Tag: John Baldessari

• Back to the Future with MOCA

  If you live in LA and appreciate Contemporary Art you are likely following the Schimmel/MOCA melodrama that is now being called “Schimmelgate”.  A resignation of this nature doesn’t happen without some people having something to say about it, so In the weeks following the announcement, we have had numerous interested parties weigh in on the…

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  July 12, 2012

  Contemporary Art, Museums

  Eli Broad, John Baldessari, MOCA, Paul Schimmel

• MOCA Fresh Auction 2012

  So, I get these songs stuck in my head…Every time I think about MOCA’s upcoming Fresh Auction this Saturday, this song pops into my head.  If you were born before 1975 you probably can guess it.  Now that the painfully tragic memory of that song is stuck in YOUR head (you’re welcome), let’s talk about…

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  March 19, 2012

  Collecting, Contemporary Art, Museums

  Aaron Kraten, Charles Gaines, Cindy Sherman, Danny First, Dennis Koch, Fred Tomaselli, Gary Baseman, Gregory Michael Hernandez, John Baldessari, MOCA, MOCA Fresh Auction, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey

• On Your Marks… Get Set…Go! (Get Some Art) Incognito 2012

  What do you get when you combine 700 works by 500 artists and a room full of eager collectors?  SMMoA’s “Incognito 2012” delivered yet another exciting evening of art and celebration. All works were donated by the artists as a fundraiser for the Santa Monica Museum of Art at Bergamot Station.  The rules:  Pieces are no…

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  March 18, 2012

  Collecting, Contemporary Art, Museums

  Ed Ruscha, Elisa Longhauser, Gary Baseman, Incognito 2012, John Baldessari, Lisa Melandri, Rena Small, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Shepard Fairey, SMMoA