November 14, 2018

Hung Up: On Hauser & Wirth’s Witty Comeback 

The Getty hangs Sally Mann’s photographs for her first major international exhibition, Toshio Matsumoto starts a 4 week tenure at Nonaka-Hill, the infamous Invader storms Over The Influence, and Denk proceeds to produce eclecticism at lightning speed with a Tim Ebner, Kasper Kovitz, and Donnie Molls group show… With so much to see, here’s the …

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Sprawling Survey of Hip Chinese Art Impresses, Baffles

A gigantic dragon greets visitors to a new exhibition of contemporary Chinese art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The dragon, 85 feet long and twisting above the ground-floor atrium of the museum, features a head made of junked bicycle parts and a long tail of twisted rubber inner tubes. It reminds you …

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Renaissance Nude at The Getty Center through January 27, 2019

For those of us enamored of the Western European art tradition,The Getty’s current exhibition, Renaissance Nude, is a bonanza. Although non-didactic, it is a thematic presentation utilizing specific works of art to elucidate its thesis that nudity appeared with frequency in works by both Italian and Northern European Renaissance artists. In that sense, it is a curatorial …

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Lights, Camera, Music, Chorus, Dancers…Action!

Argentinean tango in Northridge, contemporary choreography in Long Beach, World dance in Santa Monica, a dance film fest in Hollywood, a preview of the Merce Cunningham’s centennial in Hancock Park, and more SoCal dance this week. 5.  Show and tell Combining her South African heritage and degrees in African dance from the University of Cape …

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The Surreal Rise of LGBTQ Community in Different Professions

When it comes to expressing oneself, there are hundreds of different ways to do so. Many people take writing as a means to express themselves better, while others prefer to utilize color to express the state of their minds, and millions turn to music for the same purpose. You may have heard the phrase ‘art …

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Cinema Italian Style

It is really difficult to see current Italian movies in Los Angeles, except for 5 days in November when the American Cinematheque hosts Cinema Italian Style organized by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà. This year is the 14th edition of this exciting cultural event that kicks off at the Egyptian on November 13 with the premiere of Dogman …

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