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Art reviews, news and announcements from Edward Goldman.


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Encountering Art, Police Chief Gets Egg on His Face
So, what would you think about the LA Police Chief if you heard that hehad expressed support for a controversial public artwork installed infront of the new police headquarters? Would you worry? Rest assured,outgoing Police Chief William Bratton simply hates the eight monumentalbronze sculptures installed at the new LAPD......

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


LA Artists on Fire
For almost one hundred years, people around the world have known Los Angeles primarily as the place where movies are made. But in the last couple of decades, something else has entered into the equation: a few LA artists have achieved such international acclaim that they've become ourde factocultural ambassadors to the world at large......

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[ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


He Was the Scheherazade of Our Time
Last month, at the opening of the Irving Penn exhibition at the GettyCenter, the celebrated 92 year-old photographer was not in attendance.We were told that he hates to fly, which shouldn't come as a surprise,considering his age. Though his exhibition of 210 black and whitephotographs is still on view at the museum, the artist himself is nomore; last week brought the sad news of the death of Irving Penn, oneof the most famous photographers of the 20th century......

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[ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Hitting a Nerve: The Anatomy of Beauty and Horror
Do you remember the olden days when everyone had a Polaroid camera, and the small color photos our parents took on vacation could be found in virtually every household?  These days, Polaroid technology is almost obsolete, and one can hardly find the film for those instant cameras.  A few people, however, are still continuing their love affair with this medium......

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[ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Towering Figures, Tumbling Walls
Anyone who had the good fortune to know Henry Hopkins (1928-2009), a seminal figure on the California art scene for the last fifty years, would probably agree that he was the epitome of what we call a gentleman scholar.  Even at crowded museum openings, one could always spot Henry ? tall, imposing, impeccably dressed ? charming everyone with his courtly manners......

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[ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Love Thy Garbage
I'm not a morning person, so, fortified with plenty of coffee, I usually start the day off slowly by paging through the newspapers to catch up on the latest. Sometimes, a headline jumps off the page with such a good vibe that it instantly snaps me out of the morning doldrums.  Today is one of those days: the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times reported on this year's recipients of the MacArthur Grants, each of whom will receive $500,000, no strings attached.  Among the winners are...

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[ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


A Generous Serving of Small Trades
If you have the slightest interest in the art of photography orfashion, you will undoubtedly recognize the name Irving Penn, whoseartistic achievements have had a major influence on the contemporaryart scene of the last sixty years. Born in 1917 and still active today,Irving Penn might have started his career as just a fashionphotographer, but he quickly developed a distinctive style which sethis images apart......

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[ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:42:00 EDT ]


Escaping the Dog Days of Summer
So, how wasyourLabor Day? Myself, I'm never sure what's theproper thing to do on this holiday ? to honor it with an honest day ofwork or by taking it easy. Even here in Santa Monica it was hot, so Idid my usual and fled to the air-conditioned sanctuary of museumgalleries......

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[ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


What's in the Drinking Water in Toledo, Ohio?
Five flights, four cities, two countries ? not too bad for a one-week trip, eh?  It was my first trip to Canada, where I spent three days in Toronto and two in Ottawa, followed by even shorter visits to Detroit and Toledo, where I hadn't been before either......

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[ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


The Naked Truth
Truth be told, I haven't yet seen any of the five exhibitions that I want to tell you about today ? though I'm still hoping to catch one of them in New York, and another, if luck is on my side, in Florence.  Two more exhibitions are coming this fall to Los Angeles, so that makes four.  And the last one, the controversial installation of Jeff Koons' sculptures at Versailles, has already closed......

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[ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:43:00 EDT ]


Inside the L.A. Art World
Summertime, and the livin' is easy...You are probably packing for a trip and looking for a book to read, so here's my suggestion: the recently published collection of essays by Los Angeles art insiders who spill their guts in conversation with Richard Hertz ? himself a consummate insider of the LA art world, with experience teaching at Caltech and CalArts as well as heading the Department of Graduate Studies at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena......

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[ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


In This Cemetery, Some Like it Hot
There were four of us on this warm Friday night; blankets under our arms, plastic bags full of snacks; we were walking down a nondescript stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard after a seemingly endless search for a parking spot. And we were not alone. One could see a few more people on the sidewalk, like us schlepping bags and lawn chairs and headed in the same direction......

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[ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Paintings Enjoyed by All, Read and Deciphered Only by Few
I wonder how many of you would raise your hands if asked, "Who has been to a performance at UCLA's Royce Hall?" I wouldn't be surprised if most of you have been there on a number of occasions to see dance, theater, or a concert. But how many of you know about the museum tucked away down the hill from Royce Hall? I'm talking about the Fowler Museum, where savvy, adventurous Angelenos can find a variety of exhibitions about little-known arts and cultures......

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[ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:49:59 EDT ]


Beautiful Nightmare
What would you say if a nightmare that woke you up in a cold sweat could be described in the most terrifying detail to a great artist who would be able to recreate it in bronze...and I mean it not figuratively, but literally, in bronze. If you are lucky enough to stumble upon the National Archeological Museum while wandering through Florence, you will never forget the encounter with one of its world-famous treasures, the life-size bronze sculpture of the Chimaera, the mythological creature that ...

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[ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Collecting, Until Death Do Us Part
For those looking for an excuse to step away from the media obsession with Michael Jackson ? and the Sarah Palin sideshow ? here's a good chance to do just that: go see the irresistibly charming documentary about Herb and Dorothy Vogel, the most beloved American collectors of the last half-century, whose unique and inspiring life devoted to art collecting earned them a well-deserved reputation as cultural icons......

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[ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Abroad, in Search of Art
Immediately after coming home from a trip abroad, I like to check out what's happening on the art scene here in my own town, to see if it holds up against the great variety of art adventures I had while traveling. The first day back in LA, totally jet-lagged and exhausted from two weeks of stuffing myself full of art in Europe (oh, poor Edward...), I rushed to the Getty for the opening of the ambitious exhibition of three centuries of French bronze sculpture. It was full of fascinating objects...

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[ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


So Many Tsars, So Little Time
It's been only a couple of months since my last trip to Amsterdam, so there better be a good reason to return so soon for yet another visit. And how could I say no to an invitation to attend the inaugural ceremony for the opening of the Hermitage Amsterdam, the ambitious collaboration between the famous museum in St. Petersburg and its colleagues in the Netherlands? While two previous attempts at branding by the Hermitage Museum – first in London and then in Las Vegas – turned out to...

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[ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


It Takes a Village to Raise Museum Funds
For good, normal folks who might go to a museum only once in a while, museums present themselves in a stately, unhurried, dignified manner.  But if you peer behind the curtain, 'calm' is the last word you would use to describe what's going on there......

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[ Tue, 12 May 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Twitter as Big Brother?
In last week’s program I asked you for advice: ‘To Tweet or Not to Tweet...’ and respond you did – with humor, sarcasm, and good straightforward advice.  To read all the responses posted, visit theArt Talkpage of the KCRW website.  Here are some excerpts......

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[ Tue, 05 May 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That Is the Question
Looking back at the past thirty years, I see the pattern of my initial reluctance to embrace the technology of the modern world.  First, I had to learn to drive a car, though some of my friends tell me that I still drive like a Russian peasant.  Then, there was an especially embarrassing moment when I heard for the first time the word "fax" and mistook it for, hmmm...an unprintable profanity, and that's how l learned about the existence of fax machines.  When I started to do myArt...

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[ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Oh...to Be Sixteen Again
It's unbearably hot even here, in Santa Monica, near the beach. Damn those Santa Ana winds. To survive, I need to think and talk about something cool. How about this? A stone's throw from Venice Beach sits LA Louver Gallery, one of the mainstays of the Los Angeles art scene. There, for the next few weeks, you can find a small herd of horses roaming the galleries– some standing still, others grazing or lying down, maybe even sleeping......

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[ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Moved by Art
Compared to a journalist covering the disintegration of the international financial system or reporting from the battlefield in Afghanistan, there is an obvious advantage to being an art critic. After all, where else if not in the art business can one think about Death, Debt, and Divorce as something to look forward to, a renewable source of profit for auction houses when private collectors are pressured to sell their art as a result of these three famous "D's." Even when the news from the art ...

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[ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


From Russia with Art
Somehow in the last several weeks, Russian avant-garde culture of the early 20th century has been presenting itself with surprising consistency, both here in LA and during my recent trip to Holland. In Amsterdam I saw excellent early paintings by Kandinsky, and on the last day there, I was invited to seeThe Four Temperamentsby Balanchine performed by the Dutch National Ballet. The theater was packed, and the dancers were very good. All that made me think about the famous Ballets Russes and it...

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[ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:08:20 EDT ]


'I love plastic. I want to be plastic.' - Andy Warhol
Returning to LA from a ten-day trip to Holland, I jumped head firstinto the thick of things, trying to catch up with the new exhibitionsin museums and galleries. First I drove downtown to the USC Fisher Museum, which has become the happy recipient of a generous gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation......

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[ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


The Best Place to Get High without Getting Arrested
The name of the picturesque ancient city Maastricht, in the south ofHolland, might not ring a bell in American ears, but in Europe it’s definitely well known as the place where the Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1992, giving birth to the European Union. Another reason to be aware of this city is TEFAF, the celebrated annual international art fair, often referred to as the ‘Tiffany’ of all art fairs. That’s where curators and discriminating collectors from around the world go...

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[ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:46:01 EDT ]


Is Old Master Art Still a Sure Thing?
The last couple of months, running into various art dealers, thefirst thing I ask is how they're holding up. No doubt, it's been adifficult time for the art market, where sales of contemporary art areway below what they were even a year ago. One exception was the recent sale of the Yves Saint Laurent collection, a big success, probablyattributable to the worldwide recognition of the designer's name;people are willing to pay extra for an art work belonging to a famousperson......

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[ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Beverly Hills Housewife for Sale
When you think about the most important Los Angeles cultural patrons of the last fifty years–- people who devoted their sizable fortunes and limitless passion to supporting and promoting the arts 0– three names spring immediately to mind: Dorothy Chandler, who gave us the Music Center, Marcia Weisman, the driving force behind the creation of MOCA; and, last but not least, Betty Freeman, a legendary patron of avant-garde music as well as a major collector of American post-war art......

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[ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Humble, but Sooo Sexy
Now that the razzle dazzle of Oscar night has mercifully passed, and our tuxedos and one-strap designer gowns are back in the closet, let's put on overalls and roll up our sleeves: it's time for a reality check...at least reality the way I see it......

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[ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:52:36 EST ]


In Good Times and Bad, We'll Always Have Art
Whatever the state of the economy right now, one thing is clear:major museums in LA are not wanting for attendance. Last Sunday, theLos Angeles County Museum of Art was pleasantly crowded; not only itstemporary exhibitions, but the galleries with permanent collectionswere full of visitors as well. A lot of young people gathered aroundfour BMW Art Cars exhibited outdoors on the museum plaza. You mightwant to check out these cars painted by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella,Robert Rauschenberg, and Roy Li...

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[ Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


In Gold We Trust
Bad weather, with its strong winds and rain, can sure put a damperon weekend plans, unless you get a little bit creative– after all, there are always museums out there waiting for us. It was pouring when I hit the Pacific Coast Highway last Sunday, but all of a sudden, the celestial authorities had a change of heart, and the rest of the drive to Malibu was smooth sailing: few cars and plenty of sunshine......

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[ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:44:00 EST ]

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