Category: Contemporary Art
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Better Late Than Never…Last Minute Gift Ideas
You know you’re a procrastinator when you procrastinate on your “Last Minute Gifts” post… I cleaned my house, washed my dogs, cooked, worked out and generally engaged in nonsense instead of writing today. I’ll tell you what though, these gifts are so good, I wouldn’t mind getting them after Christmas (and right about now I…
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The Sphinx and the Cronut: Why We Love Being Haters
In music, fashion, food and art there’s pop cultural phenomena so ubiquitous and so pervasive that I feel duty bound to write about them. Or hate on ’em.. Like roaches and bad heartburn these things just keep on returning eliciting both our collective ire and fascination. Really, they’re train wrecks and we can’t look away.…
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Herb and Dorothy 50 X 50
The story of Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a postal worker and librarian who amassed a world class collection of contemporary art, captivated both the art world and art outsiders alike. “Herb and Dorothy” was not just a story of an unlikely pair who paved their own way in an insular art world but it was…
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Step Into the Light: James Turrell @ LACMA
Admittedly I am struggling with how to write about James Turrell. Anyone adjacent to or fully immersed in the art world has either been to one of the three simultaneous exhibits happening across the country or has a strong opinion that lauds or pans Turrell’s work. I am not in that world, but as a…
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5 Beaches X 1 Pair of Shades: #4 Fiji
5 Beaches x 1 Pair of Shades-Fiji by cultureshockart featuring a braided bracelet Lemlem / Havaianas sandals / Monica Vinader braided bracelet, $190 / Ray-Ban / Missoni Home Omar Beach Towel – 156, $190 I love Hawaii, but long to travel someplace that’s a little more remote (and a little less Orange County). I think…
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5 Beaches x 1 Pair of Shades #3 Amalfi Coast
This vacation-itis. I’ve got it bad; so bad that it’s spread to Italy. The Amalfi Coast would be a dream vacation; I’d love to visit here someday. This picture from Positano is stunning! There’s something about those orange umbrellas…. To prove that vacations don’t have to completely drift from your true loves, I’m sprinkling in…
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5 Beaches x 1 Pair of Shades (#1 Venice)
Happy 4th of July! I’ve got a serious case of vacation-itis which means I have beaches on the brain. I figured I’d find an artistic angle to this wanderlust, and thanks to Saatchi Online, I’ve found some incredible works of art that whisk me away to warm sandy beaches (minus the sunburns, sandflies and jellyfish).…
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Painting in Place
What happens when 29 artists including Amanda Ross-Ho and Kevin Appel “occupy” the Farmers and Merchants Bank in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles? Painting in Place is a diverse exhibition where the artists, themes, styles and techniques are all woven together to explore self image and the space they occupied. The exhibition was…
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Urs Fischer @ MOCA
I have two distinct reactions to exhibitions. I either love it so much that I immediately come home to write about it, or I sit on the experience and let it ruminate in my mind for weeks. I went to the Urs Fischer exhibit at MOCA a week and a half ago, and I am…
Colony Little, Culture Shock Art 