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Gagosian Gallery

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    February 1, 2012

    Mike Kelley, Renowned L.A. Artist, Passes Away

    Carol ChehEarly works by Kelley at MOCA's "Under the Big Black Sun" exhibit​ Los Angeles is now one brilliant mind short, as legendary artist Mike Kelley has been found dead, his gallery confirmed. Born in 1954 in a suburb of Detroit, Kelley received his MFA from CalArts in 1978, made his wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Damien Hirst's Spot Paintings: Are They Any Good?

    Courtesy Gagosian GalleryDamien Hirst's 12-foot wide painting entitled Isonicotinic Acid Ethyl Ester (2010-11)​ "I often get asked about the spot paintings," said artist Damien Hirst in 1997, interviewed eleven years after he'd begun painting colored dots on white, spacing them systematically ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Top 10 Events in the History of Polka Dots

    "A polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka-dots become movement... Polka dots are a way to infinity." --Japanese polka dot artist, Ya ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    'Ed Ruscha: On the Road' at the Hammer Museum: Are Art Legends Obligated to Keep Things Fresh?

    © Ed Ruscha, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian GalleryEd Ruscha's Greatest Passers, now on view at the Hammer Museum​ In our print edition this week, Catherine Wagley's pointed critique of the Hammer's summer exhibit of Ed Ruscha paintings notes that while Ruscha's new works were inspired b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Piero Golia at Gagosian: The Tragedy of Cabs and Cakes

    Photo by Douglas M. Parker Studio, courtesy Gagosian Gallery and Piero Golia​ In this week's print edition, Andrew Berardini looks at Piero Golia's exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills. As he writes, "Writing about Golia typically requires a preamble, as the legend of the piece and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Takashi Murakami's New Gagosian Show in London: Four Visions of Oversexed Anime Porn

    Mike Bruce/Courtesy of Gagosian GalleryInstallation view, © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. ​ Japanese art superstar Takashi Murakami is at it again, with a new show at the Gagosian Gallery in London. While his last show for Gagosian centered around death and memento mori, Murakami has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    'Post 9/11' Exhibit at OHWOW Gallery: What 21st Century Art of Rebellion Looks Like

    Courtesy of Team GalleryRyan McGinley: Taylor (Rushing River), 2011​ When Osama bin Laden was killed in May and young people, "the Millennials," gathered at the White House, Lafayette Park and Ground Zero in a surprising burst of euphoria, their optimism was unnerving. Did they really imagine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Cy Twombly and Los Angeles: A Shaky Relationship

    Photo credit: Paula Goldman. Courtesy MOCA LA. A view of the 1995 Cy Twombly retrospective at MOCA​ The painter Cy Twombly, who died Tuesday at the age of 83, has always, perhaps unfairly, been associated with high culture headiness. Sure, he came of age in New York alongside pop forerunners ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 7, 2011

    Bas Jan Ader, Zoe Crosher, and the Art of Disappearing People

    Photo credit: Paula Goldman. Courtesy MOCA LA. A view of the 1995 Cy Twombly retrospective at MOCA​ The painter Cy Twombly, who died Tuesday at the age of 83, has always, perhaps unfairly, been associated with high culture headiness. Sure, he came of age in New York alongside pop forerunners ... More >>

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