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The Me Too movement has pushed the private behavior of artists and performers into the public square. Accusations of sexual harassment have damaged the reputations... The post Art Brief appeared first...
View ArticleCreative Inferno: Mr. Chow
Before I interview Mr. Chow, he sets my copy of his book on fire. After smashing large Sharpies onto a blank page of the book... The post Creative Inferno: Mr. Chow appeared first on Artillery Magazine.
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In September during a visit to Paris, I got lost in the Louvre, a common occurrence caused by its diabolical mazelike layout (maps are useless)... The post Art Brief appeared first on Artillery Magazine.
View ArticleDesert XXX
There are plenty of deserts around the world. As President Trump memorably said when he abruptly pulled American troops out of Syria as a favor... The post Desert XXX appeared first on Artillery...
View ArticleAn Art Tomb on Wilshire?
The former Masonic Temple on Wilshire Boulevard in Hancock Park has always been an object of fascination—an imposing landmark designed in the modernist style by...
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The saga of British art dealer Inigo Philbrick is testimony to the pitfalls of the trust and handshake deals that have become customary at the...
View ArticleART BRIEF New Game in Town: GALLERYPLATFORM.LA
If there’s been a silver lining for the LA art scene during the pandemic, it just might be the new Gallery Association Los Angeles (GALA) an online platform known as GalleryPlatform.LA, that has taken...
View ArticleArt Brief Trump and the Triumph of Trash Culture
Donald Trump is a figure out of commedia dell’arte—a puffed-up clown who thinks he’s brilliant but is, in fact, an ignorant fool. His televised commentaries with the Coronavirus Task Force could have...
View ArticleArt Brief Art Museums Get Woke
COVID-19 has caused severe financial distress to art institutions—some have closed or cut back on hours and staff, and now there is pressure to sell artworks from collections to reduce deficits in...
View ArticleArt Brief Trump and the Triumph of Trash Culture
Donald Trump is a figure out of commedia dell’arte—a puffed-up clown who thinks he’s brilliant but is, in fact, an ignorant fool. His televised commentaries with the Coronavirus Task Force could have...
View ArticleArt Brief Art Museums Get Woke
COVID-19 has caused severe financial distress to art institutions—some have closed or cut back on hours and staff, and now there is pressure to sell artworks from collections to reduce deficits in...
View ArticleArt Brief The Art World Gets Woke, Part II
In last issue’s column I discussed the influence of the Woke movement in shaking up stodgy art museums to diversify their staff and fill gaps in their collections caused by decades of turning a blind...
View ArticleArchitecture Must Be “Beautiful” According to Trump Art Brief
Former President Donald Trump left office in disgrace, having incited an insurrection on January 6, 2021, the day Joe Biden was to be certified by Congress as the winner of the 2020 election. Trump...
View ArticleThe NFT Craze Art Brief
The digital artist known as Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million in cyptocurrency at Christie’s auction in March, 2021. The media treated this grotesque sale as if it revolutionized the art world, but if...
View ArticleThe Art World After ELI BROAD Art Brief
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View ArticleStripping Away the Veil Art Brief
The art world has been a secretive, opaque business for centuries. Secondary market transactions are rarely transparent and auction houses are often silent about the identity of the ultimate seller and...
View ArticleMore Fireworks for MOCA Art Brief
One of the most memorable events at MOCA occurred when Chinese-American artist Cai Guo-Qiang exploded gunpowder from an exterior wall of the Geffen Contemporary just after sunset, setting off blinding...
View ArticleJeff Koons: The Appropriation Artist Art Brief
Superstar artist Jeff Koons has been sued for appropriating the work of others—again. The latest lawsuit, Hayden v. Koons, was filed last December in federal court. It concerns a series of works, “Made...
View ArticleWarhol Case Goes to the Supreme Court Art Brief
Andy Warhol is having another “Moment.” He continues to remain a huge part of the social and artistic zeitgeist decades after his death. His Warhol Diaries are currently dramatized in a multi-part...
View ArticleRegulation Ends at Art Auctions Art Brief
The record prices set at the Spring auctions in New York, such as the sale of Warhol’s 1964 silkscreen, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, that sold for $195 million, diverted attention from the shocking...
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