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    May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. The creative process behind Edward Hopper's paintings

    NEW YORK — As 1938 came to a close, painter Edward Hopper was a man on a mission.
    NEW YORK — As 1938 came to a close, painter Edward Hopper was a man on a mission. Again and again, he would pick up his sketchbook and head for a cluster of New York City movie theaters. Sometimes it was the Republic or the Palace, other times the...

    Tags: Arts, Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists

    2. May 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. James Turrell shapes perceptions

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. &mdash; Flying a couple of thousand feet above<strong> </strong>a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater.
    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...

    Tags: Museums, Arts, Landforms, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Weather Reports

    3. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Literature's greatest hits

    Name your favorite, the one book that most sticks in your mind.
    Name your favorite, the one book that most sticks in your mind. Over nearly four years, photographer Catherine Wagner made that request of friends, acquaintances and outright strangers. She kept a tally on her iPhone and turned the top vote-getters into...

    Tags: Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mark Twain, Arts and Culture, Apple iPhone

    4. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Gift valued at $1 billion transforms Met's modern art collection

    Museum leaders are generally reluctant to see themselves engaged in competition, but the Museum of Modern Art in New York just lost a big one &mdash; and will lose its reputation as the city's only great destination for the Cubism of Picasso and Braque as well.
    Museum leaders are generally reluctant to see themselves engaged in competition, but the Museum of Modern Art in New York just lost a big one — and will lose its reputation as the city's only great destination for the Cubism of Picasso and Braque as...

    Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museums, Arts, Arts and Culture, Artists

    5. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Richard Artschwager dies at 89; painter and sculptor

    Richard Artschwager, an artist who turned his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker into a distinctive approach to making sculptures and paintings that defy easy categorization, died Saturday in Albany, N.Y., following a brief illness. He was 89.
    Richard Artschwager, an artist who turned his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker into a distinctive approach to making sculptures and paintings that defy easy categorization, died Saturday in Albany, N.Y., following a brief illness. He was 89. A...

    Tags: Tuberculosis, Museums, Arts, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists

    6. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Richard Artschwager, celebrated artist, dead at 89

    Richard Artschwager, the painter and sculptor who recently was honored with a career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art,&nbsp;died on Saturday at 89. His death was confirmed by the Gagosian Gallery.
    Richard Artschwager, the painter and sculptor who recently was honored with a career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, died on Saturday at 89. His death was confirmed by the Gagosian Gallery. Artschwager's death comes just a week...

    Tags: Arts, Museums, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Artists

    7. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Culture Watch: 'Jay DeFeo, A Retrospective'

    The language of excavation is familiar to fans of late Bay Area artist Jay DeFeo. She famously spent eight years from 1958 to '66 both building up and digging into the surface of a massive abstract painting-sculpture ultimately known as "The Rose."
    The language of excavation is familiar to fans of late Bay Area artist Jay DeFeo. She famously spent eight years from 1958 to '66 both building up and digging into the surface of a massive abstract painting-sculpture ultimately known as "The Rose."...

    Tags: Museums, Arts, Arts and Culture, Bruce Conner

    8. Nov 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Crystal Bridges Museum the victim of apparent Wal-Mart email hoax

    April Fool's Day is four months away, but someone has clearly gotten an early start. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., is the victim of an apparent email hoax linking founder and Wal-Mart&nbsp;heiress Alice Walton with workers from the big-box retailer.
    April Fool's Day is four months away, but someone has clearly gotten an early start. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., is the victim of an apparent email hoax linking founder and Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton with workers...

    Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Museums, Arts, Labor Legislation, Arts and Culture

    9. Sep 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. LAXART curator among nominees for Independent Curators award

    <em>[This post has been corrected.]</em>
    [This post has been corrected.] The nominees for the Independent Vision Curatorial Award were announced recently and they include Cesar Garcia, a former senior curator at LAXART in Los Angeles. The biennial award recognizes emerging and mid-career...

    Tags: Arts, Museums, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Artists

    10. Aug 2, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. reFramed: In conversation with Alex Prager

    Framework
    Born in 1979, Alex Prager is a self-taught photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. Featured in the Museum o Modern Art’s “New Photography 2010,” Prager’s work has been exhibited at institutions worldwide....
    11. Jul 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Karl Benjamin dies at 86; painter created colorful geometric works

    Karl Benjamin, a <a href="http://karlbenjamin.com/index.html">painter of dazzling geometric abstractions</a> who established a national reputation in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles-based Abstract Classicists and created a highly acclaimed body of work that celebrates the glories of color in all its variations, has died. He was 86.
    Karl Benjamin, a painter of dazzling geometric abstractions who established a national reputation in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles-based Abstract Classicists and created a highly acclaimed body of work that celebrates the glories of color in all its...

    Tags: California State University, Northridge, Museums, Arts, Fine Arts, Arts and Culture

    12. Feb 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Mike Kelley dies at 57; L.A. contemporary artist

    Mike Kelley, an influential Los Angeles artist whose physically messy and psychologically complex projects laid the groundwork for present-day installation art, has died. He was 57.
    Mike Kelley, an influential Los Angeles artist whose physically messy and psychologically complex projects laid the groundwork for present-day installation art, has died. He was 57. He was found dead Tuesday evening at his home in South Pasadena in...

    Tags: Toy Industry, John Waters, Museums, Arts, Museums

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