Fine Arts

For William Wegman, 1970s works seem so new

2013-05-19 00:00:00

"William Wegman: He Took Two Pictures. One Came Out," an exhibition of the artist's text-based black-and-white photographs from the 1970s, is on view at Marc Selwyn Fine Art through July 6. So you have a new show of your old work. Yes, and it's new...

A view into the photography program at Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology

2013-05-14 11:04:04

$75,000 Alpert Awards in the Arts honor marathon play directors

2013-05-09 16:00:00

The annual Alpert Awards in the Arts give a $75,000 boost to midcareer artists who often aren’t well known but have earned respect in their fields. Among the higher-profile winners of this year's awards, funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation and...

Santa Monica Clock Tower building sold to Italian investors

2013-05-02 06:30:00

The Clock Tower, a Santa Monica office building beloved by Westside creative firms, has been snapped up by Italian investors who specialize in buying trophy historic properties. Clad in white terra cotta, the 12-story Art Deco-style office high-rise on...

reFramed: In conversation with WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY curator Anne Wilkes Tucker

2013-05-01 03:05:07

Colin Bailey named director of Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco

2013-03-27 12:12:00

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have named Colin Bailey as their new director. Bailey, who most recently served as the deputy director and chief curator at the Frick Collection in New York, will head the De Young Museum and the Legion of Honor in...

War photography exhibit opens at Annenberg Space for Photography

2013-03-21 16:36:05

L.A.'s art world presents a super-sized spring

2013-03-08 06:30:00

Super-sized exhibitions are becoming more common in art museums, and the next few months will see several among the notable new shows opening around town. Chronologically, here's a selection of what's coming up in art this spring, including three really...

Andy Warhol online auction is prime turf for celebrity-gawking

2013-03-01 07:32:00

Andy Warhol famously said that in the future, everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. But that didn't stop him from focusing his camera lenses and other image-making implements on folks whose ride on the wagon of celebrity figured to last somewhat...

Art Review: JJ PEET at Redling Fine Arts

2013-02-17 08:09:00

In JJ Peet’s beguiling L.A. debut at Redling Fine Art, the familiar tropes of found object assemblage sculpture — scrap wood and bricks, rags and plastic shopping bags — come to life through a sheer infusion of raw creative energy. In...

L.A. Art Show is taking a broad view of art

2013-01-26 06:00:00

Invited to provide a table-setter for the L.A. Art Show, a sprawling and mind-bogglingly diverse annual marketplace and smorgasbord for the eyes, Marilyn Lowey delivered an installation that's cheekily site-specific. Titled "Translating Transitions #4,"...

Diane Rosenstein opens first art show in new Highland Avenue spot

2013-01-16 17:58:00

How many galleries do you need to call Highland Avenue a real art corridor? One more space is opening on the street, not far from Regen Projects, Redling Fine Art, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Overduin and Kite, and the future home of Michael Kohn. Diane...

The Annenberg Space for Photography's "Beauty Culture" exhibition in Century City runs through Nov. 27.

2013-01-24 15:34:00

Student photography work is displayed in the halls of Broward College's new Fine Arts Building on the Davie campus on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Designed as a green building, the two-story, 37,000 square foot structure, is home to Broward College's visual and performing arts students and their works.

2012-12-05 00:00:00

Seattle-based glass artist Dale Chihuly has been a pioneer in the recent emergence of studio glass as a contemporary fine arts medium. A major exhibit of his work ranging from small vessels to large, gallery-size installations is on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in "Chihuly at VMFA."

2012-10-31 00:00:00