In the late 1980s, the abstract painter David Lloyd found himself where others wanted to be. Margo Leavin, who showed John Baldessari, Donald Judd and Alexis Smith, was his art dealer. In the art world -- or, to be more specific, the business of art -- to land a respected gallery is essential to b ... More >>
This week, one artist makes paintings that smear and explode while another makes an ancient monument look lively and a third installs a Dutch living room in a storefront. 5. The better to hear you with Elana Mann, who has spent the last few years thinking about how to make listening and hearing mor ... More >>
Pacific Standard Time, L.A.'s 60-museum retrospective on L.A. art 1945-1980, is mostly packaged in box sets, each museum or gallery exhibition the visual equivalent of a multi-part, themed concept album. But despite all the carefully cultivated curatorial choices, as you move from show to show, it' ... More >>
Cali Bi at OCMA, plus Sean Duffy and John Paul Jones at LAM
LACMAReenactment of Allan Kaprow's 'Fluids' (1967) at LACMA.The Getty Foundation Wednesday announced it's giving out $3.1 million in grants to support a massive, Southern California-wide series of exhibitions, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, to take place in 2011 and 2012. The ... More >>
Georgia, Agnes, Agnes and Florence
Th-th-that's Saul, Folks!
Art to live for
Visions of a modernist past
Mary Heilmann’s “To Be Someone” and Tony Mendoza’s “Flowers”
Few museums – particularly those located in Newport Beach – ever see lines of hundreds of hipsters, all dressed to the nines and desperate for admission. But then, most museums don't feature Sonic Youth performances at their parties. Even with a $30 ticket price, Saturday night's Calif ... More >>
MOCA’s Paul Schimmel on his new big show, his old big show (“Helter Skelter”) and everything in between
History lessons off the 405
“Beautiful Losers” in Newport Beach
L.A.’s hyperactive graphics scene
Mark Dutcher’s "After the Fall" and Jean Lowe’s "The Loneliness Clinic"
30 years of little art in Laguna
