Los Angeles, 18 June 2012, Art Media Agency (AMA) From 2 June to 7 July 2012, the Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles is displaying a solo exhibition of artist Jill Magid entitled “Failed States”. During this event, the artist…
Daily Archives: June 18, 2012
After Two Years, West Street Gallery Closes
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Mr. Gartenfeld and Mr. Moravec (Photo: Matt Creed) West Street Gallery, the project space started in 2009 by Alex Gartenfeld and Matt Moravec inside Mr. Gartenfeld’s apartment on the West Side Highway near Christopher Street, will close after a final…
Man’s quest to map L.A. points the way home
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LOS ANGELES — Eric Brightwell grew up in small places – a tiny town in Iowa, rural Missouri, a Florida suburb whose nearby city he barely got the chance to visit. When he first saw Los Angeles on a post-college…
Review: ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat’ an opera about …
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Of the many pieces performed at the overstuffed Ojai Music Festival recently, one song continued to run through my head the following week: a shockingly hard-hitting pop-rock-Minimalist treatment of Schumann’s “Ich Grolle Nicht.” Saturday night, there it was again, this…
FYF Fest 2012: Refused, Wild Flag, M83, Yeasayer booked
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Now in its ninth year, the independent-focused FYF Fest is returning to the Los Angeles State Historic Park and for the first time since moving downtown will expand from one to two days. The lineupArticle source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/06/fyf-fest-refused-wild-flag-m83-yeasayer-james-blake.html
Arts District Demographics Study Shows Affluent Residents
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Like people in the rest of Downtown, workers and residents of the Arts District want a grocery store, preferably an upscale chain. They also hope to get more retail outlets and parks. Article source: http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/arts-district-demographics-study-shows-affluent-residents/article_72f3ad04-b739-11e1-afab-001a4bcf887a.html
Norwood, Private Arts Club for the Smart Set, to Expand to Los …
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The bar on the parlor floor of the Norwood. (Courtesy Norwood) Norwood, the tony arts club situated in an old townhouse on West 14th Street near the Meatpacking district in New York, where members of the creative industries can gather…
reFramed: In conversation with fine art photographer Andrew Bush
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Posted By: Barbara Davidson Posted On: 4:00 a.m. | June 18, 2012 Framework, the photography and video blog of the Los Angeles Times, is launching a visual series titled reFramed. This bimonthly feature curated by staff photographer Barbara Davidson will…
A Musical Portrait of LA
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“Elvis Whispers Softly,” 1956, from “Who Shot Rock Roll?” Photograph © Alfred Wertheimer, The Wertheimer Collection The recent regional extravaganza known as Pacific Standard Time (PST), a six-month, far-ranging agglomeration of Southern California exhibitions, installations and performances, began with a…
West Coast Artist’s (WCA) Crew Opens First Ever Major Group Show …
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Lina LecaroWest Coast Artists California and more specifically Los Angeles is one of the most influential hubs for graffiti art in the world. And long before wealthy collectors and mainstream recognition gave “street art” respect and accessibility in the art…