Collecting

Corey Helford Gallery's Latest Show Tries to Attract New Art Collectors

See also: *Bulbous Noses and Painted Grins: Clowns! at Corey Helford Gallery *Eric Joyner's Vintage Robots Travel to Thailand in Paintings at Corey Helford *Natalia Fabia Looks Towards Lolita Fashion and Domo in 'Fashionable Aftertaste Without End" Since 2006, Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City h ... More >>

3rd Grade Food Writing: 9-Year Old Pens Essay About His Visit to Ink.

Liam is 9 years old, and he cares deeply about food. I first heard about Liam from my son. They share a 3rd grade classroom, and stories began to trickle home about bizarre restaurant smackdowns happening between the two of them. It was a classic tale of childish one-upmanship -- but instead of bo ... More >>

Amtrak's Ancestors: The Huntington's Exhibit on the History of the Transcontinental Railroad

Long before studios, hippies, method actors and reality-show wannabes headed out west, the Pacific Coast was a destination for farmers, miners, prospectors and other wagon-wheeling homesteaders who were looking for a new way of life. Two years after California struck gold in 1848, it became a part o ... More >>

"Adult Roman Numeral Thirty": Michael Decker, "Zygotic Tendencies": Ronnie Hughes

Eli Broad: Blame My Wife

'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know About Gertrude Stein?

​​Carl Van VechtenWriter and art collector Gertrude Stein​​​In the history of the world, gays and lesbians have always contributed to advances in many different societies. One such person is Gertrude Stein, influential writer and art collector who grew up for a period of her life in Oa ... More >>

John Frame: The Huntington's Unintentional Steampunk Exhibit

Photo by John Frame, courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens​ When people ask John Frame what his work is about, the curators of "Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame" write in the show's catalog, "he feels that the real answer sh ... More >>

The Price Is Righteous

Eli Broad Gets $52 Million of Your Money For Parking Garage: Thanks, L.A. City Council

An artist's rendering of the Broad Museum.​We told you it was happening, and now it has. The cash-strapped city of L.A., which is having trouble hiring cops and keeping fire stations manned, is officially giving billionaire El Broad $52 million for a parking lot. You heard it right. The L.A. ... More >>

Meet Your Restaurateur: Jason Michaud of Local (Chimú Opens Monday)

Graphic by Samrod Shenassa.​The latest installment in our sporadic series about life behind the kitchen door features Jason Michaud, the 39-year-old owner of Local. At his two-and-a-half-year-old Silver Lake cafe, he is committed not just to local produce and sustainable environmental practice ... More >>

Cheerio, Magna Carta: Nine Important Historical Documents in L.A Right Now

Magna Carta​ A document can make a big difference, as the Birthers are currently proving in all the wrong ways. The Magna Carta -- a document whose Madonna-level status requires you to drop the "the" and refer to it simply as "Magna Carta" -- reframed the relationship between royalty and us re ... More >>

Countdown to Records Store Day: We Found Sasha Grey's Favorite Record Store!

​ Wombleton Records sells an amazing collection of rare- and not-so-rare imports--though its stated mission is to further cultural exchange between Los Angeles and Glasgow, it does all that and more carrying everything from Suzy Quattro and Zounds LP's to original pressings of Dutch freakbeat ... More >>

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Suzanne Rheinstein

IN THE MOODY FOR DEATH?

L.A. County Board Okay's Possible Broad Museum Downtown

Eli and Edythe Broad.​The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to house Eli Broad's art collection at a museum that would be part of the Grand Avenue Project downtown. The board's okay was the third of four approvals needed for the museum to be built ... More >>

The British Landscape

LAPD Searching For Good-Taste Robbers Who Target Westside Antique Stores

LAPDHe did not ask for Grey Poupon.​Banks, liquor stores and check-cashing outlets seem to be the tried-and-true targets of run-of-the-mill robbers. But the Los Angeles Police Department reports Friday that a pair of stick-up artists has more refined taste than your average criminal. The LAP ... More >>

Norbert Wabnig: Der Kaesehaendler

Deal Likely For Broad Museum Downtown

Andy Warhol's 'Small Torn Campbell's Soup Can,' Possibly Worth $12 Million, Is In Broad's Collection.​A deal has likely been struck for Eli Broad's much-sought museum to be located at the very Grand Avenue project the billionaire has been touting for years, according to the Beverly Hills Couri ... More >>

Beverly Hills Pulls Out Of Competition To Host Broad Art Museum ... Sort Of

Eli and Edythe Broad.​The city of Beverly Hills this week sent a letter to Eli Broad notifying the billionaire developer and art collector that it is pulling its proposed site from consideration for a museum that would house his art collection. "The Beverly Hills City Council has confirmed t ... More >>

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BOOKS -- THEY'RE LIKE KINDLES BUT MORE FLAMMABLE

Downtown Gets Into Mix For Broad Museum

Eli and Edythe Broad.​In news first reported by blogdowntown, a third possible location for billionaire Eli Broad's proposed museum has cropped up indeed -- downtown Los Angeles. While Santa Monica was busy claiming it almost had a deal to host the museum wrapped up and Beverly Hills was rep ... More >>

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L.A. Billionaire Eli Broad Lands in ArtReview Top Ten

Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad has a knack for getting ranked.The Broad FoundationEli and Edythe Broad​Whether it's as one of the richest men in the world, one of the richest men in L.A., one of the of this country's most influential and generous philanthropists, or, in this case, one of the mo ... More >>

Eleven Warhol Portraits Stolen

​When art collector Richard L. Weisman's housekeeper showed up for work at his Angelo Drive home in the hills near Benedict Canyon, she knew something was missing from the dining room -- 11 Andy Warhols to be exact. She didn't stick around to count what had been taken, though, and fearing the thie ... More >>

Mauritius

Collecting and Conserving

Over the Weekend: Absinthe Among the Dead, Family Guy C.R.A.P., Bruce McCulloch Comedy, The Roots Live

It's funny -- every weekend in Los Angeles we promise ourselves we're going to relax, do chores, catch up on some sleep, but it never happens. Monday arrives and we're more exhausted than when the weekend began. I guess if your Friday night kicks off with The Roots live at the Palladium and an absin ... More >>

An Event for the Pages

Fabulous Fake Wine

Very pricey bottles of faux wine are pouring in from France and Europe

Sunset Serenade

Summer Festival at the Huntington

The Encyclopedic City

Michael Govan wants to change the face of L.A. What are you going to do to help him?

Southwest Chamber Music at the Huntington

Attend Show, Forgive Mom

Masters of Deceit

Oscar Wilde at the Hammer; J. Edgar Hoover at the ?