Art
Two Santa Monica Artists Create a Legacy Through Potlucks
An extraordinary variety of artists came to Jon Swihart and Kim Merrill’s backyard potlucks, discussing not just their work, but also the events and challenges of their lives.
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The Love and Art of Irene and Peter Stern
The artist couple shared creativity and mutual devotion reflecting a period of light and joy that came after considerable darkness in their early lives.
Books
Photographs as Passageways to the Profound
Rich in sensations and ideas, Running Falling Flying Floating Crawling uses unexpected juxtapositions of text and image to offer both antidotes to the mundane and passageways to the profound.
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Remembering the Legacy of a Larger-Than-Life Artist, Sam Tchakalian
The Bay Area artist believed in shaping artists rather than relaying rules.
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How Joan and Jack Quinn Built a Major Art Collection Based on Friendship
Seeing On the Edge purely in art historical terms misses what the Quinn family and their guests have been appreciating for years, that their collection is really about friendship and encouragement.
Books
Where the Billionaire Buyers Are
In BOOM: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art, Michael Shnayerson paints a vivid portrait of the dizzying ascent of the contemporary art market and the powerful succession of dealers responsible for its rise.
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Delving Into the Story of a Black Woman Waiting for a Bus in Postwar Los Angeles
Like the canvas itself, which has been hidden away for years in a private collection, the painted woman in Elsie Palmer Payne's "Bus Stop" is ready to be studied and re-evaluated.
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A Critical Piece of Advice Robert De Niro, Sr. Gave Me About Art
Robert De Niro senior’s sage advice, which he gave me in the late 1970s, has stayed with me, although I remember finding it intensely challenging when first offered.
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The Bo Bartlett Center Opens with a Vision for Community Service Through the Arts
The artist Bo Bartlett recently got together with family and friends to celebrate the opening of an eponymous arts center that intends to serve the Columbus community through a rich program of exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and film.
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Manuel Neri's Chromatic Chaos
Apparent in Manuel Neri's works with plaster figures is a kind of dualism: they reference classical forms while also radiating contemporary anxiety and subjectivity.
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Remembering Greg Escalante, a Gallerist and Friend to Artists
One reason that Greg Escalante’s battle with depression remained largely hidden was that he drew attention to himself in order to serve others, especially artists.
Books
A Comprehensive and Contemporary Guide to Figurative Drawing
Figurative artists know the importance of learning “the rules” before they break them, which is precisely the opportunity this book intends to offer its most ambitious readers.