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Ceramics artist Kenneth Price dies at 77
Culture MonsterKenneth Price, a prolific Los Angeles artist whose work with glazed and painted clay transformed traditional ceramics while also expanding orthodox definitions of American and European sculpture since the 1960s, died early Friday at his home and studio in... -
Art Center buys postal facility, plans to expand and renovate
Culture MonsterArt Center College of Design has announced it's buying a 2.5 acre former postal facility and parking garage next to its satellite campus in south Pasadena. President Lorne Buchman's administration is laying the groundwork for a major fundraising... -
Tim Burton exhibition opens in Paris at Cinematheque francaise
Culture MonsterTim Burton has landed in Paris -- specifically, at the famed Cinémathèque française. The art exhibition devoted to the eccentric filmmaker has been a popular success in New York, Melbourne, Toronto and, most recently, Southern California, at the Los... -
Frank Gehry defends Eisenhower memorial design
Culture MonsterFrank Gehry didn't attend Monday's Congressional hearing about his design for the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington. But the Los Angeles architect sent a letter defending his controversial conception of the public memorial, while also... -
New Getty initiative aims to boost preservation of modern architecture
Culture MonsterChristopher Hawthorne reports on the Getty Conservation Institute's new Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative, which will help fund restoration work at the Eames House.... -
Eisenhower Memorial Commission throws support behind Gehry
Culture MonsterThe committee that first selected Frank Gehry to design a planned Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., confirms its support for his design, which was questioned by Eisenhower's family.... -
Critic's notebook: Skyscrapers remain powerful symbols, post 9/11
Any skyscraper is a contradiction.
The tall tower is architecture's most famous building type and also the one most clearly at odds with the profession's roots. Fundamentally, architecture is shelter, a concession that we're afraid to face the elements...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Arts, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Santiago Calatrava, Saudi Arabia
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Architecture review: National September 11 Memorial
If you were expecting the National September 11 Memorial to turn out to be a visionary or uncompromising monument to human tragedy and architectural destruction, you probably haven't been paying sustained attention to the process that created it. And...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Local Government, Philosophy, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Arts
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Book Review: 'Rebels in Paradise' by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Special to the Los Angeles TimesRebels in Paradise The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Henry Holt: 288 pp., $27 After decades of neglect, Los Angeles art history is a hot topic. The most immediate reason is "Pacific Standard Time: L.A. Art 1945-1980," an...Tags: Henry Holt, Arts, Andy Warhol, History, Human Interest
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Critic's Notebook: Shifting horizons in Santa Monica parks design
Standing atop a patch of churned-up dirt on a recent morning, James Corner was surrounded by mismatched palm trees, chipped sidewalks and sagging chain link: a typical slice of Southern California landscape caught unawares, hardly ready for its close-up....Tags: Philosophy, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Transportation, Natural Resources, Colleges and Universities
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Dennis Hopper's Venice property is back on the market
The on-the-market, off-the-market compound of actor-artist Dennis Hopper in Venice is back — redone by architect Brian Murphy and listed at $5,995,000.
Murphy renovated the main house that he designed and three two-story loft-style town houses by...Tags: Dennis Hopper, James Dean, Easy Rider (movie), Homes
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PASSINGS: Burt Styler, Maria Gomes Valentim, Robert Benson
Burt Styler
Emmy-winning TV writer
Burt Styler, 86, an Emmy-winning TV writer who had a long association with Bob Hope, died of heart failure June 13 at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, his family said.
Styler won an Emmy in 1972 for an episode of...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, France, Arts, Career and Workplace, Providence
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Original site for Frank Gehry topic gallery.
