Mishmash: a confused mixture of things. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Fairfax Avenue is an excellent example of an urban mishmash of disjointed places, events, and buildings. The documentary visually shows many of the incongruities and contradictions that characterize our time. The contrast between the long line of colorful young people hoping to find a deal at the …
Spring is here—resurrection, liberation, vaccination. We re-emerge from the rubble of quarantine into fresh air—a little tentative and rattled. The breeze feels good against our unmasked faces. Landscapes have been leveled and reshuffled. There is lots more empty space, between people, on streets, in buildings, in communities. We are beamed photos from Mars and they …
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Lucita Hurtado with Allon Schoener, LACMA, February 15, 2020 Art criticism is supposed to be impersonal. However, I am going to violate the rules! Still vigorous, charming, and creative, Lucita Hurtado is 100 years old. Not to detract from her longevity, it is worth noting that a new paradigm is emerging of people in their …
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The playful Serpentine Pavilion in Los Angles, erected in-between the La Brea Tar Pits and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, brings a smile to an area characterized by an eclectic architectural mix. Designed by Spanish architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano, a design partnership known as SelgasCano and based in Madrid, was initially …
LACMA knows better, and this won’t be the last time you’ll read that statement. The museum stands as perhaps the most luminous cultural gem in Los Angeles, which is why— if you’ll allow us the luxury of candor— their latest special exhibition, 3D: Double Vision arrives with such puzzling disappointment. Before launching a literary assault …
The work-in-progress of the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, designed by architect Renzo Piano, is scheduled for opening in 2019. In “Architecture + Cinema + Hollywood”, the three are connected through images of the museum’s construction at the present time, historic and contemporary examples of architecture, mementos from classic movies, metaphors of Hollywood, and segments from my previous …
When Oakland-based curator, Eric Murphy, first asked me if I could help him and a group of artists and collectors site a show for Pop Art legend Mel Ramos, I have to admit, I wasn’t sure I could. My hesitancy stemmed from my feminist sensibilities and my admittedly shallow knowledge of Ramos’s work, short of …
It’s always a pleasure to visit the J. Paul Getty Museum on top of the hill overlooking downtown LA and the San Fernando Valley; the views are spectacular, the architecture of modern white and grey buildings is jutting up against the blue sky, the gardens are blooming with flowers. This Monday March 14 the place …
Frank Gehry retrospective at LACMA, and the Jazz Bakery Today at the press preview of Frank Gehry’s retrospective at LACMA, I met the 86-year-old architect, who was funny and engaging. He explained how 40 years ago, during a trip to Greece with artist Ed Moses, he was moved to tears at the sight of the …
Why she loves the unchanging relentless LA-ness of the city.
Michael Heizer’s ‘Levitated Mass’ contrasts the nearby Japanese Pavilion.
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