Category Archives: Art

The British Fashion Council in LA, Ace Gallery

The British Fashion Council brought some of their youngest and brightest designers, including one of my favorite shoe designers Nicholas Kirkwood, to show the buyers and stylists of LA at Ace Gallery today. I loved Richard Nicoll‘s dreamy chiffons, prints … Continue reading

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Bruce Davidson, Subway

Bruce Davidson’s book of Subway photographs from the early 80’s was just reissued in August by Steidl and is being distributed by Aperature in the states. It’s amazing to look at these images and realize just how much NYC has … Continue reading

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MOCA and The Library Murals

Wednesday night MOCA and Vanity Fair held a low key bash with food trucks and champagne to celebrate the unveiling of the West Hollywood Library murals painted by Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf and Retna. The crowd was a great mix … Continue reading

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Raymond Pettibon, Regen Projects

LA-based artist Raymond Pettibon is debuting his ninth solo show at Regen Projects entitled Desire in Pursuyt of the Whole, which opens November 4th and runs through December 22nd. I love his drawings and large scale layered work. Regen Projects … Continue reading

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Tom McKinley

Tom McKinley has a show up at Skidmore Contemporary Art inside Bergamot Station that closes this Saturday October 8th. I love his work. Obviously there are some serious David Hockney references going on here but since I LOVE Hockney I … Continue reading

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Kelly Reemtsen

This weekend’s Platform LA Art Fair was a huge success. There was a ton of beautiful work there, definitely not enough to fit into a blog but I got kind of obsessed with this one painting from Kelly Reemtsen, there … Continue reading

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Robert Rauschenberg Photographs 1949-1962

DAP just published a stunning book of photographs by Robert Rauschenberg that he shot from 1949 to 1962 of all of the people he was hanging around with which just happens to include the likes of Jasper Johns and Merce … Continue reading

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Pacific Standard Time, LA’s Art Filled Weekend

I’m obsessed with this David Hockney painting. Lots going on in LA’s art world this weekend. Tonight was the opening of Under The Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 at Geffen Contemporary MOCA downtown with Henry Rollins spinning tunes (I … Continue reading

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Jonah Freeman & Justin Lowe, The Double Bind Selections

Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe are best known for their large scale environmental installations and this weekend will be premiering their latest work which uses pieces form the Annable Vale collection. The collected archive, deeply rooted in downtown LA’s history, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Nirvana

Twenty years ago today Nirvana released “Nevermind” and changed the world of music and pop culture forever. The summer before my senior year in high school (yes, the 20 year reunion is coming up in November, shudder…) my friends and … Continue reading

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