Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini are currently up at The Getty in a show that highlights some of the great portrait busts of the Italian Baroque master. True, many of these centuries-old effigies may not have the supremely dynamic sparkle of many of the works for which Bernini is most known (his Apollo and Daphne and David are still at home in Rome, as are a plethora of his other great artistic and architectural works), but they do exhibit the virtuoso’s unique ability to create dynamism out of stone, a material that is every bit the opposite. And they are a testament to the enduring timelessness of great sculpture. So, if you don’t have the time to traverse the Atlantic this holiday weekend, a taste of an amazing historical artist is only a few minutes away.
Written on: Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Art and Living editor Lars Carlson, Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario, artist Terrence Howard, and wine and spirits correspondent Matthew Goldfarb. Photo by www.andycomins.com]
On a warm summer morning in a Los Angeles recording studio, Terrence Howard became the latest Hollywood celeb to rock out, wine and cheese-style
By Matthew Goldfarb and Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario Art and Living Artisanal Wine and Cheese Correspondents
Harmony.
It wasn’t what we expected.
Walking into the studio, we felt oddly at home, a sense of peace and comfort emanating from the music, a beautiful voice beckoning from inside. We sat and watched, feeling like outsiders observing something we weren’t supposed to see—a ritual with which we weren’t yet familiar. Vocal warm-ups, the tuning of guitars, and soft-jazzy drum beats.
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
It’s been up for a few months now, but the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual summertime roof garden installation is worth seeing at some point. So why not this weekend? This year, the museum granted the prestigious, half-year-long exhibition to none other than uber-artist Jeff Koons, whose selected offerings are, as always, vivacious. Oh, and the view up top is one of the most spectacular in the city — perfect for taking a date.
Written on: Friday, August 15th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[John Lautner’s Beyer Residence, Los Angeles, 1983. Photo by Joshua White; courtesy of the Hammer Museum]
Art and Living’s weekly exhibition, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
If you haven’t seen it yet, this weekend is the chance to see the oft-talked-about John Lautner show at the Hammer Museum. Officially dubbed Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner, the exhibition offers a comprehensive look at one of Southern California’s most innovative — yet mostly popularly unknown — architects. Lautner’s work is characterized by a visionary formal language that (sometimes quite literally) goes outside the box and ventures into the realm of undulating planes and masses. Many of Lautner’s home designs take advantage of their often scenic surrounding environments, including the work for which the architect is most known, Chemosphere, and his Beyer Residence — both of which sit perched atop Los Angeles hillsides. How romantic.
Written on: Friday, August 8th, 2008 | Filed under:
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[Interior of Red Pearl Kitchen. Courtesy of Red Pearl Kitchen]
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Right now, Couturier Gallery is presenting Guillaume Zuili in an exhibition titled Exposed Cities. The La Brea gallery surveys both Latin and American artists, and it aims to expand the minds of viewers through the work of various cultures. This one is definitely worth seeing.
Written on: Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | Filed under:
Events, Art
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[Francis Scorzelli, Santa Barbara Studio Artists board president, in his studio. Image courtesy of event organizers]
No labor day plans yet? No problem. We’ve discovered an artful occasion in the works that’s worth taking a look at.
Each year, Santa Barbara Studio Artists, a consortium of Santa Barbara’s most successful, award-winning artists, opens its members’ studio doors to the public for its Annual Open Studio Tour. Offering a veritable treasure trove of art and an insider’s journey through more than 40 artist studios, the event attracts art collectors and gallery owners who travel from as far as New York and Paris to have first picks of new work by top U.S. artists that happen to live in the area.
Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking
Gagosian Gallery’s21st Street location is currently presenting Retrospective, an exhibit that looks at various ways in which contemporary artists “dig” through their pasts in order to create their own defining moments. The show includes works by Chris Burden, Marcel Duchamp, Tom Friedman, Piero Golia, Douglas Gordon, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Piotr Uklanski, and Andy Warhol.
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