Email Author Catherine Wagley
Awards
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"The Art of NASCAR"
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"Disney Demo"
2013 Stories by Catherine Wagley
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Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the Bathroom Sink
published Jan 30, 2013
This week, a sculptor continues his decades-long reimagining of household fixtures, an art book fair debuts and the spirit of L.A. is summoned. 5. Mystery tour When artist Amanda Yates, who co-foun... More >>
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Adventures of a UPS man
published January 17, 2013
When you look in through the street-facing window of MJ Briggs gallery and see the life-size cardboard cutouts of a delivery man handing a package... More >>
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Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including an American Werewolf on the Harbor Freeway
published Jan 23, 2013
This week, one artist reimagines Michael Jackson's Thriller, another puts the visions of a '70s revolutionary to music and a new film tells the story of a restaurant-running SoCal commune. 5. Panth... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
A LACMA Curator's 17-Year Quest to Bring a Historic Japanese Masterpiece to L.A.
published Jan 19, 2013
Robert Singer, LACMA's curator of Japanese Art, was showing a woman, a member of the Tatsuuma family who own the Tatsuuma Museum in Kobe, around the museum a few months ago. She asked if he'd heard ... More >>
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Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Memories of a Drive-by Gallery
published Jan 16, 2013
This week, an artist stages a tiny exhibition at Central Library and a century-old Rodin sculpture plays a part in an afternoon-long performance. 5. J.J. Abrams inspires an art book The Lost Issue ... More >>
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A Contentious Silver Lake Construction Site Becomes a One-Night Art Party
published Jan 14, 2013
See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week When artist Bettina Hubby started bringing her camera down to the construction site at the foot of her street on Rowena, the team working there wasn... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Best L.A. Novel Ever: Chester Himes' If He Hollers Let Him Go vs. Yxta Maya Murray's Locas
published Jan 11, 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 check out... More >>
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Jack Pierson Spoofs Hollywood Bombast in His Show at Regen Projects
published January 10, 2013
Artist Jack Pierson holds a machine gun in the noir-ish new ad for his soon-to-open exhibition at Regen Projects. A friend, movie marketer Tim... More >>
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Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including a Renegade Delivery Man
published Jan 09, 2013
See also: *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament This week, there's a symposium on what it's like to live at... More >>
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Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, From a Toilet Seat Swing Set to a Granite Gorilla
published Jan 02, 2013
This week, a gorilla guards an oversized balloon sculpture, LACMA screens work by a pioneer in animation, and the swing set takes on new, psychological dimensions. 5. Power to destroy Sculptor Sterl... More >>
