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Die for Art; Art to Die For
Updated: 2012-02-15 00:36:51
Description: Edward Goldman talks about the tragic life and complicated art of the obscure Polish artist, Alina Szapocznikow. ...more...

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Artistic Execution of 'Dear Leaders'
Updated: 2012-02-08 01:49:00
Description: Edward Goldman talks about an exhibition he saw over the weekend that made him, at least for a moment, forget about all the imperfections of the world. ...more...

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Surrealism at LACMA, Gingrich to the Moon
Updated: 2012-02-01 01:07:49
Description: WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman talks about Frida Kahlo beating the boys, Ed Kienholz's raw, still-relevant early work and whether Newt will take him along to the moon. ...more...

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He Sold Us Sharks, Diamonds and Spots. Brooklyn Bridge Next?
Updated: 2012-01-25 00:57:19
Description: WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman recounts his weekend adventures, which included dry ice pyramids, a snake of jumpsuit-clad bodies in Baldwin Hills, and Damien Hirst's notorious spots. ...more...

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Ellsworth Kelly in Los Angeles
Updated: 2012-01-20 08:30:46
Description: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp on Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings, up at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through April 22, 2012. ...more...

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Sunday on the Riviera with Jean
Updated: 2012-01-18 01:18:04
Description: Edward Goldman recalls a breathtaking visit to the French Riviera that convinced him of artist, writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau's true brilliance. ...more...

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The Real McCoy
Updated: 2012-01-13 02:03:50
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Which Is the Prettiest Fair of All?
Updated: 2012-01-11 00:27:34
Description: WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman talks about Chris Burden's breathtaking, soon-to-debut sculpture at LACMA and the mad world of art fairs descending on the city. ...more...

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It Happened at Pomona, Part 2
Updated: 2012-01-06 02:00:57
Description: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about William Wegman, Allen Ruppersberg, William Leavitt and others shown by Helene Winer at Pomona College Museum in the early 70s. ...more...

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Big, Steely, Shiny and, Thank God, It?s Not Jeff Koons
Updated: 2012-01-04 00:25:04
Description: WEB EXCLUSIVE: Edward Goldman talks about a new sculpture on La Brea, imposing, steely and, hopefully, a sign of things to come. ...more...

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Ceramic Art Surveyed at AMOCA in Pomona
Updated: 2011-12-29 22:12:12
Description: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses Millard Sheets, Peter Voulkos and ceramics in Southern California. ...more...

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The Most Memorable Art of This Year
Updated: 2011-12-27 23:14:48
Description: Text and images to follow! ...more...

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MEX/LA: Mexican Modernism(s) in Los Angeles 1930-1985
Updated: 2011-12-23 00:42:39
Description: Mex/LA: ?Mexican? Modernism(s) in Los Angeles, 1930-1985 at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach through Feb. 5, 2012. ...more...

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Is It Eifel Tower In My Window, or Too Much Vodka Last Night?
Updated: 2011-12-21 01:52:16
Description: Edward Goldman travels through Paris, taking you to must-see art exhibitions, a fantastically renovated museum space and one not-so-fantastic new museum ...more...

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Video Art in Long Beach
Updated: 2011-12-16 02:44:00
Description: A retrospective of video art from around the world highlights the role of the Long Beach Museum of Art. ...more...

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Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California
Updated: 2011-12-16 01:04:48
Description: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses an exhibit chronicling the history of printmaking in LA, showcasing work produced at Tamarind, Gemini and Cirrus in the 1960s and 70s. ...more...

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Manhattan on My Mind
Updated: 2011-12-14 01:19:15
Description: Edward Goldman discusses his recent trip to New York and the show-stopping exhibitions he saw, including surprising, tour de force gallery shows by two L.A. artists. ...more...

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The Passion of Kenneth Anger
Updated: 2011-12-02 01:28:39
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They're Big, They're Heavy and, Boy, They're Gorgeous!!!
Updated: 2011-11-30 01:54:38
Description: Edward Goldman shares his annual gift list, which includes a few deliciously heavy biographies and a smart selection of art books bound to impress friends and relatives. ...more...

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A Picture Worth 1000 Words
Updated: 2011-11-23 01:13:32
Description: Edward Goldman shares listeners' responses to his recent commentary on Marina Abramovic and the MOCA Gala... ...more...

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Glenn Ligon at LACMA
Updated: 2011-11-18 08:09:14
Description: Art critic Hunter Drohojowska-Philp looks at Glenn Ligon: America, currently on view at LACMA. ...more...

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PST: 'Doin' It' at Otis
Updated: 2011-11-17 00:22:17
Description: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp shares her thoughts on "Doin' it in Public: Feminism and Art at the Women's Building," the Pacific Standard Time exhibit now at the Otis Gallery. ...more...

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When Art and Sex Stare Back at You
Updated: 2011-11-16 01:09:04
Description: Edward Goldman reports from the annual MOCA Gala, an extravagant one-night circus-like event spiced with a lot of art, sex and nudity.. ...more...

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The Black Monks of Mississippi
Updated: 2011-11-12 03:00:00
Description: Special to Art Talk: KCRW's Lisa Napoli interviews artist Theaster Gates about The Black Monks of Mississippi. ...more...

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In These Gods We Trust
Updated: 2011-11-09 02:45:00
Description: Edward Goldman reviews a new exhibition at the Getty Villa that explores the deep connection between Ancient and Modern art. ...more...

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PST: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken at the Armory
Updated: 2011-11-04 01:44:00
Description: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp explores the experimental photography of Robert Heinecken and Wallace Berman, now on view at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena. ...more...

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Culture Clash, Spirit Unbroken and Attitude Galore
Updated: 2011-11-02 01:44:00
Description: Edward Goldman reviews the latest exhibition by Gajin Fujita at LA Louver Gallery and Chuck Close at Blum & Poe Gallery... ...more...

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PST: Now Dig This!
Updated: 2011-10-28 01:44:00
Description: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp takes us to UCLA's Hammer Museum for Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980. ...more...

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Happy Memories Are Here Again
Updated: 2011-10-26 01:44:00
Description: A few weeks ago, in my Art Talk, I shared with you the story of an unusual collaboration between Ed Ruscha and Joe Goode that took place in the late 1980's. The project... ...more...

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LA Art from Nixon to Reagan: PST's 'Under the Big Black Sun'
Updated: 2011-10-20 23:55:12
Description: For weeks, I've been talking about Los Angeles art of the 1960's, art made of light and colored plastic, even Pop art, art produced during period of prosperity in Southern California... ...more...

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Art, Sex, and Rock 'N' Roll
Updated: 2011-10-19 01:44:00
Description: Have you ever seen a first-rate theater performance, sitting front and center, close to the stage? That's how I felt walking through the smart, captivating, and elegantly installed... ...more...

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PST's 'Artistic Evolution:' Art among the Dinosaurs
Updated: 2011-10-19 00:24:45
Description: Before the Museum of Contemporary Art, even before the L.A. County Museum of Art, large art exhibitions in this city were held at what was then called the Museum of Natural Science... ...more...

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PST's 'Phenomenal: Light and Space in San Diego'
Updated: 2011-10-18 20:59:53
Description: In the 1960's, artists everywhere were experimenting with ways to move beyond the traditional disciplines of painting and sculpture. In Southern California, many of them... ...more...

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PST's 'Artistic Evolution:' Art among the Dinosaurs
Updated: 2011-10-14 00:04:31
Description: Before the Museum of Contemporary Art, even before the L.A. County Museum of Art, large art exhibitions in this city were held at what was then called the Museum of Natural Science... ...more...

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Is It a Bird, Is It a Plane? No, It's Ed Ruscha!
Updated: 2011-10-12 01:44:00
Description: Okay, make fun of me. With hundreds of Pacific Standard Time exhibitions ? or is it thousands? ? non-stop, 24/7, all over town, I desperately needed an escape.... ...more...

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Portrait of LA by City's Better Angels
Updated: 2011-10-06 18:33:41
Description: Just in time for an explosion of exhibitions in museums and galleries all over Southern California, two new art fairs were launched in LA last week... ...more...

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Portrait of LA by City's Better Angels
Updated: 2011-10-05 01:44:00
Description: Just in time for an explosion of exhibitions in museums and galleries all over Southern California, two new art fairs were launched in LA last week... ...more...

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PST at the Getty
Updated: 2011-09-30 01:44:00
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Dressed to Kill For
Updated: 2011-09-28 01:44:00
Description: For us, Angelinos, intrigued by the city?s ever-changing art scene, this week will test our endurance... There are major exhibitions opening at four different museums plus... ...more...

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Art at the Edge: Pomona
Updated: 2011-09-23 01:44:00
Description: Pacific Standard Time is far flung affair and last week I drove to east to check out the show at Pomona College Museum of Art... ...more...

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Dark, Sexy, Provocative. The Choice Is Yours
Updated: 2011-09-21 01:44:00
Description: You probably heard the joke that one cannot be too thin or too rich. To which I usually like to add, with a wink, that one cannot have too much good art either.... ...more...

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PST: Beatrice Wood and Craig Kauffman
Updated: 2011-09-16 01:44:00
Description: Art Critic Hunter Drohojowska-Phil reviews Beatrice Wood and Craig Kauffman, both in Santa Monica. ...more...

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Young Men and a Lot of Chocolate
Updated: 2011-09-14 01:44:00
Description: In the art world, the beginning of September is a time when bells start ringing, announcing the opening of the autumn season... ...more...

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Three Pacific Standard Time Exhibits at LACMA
Updated: 2011-09-09 01:44:00
Description: Hunter Drohojowsk-Philp reviews three exhibits currently on view at LACMA as part of Pacific Standard Time. ...more...

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Be Warned: This Art Makes You Want to Throw Up
Updated: 2011-09-07 01:44:00
Description: Powerful works of art inevitably inspire and surprise. They stir up emotions and, on occasion, even make you indignant and uncomfortable. But to make you want to throw up...? ...more...

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Do Museums Love Themselves More Than They Love Art?
Updated: 2011-08-31 01:44:00
Description: One of the most despicable things that can happen to a great work art, beyond destruction caused by some terrible calamity, is to be willfully cut in pieces for the greedy purpose... ...more...

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Twelve Angry Heads
Updated: 2011-08-24 01:44:00
Description: In the last decade, the name of Chinese sculptor Ai Weiwei has become known not only to the art connoisseurs but to a wide public as well... ...more...

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When Showing Off Is the Name of the [Art] Game
Updated: 2011-08-10 01:44:00
Description: For the last couple of months, friends and colleagues returning from New York kept raving about one particular exhibition, the one at the Metropolitan Museum... ...more...

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The Road to Art Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
Updated: 2011-08-03 01:44:00
Description: You've probably seen photos of aspiring actors standing on streets in endless lines, waiting for a chance to audition for a role, no matter how small... ...more...

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The Majesty of Lucian Freud
Updated: 2011-07-27 01:44:00
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Art Around the Clock, Carmageddon Be Damned
Updated: 2011-07-20 01:44:00
Description: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Art has unique power to inspire, to heal and, sometimes, even to triumph over such daunting obstacles as Carmageddon... ...more...

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Music to Your Eyes
Updated: 2011-07-13 01:44:00
Description: Okay, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to a young lady I've been in love with for as long as I remember myself. Not only is she charming and pretty, but... ...more...

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With Art, There's No Rest for the Wicked
Updated: 2011-07-06 01:44:00
Description: When Russians try to talk sense into an impatient, restless person, they say, "For heaven's sakes, slow down! It seems like you are sitting on a nail!"... ...more...

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It Takes Chutzpah to Compete with Great Artists of the Past
Updated: 2011-06-29 01:44:00
Description: Compared to the US, everything in Europe seems so close. It took me less than an hour to get from Antwerp to Amsterdam by speed train... ...more...

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Traveling for Art and Eating Well
Updated: 2011-06-22 01:44:00
Description: Summer is upon us, and many of you are probably traveling. Like everyone else, planning a trip, I ask my smart, artsy friends for advice: what to see and what to eat.... ...more...

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Visiting the Belgium Trifecta of Bruges, Ghent and Mechelen
Updated: 2011-06-15 01:44:00
Description: Trust me, it's not Lady Godiva chocolate or the amazing variety of beers that made me go to Belgium twice in the last five months. In January, I was invited to Brussels... ...more...

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In a Dark Room. Intoxicated.
Updated: 2011-06-08 01:44:00
Description: My recent trip to Europe ended up in Barcelona... About fifty art dealers from around the world gathered there for Loop, an annual video art fair.... ...more...

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