high school superstar Mia in the Mexican telenovela... More >>

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  Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, From Batman to Burning Rituals

  published Jun 12, 2013

  This week, one artist turns pop icons into haunting, dripping messes and another visits a burning volcano again and again. 5. Do architects believe in truthr "I've been told to tell you that the sl... More >>

• Sunrise all day long

  published April 18, 2013

  That twilight period before the sun is officially up takes around 20 minutes most mornings. Minneapolis-based artist Cameron Gainer's... More >>

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  Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, From Hat Chasing to a Haunted House

  published Jun 05, 2013

  See also: *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying *10 L.A. Art Spaces That Change Our Idea of What an Art Space Is This week, a man becomes a god in a play set in a midcentury landmark and an artist... More >>

• A Surrealist fistfight

  published May 2, 2013

  One night in 1923, notoriously hotheaded Surrealist Andre Breton hit the much smaller, less notorious Pierre de Massot with his cane. He did so... More >>

• Self-sabotage paintings

  published April 25, 2013

  At Honor Fraser gallery, artist Kaz Oshiro's bright monochromes do not quite fit the spaces he has chosen for them. One yellow-orange canvas, hung... More >>

• Last Supper on Day of the Dead

  published May 16, 2013

  In Sausalito-based artist Christiane Lyon's oil paintings, on view at MJ Briggs Gallery on Fairfax, quirky cultural references dissolve into loose... More >>

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  Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including a Restaged Train Robbery

  published May 29, 2013

  This week, an artist turns two galleries and a storage unit into pseudo-sets for a remake of a Western, and 29 L.A. painters show in a former downtown bank. 5. Finally finished "Little Ellie, what ha... More >>

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  How James Turrell's Skyspaces Became a Hot Item for L.A. Art Collectors

  published May 23, 2013

  Just before sunset in late April, architect Duncan Nicholson brought a group of guests down the steep hill behind the brashly spectacular, John... More >>

• Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Cough Syrup Spraying to a Justin Bieber Song

  published May 22, 2013

  This week, footage about a high-energy collaboration between artists, architects and Pepsi plays at the MAK Center, one artist leads people on a hunt for truth and other intangibles at the Getty and... More >>

• Beauty isn't easy

  published April 25, 2013

  First you see the swirl of purple graffiti, then the broken glass and the splashes of dirty water. Then, finally, you might see the painted... More >>

• Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including a Whistling Performance

  published May 15, 2013

  This week, an artist makes deadpan jokes in vintage photographs, whistlers convene in Glendale and a Japanese novelist's tragedy of frustrated love is re-staged in Mexico. 5. Crowd of copycats It's ... More >>

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  Rita Gonzalez: LACMA Curator and Defender of Subtlety

  published May 15, 2013

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Five months after a 340-ton rock officially became part of Michael Heizer's ... More >>

• The man who loved paint too much

  published March 7, 2013

  "It seems like you love [paint] more than anybody I know," Dennis Szakacs, the Orange County Museum of Art's director, said to artist Richard... More >>

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  Urs Fischer Traffics in Clichés — But That's Not Necessarily a Bad Thing

  published May 9, 2013

  You might resent artist Urs Fischer after seeing his survey at MOCA. Fischer, a Swiss artist who lives mostly in New York and produces... More >>

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  5 Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including a Celestial Bowling Party in Eagle Rock

  published May 08, 2013

  This week, an alien-inspired concert/party happens at an iconic bowling alley, and two artists make intricate renderings of mystery plants. 5. The art star with the bloody head In Happy Song for You,... More >>

• Fire in the neighborhood

  published April 18, 2013

  If folk illustrator Grandma Moses collaborated with pop realist David Hockney, the result might look like Eric Ernest Johnson's loosely rendered... More >>

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  Best L.A. Novel Ever: If He Hollers Let Him Go vs. The Tattooed Soldier (Rebels & Outcasts Regional Final)

  published May 03, 2013

  L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.... More >>

• How the Arts District Got Its Name

  published May 02, 2013

  This week's L.A. Weekly profiles the one of the city's hottest neighborhoods: the downtown arts district. Check out the other stories in our series: *Tyler Stonebreaker: Curator of the Downtown Arts D... More >>

• Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including Fighting Surrealists

  published May 01, 2013

  This week, an Yves Saint Laurent suit hangs in an elementary school, Marilyn Monroe sings in a Century City bathroom, and a group of writers revises a 1980s tome on looking your best. 5. OK, kids, ... More >>

• Off to the Emerald City

  published March 21, 2013

  Every year, Pantone, the 50-year-old company famous for forecasting which colors will be popular when, names a color of the year. This year, it's... More >>

• Pompeii east of L.A.

  published March 28, 2013

  Artist Won Ju Lim studied architecture before she studied sculpture and began her career in the early aughts with crisp, colorful models of... More >>