The Ordinary Becomes Mystical: A Conversation with Betye Saar
On a Sunday, you might find artist Betye Saar at the Pasadena College flea market, scouting for treasures. The energetic 85-year-old is still an... Read More
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Artwork by Richard Tuttle Discovered in the Archive of Galerie Schmela
An unusual set of cards by Richard Tuttle emerges in the archives.
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All in the Family: Lyonel Feininger, His Sons, and Photography
Many know Lyonel Feininger as an accomplished painter, printmaker, and caricaturist whose work is forever linked to the Bauhaus movement. He was Walter Gropius’s... Read More
Talking with Artist De Wain Valentine
One of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and ’70s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his... Read More
Ancient Art through Modern Eyes
Have you ever come across a piece of ancient art that looked suspiciously…modern? It’s hard to believe that Cycladic figures, with their sleek minimalist... Read More
Lyonel Feininger’s Photographic Vision
In the 1920s, Lyonel Feininger was one of Germany’s best-known artists. He painted, drew, and made prints; he sketched caricatures and composed music; he... Read More
It Happened in L.A.: Artists Turn to Zen
Artists’ studios aren’t generally thought of as meditative places. The stereotype is one of disarray—an image comes to mind of paintbrushes, sculpting tools, or... Read More
Gray Column Rises
One of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his... Read More
Countdown to Pacific Standard Time
This morning we launched a new website dedicated to Los Angeles art from 1945 to 1980. Here you can get acquainted with Pacific Standard... Read More
Frederic Tuten and Steve Martin Talk Art and Fiction
On October 12, novelist Frederic Tuten and actor and writer Steve Martin appeared at the Getty Center as part of the Getty Research Institute’s... Read More
Inside the Getty Conservation Institute’s Modern and Contemporary Art Research Lab
I popped by the Getty Conservation Institute’s science labs this week to be met with a surprise: a large white Doug Wheeler painting (1964,... Read More
Conserving David Siqueiros’s “América Tropical”
América Tropical, the only surviving public mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros in the United States, is one step closer to being on view to... Read More