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Currently Reading: After Modern Art
brushing up on contemporary art history. Link: After Modern Art 1945-2000
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LACMA – Resnick Pavillion
Checked out the newly opened Resnick Exhibition Pavillion at LACMA with Justin and his muse Tomimito. vintage F*** Me Boots. C’est tout.
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Ace Gallery – Opening Reception for Justin Bower’s Embedded Show
Attended the opening reception for artist, Justin Bower. The madame introduced me to his work last year. Since then, I’ve been a fan. Some close-ups. Feedback Loop 2. I love how he is able to blend...
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MOCA – The Artist’s Museum Opening
Last night, attended the opening party for Artist’s Museum at the Museum of Contemporary Arts. It was fun. Lots of people dressed up for Halloween. I wasn’t one of them. Unfortunately, because a lot of...
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Francis Bacon – Figure in Movement
this gem, from one of my favorite dead artists, Francis Bacon, recently sold at Sotheby’s for $14, 082,500 (includes buyer’s premium). what’s really fascinating of this painting is its provenance –...
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Madame – Symbol of Wealth
Madame had an art opening. the piece is titled, Symbol of Wealth Bonus. Checked out her workspace. Like Studio 54, but way cooler. I was immediately drawn to the piece on the right, and guess what? She...
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Holiday Season Gift List 2010
if I wanted to keep it under a $1000. Top Row: > Kartell Tati Table Lamp. Retails for $798. Found it on Amazon.com for cheaper, $765 (that includes shipping and no tax). > Flos Gun Lamp designed...
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Clement Greenberg –“Avant-Garde and Kitsch”
In summary, he liked Modern Art and thought Socialist Realism was kitsch, or crap because it represented the dumbing down of culture. Copy + Paste of his 1939 Essay: I ONE AND THE SAME civilization...
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Want but can do without… for now.
eventually, all will be mine. - Rapha Winter Jersey, $230. Can also wear it as a light jacket. - The Quants by Scott Patterson, $17.82 at Amazon. - Framed Print of Untitled (Red and Black), 1955 by...
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MOCA Engagement Party – League of Imaginary Scientists
Something about wormholes. Showed up too late. Got kicked out of the museum. hahahaha.
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Francis Bacon – Three Studies for Portrait of Lucien Freud
These immaculate works (oil on canvas, each at 14 x 11.875 inches) executed in 1964 by the late Francis Bacon are being auctioned off at Sotheby’s in February 2011. Pre-estimates value these at between...
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Street Art: Photographic Elevations of Los Angeles, Paris and Berlin by Larry...
Met up with some grad school friends, and caught the closing of Larry Yust’s show at the Fowler Museum, which happens to be on the UCLA campus. Being a holiday weekend, we scored and got free parking...
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Pagani Huayra – DRoOoOooooooOOoooOOL!
Pagani recently unveiled the Huayra, the successor to the Zonda - still one of my favorite cars. It comes with an AMG-built 700 hp 6-L twin-turbocharged V12…FTW! I also really like the side mirrors....
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Greed and Fear by Carl Richards
Copy + Paste: Most of us make the same mistake with our money over and over again: We buy high out of greed and sell low out of fear, despite knowing on an intellectual level that it is a very bad...
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Ace Gallery Beverly Hills – Opening for Helen Pashgian’s Columns and Wall...
Last night, I attended the opening for Helen Pashgian’s Columns and Wall Sculptures show at Ace Gallery. There has been much written on this artist and a lot to appreciate. I’ll leave Google and...
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Ace Gallery Beverly Hills – Robert Irwin’s Column
For the majority of the attendees, the genius of Robert Irwin was a bit too much to grasp. Notice that no one is looking at the prismatic sculpture, not even the Ace employee standing to guard it....
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MOCA: our Suprasensorial Experience
the architect took this pic of me with her iphone. looks cool, huh. Carlos Cruz Diez Julio Le Parc Copy + Paste from MOCA: Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space, is the first museum...
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LACMA – Fun Day
the architect with Richard Serra The Italian in los angeles. the day they actually allowed photo taking on the 3rd level….my camera’s battery died… last photo. took a few snaps with the iphone, but the...
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