CONSERVATION—Discovery Center president Carrie Glicksteen hosts Giacomo Chiari, chief scientist at the Getty Conservation InstituteArticle source: http://www.theacorn.com/news/2012-05-10/Community/Science_art_partner_to_preserve_culture.html
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Long Beach Art Theater to screen films from LA Asian Pacific Film Festival – Long Beach Press
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The 28th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival kicks off on Thursday in Los Angeles and for the first time, Long Beach’s Art Theater, 2025 E. Fourth Street, will be included in the event. The largest and most prestigious film…
Warhol ‘Elvis’ sells for $37M; Lichtenstein, Weiwei works break own records at …
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Another major work on the auction block — Francis Bacon’s “Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror” — sold for $44,882,500. The buyers’ names for each of the four pieces were not released. The sale came on the heels of art auction…
Los Angeles Modern Auctions sets record prices for local and international artists
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LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions set new world records for art and design in the May 6, 2012 Modern Art Design Auction. Total sales realized $2.97 million, a new company sales record, selling 81% of the 502 lots…
The Isolated Fortress of USC
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To hear the wildly divergent reactions among neighbors to the University of Southern California’s long-brewing and massive $900 million, 5 million-square-foot University Park redevelopment plan, an outsider might think there are two USCs. One USC is the generous provider of…
Grizzlies avoid elimination, beat Clippers 92-80
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By TERESA M. WALKERAP Sports Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The Memphis Grizzlies have the Los Angeles Clippers frustrated and hurting. Blake Griffin sprained his left knee, Chris Paul went to the Clippers’ bench with a sore right hip and…
Hollywood to Back Effort to Aid Veterans’ Return to Civilian Life
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LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is putting its megaphone behind efforts to assist returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the transition to civilian life. The education, employment and general well-being of returning service members has become a prominent cause over the…
Gay marriage is distancing Obama from other Democrats
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WASHINGTON — President Obama’s carefully crafted position on the issue of gay marriage is leaving him trapped between liberal elementsArticle source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-same-sex-marriage-20120508,0,1625845.story
New 3-D Farmers Field “Fly-Thru” Dazzles
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A newly created 3D Architectural “Fly-Thru” including animations of Farmers Field and Event Center, a redeveloped Gilbert Lindsay Plaza, new adjacent parking structures and a modernized Los Angeles Convention Center (including some interiors) was released today by architects and developers…
The man to beat in Mexico’s presidential race
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MEXICO CITY — Nearly two months remain before Mexico picks a new president, but it’s increasingly difficult to envision aArticle source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-campaign-20120510,0,7358544.story
