Billy Al Bengston

Bob Simmons, Pioneer of the Modern Surfboard, Gets a New Exhibit

Art With the Dinosaurs

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, From Art With Dinosaurs to Relay Racing

This week, the stories behind the art are at least as interesting as the art itself, like the one about a small insurance company that started a big art collection, and the photographer who documented Diamond Bar. 5. Anonymous Letters Odeya Nini, an experimental composer whose music moves between ... More >>

Mary Anna Pomonis' 'In Brio' at Annie Wharton L.A. Shows How Diamonds Really Are a Girl's Best Friend

A few years ago, artist Mary Anna Pomonis went through a painful divorce. She found that when she took off her diamond wedding ring for good, it was also as though she were shedding a large part of her social status as a woman. She felt empty and powerless without the rock on her hand, and she even ... More >>

Larry Bell Gets a Restaurant, Larry's, Where the Opening was a Pacific Standard Time Reunion

Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice​ Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>

Ten Revelations from Pacific Standard Time's Opening Press Event at the Getty

Copyright Billy Al Bengston, Billy Al Bengston studio holdings, photo by Brian Forrest Billy Al Bengston's painting Sonny, now at the Getty as part of Pacific Standard Time​ Pacific Standard Time has arrived! Sort of. At least for the press. This morning the Getty held the opening press confe ... More >>

Judy Chicago: What I Learned From Male Chauvinists

Peter Voulkos, Can I Have Your Autograph?

Superheroes of L.A. art and the young artists who idolize them

Billy Al Bengston's Lumberjack Luncheon: Plank Steak, Anyone?

Leave it to artist Billy Al Bengston to serve the LA Times food section a meal made out of wood. On view at Samuel Freeman until August 29th is Bengston's "Lumberjack Luncheon," a multi-course meal of twigs and wood that was served to Times food writer Rose Dosti in 1971. Having been contacted by t ... More >>

Art Around Town

Hans Burkhardt and Marco Brambilla, plus Patricia Faure RIP

Patricia Faure: 1928 - 2008

By Christopher Miles Image source: www.patriciafauregallery.com Gallerist Patricia Faure, a mainstay of the Los Angeles gallery scene for decades, died in her sleep on October 21 at the age of 80. Faure began as art dealer Nicholas Wilder’s assistant in the 1970s. For fifteen years, she and fri ... More >>

Finish Fetish

Crucifixions and Californians

Letters

The Endless Summer Show

Surf's up, down, all over Laguna

Old White Guys Rule

Tom Wudl, Charles Garabedian, Tom Knechtel and Peter Voulkos

Love is Blonde

Edited by Kateri Butler

LACMA Soup

Condensed cream of “Made in California,” part two

Scavenger Hunt

Moseying through some of “California” at the County Museum

Godawfulism

And other fabulous new L.A. painting trends

Bounty

A big weekend of openings

Flower Power Games

The delirious rise and acrimonious dissolution of the Eastside Ladies Garden Auxiliary

The Charles Ray Experience

At MOCA and beyond