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Art review: Damien Hirst at Gagosian Gallery
Culture MonsterChristopher Knight reviews Damien Hirst's spot-paintings at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills... -
Andy Warhol in 'Headlines' at Washington's National Gallery
![Andy Warhol, the guru of Pop art, reveled in a lifelong obsession with newspapers, especially tabloids and their garish headlines. As a teenager, he saved pages with photos of his favorite Hollywood stars. Throughout his life he packed hundreds of newspapers into boxes he called "time capsules" to whet the fancy of the future. He collected scores of fraying clippings about himself in 34 scrapbooks. But most important, he used newspapers, especially the front pages, to model and inform some of the most important works of his fine art. It is hard to imagine Warhol the artist without his headlines.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65238185-08032708-187105.gif "Andy Warhol, the guru of Pop art, reveled in a lifelong obsession with newspapers, especially tabloids and their garish headlines. As a teenager, he saved pages with photos of his favorite Hollywood stars. Throughout his life he packed hundreds of newspapers into boxes he called "time capsules\" to whet the fancy of the future. He collected scores of fraying clippings about himself in 34 scrapbooks. But most important, he used newspapers, especially the front pages, to model and inform some of the most important works of his fine art. It is hard to imagine Warhol the artist without his headlines.")
Andy Warhol, the guru of Pop art, reveled in a lifelong obsession with newspapers, especially tabloids and their garish headlines. As a teenager, he saved pages with photos of his favorite Hollywood stars. Throughout his life he packed hundreds of...Tags: Muhammad Ali, Elizabeth Taylor, England, Soups, Museum of Modern Art
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For its 30th year, Artscape will party like it's 1982
Ronald Reagan was president. People were fighting to save whales. The first CD player came out.
"Come on, Eileen" was all over the radio while "Rocky III" beat up the box office.
Time Magazine named "the computer" man of the year.
It was 1982, and here...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Nina Hagen, Movies, Paul McCartney, Dallas (tv program)
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Scene and Heard: Michael Kohn Gallery party
![Just before leaving the 25th anniversary dinner at <a href="http://www.kohngallery.com">Michael Kohn Gallery</a> in Los Angeles, Ellen DeGeneres took a turn on the vibraphone with the Lynne Gordon Quartet. "This is harder than it looks," she said, tossing back the mallets.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/57906187-26154427.jpg "Just before leaving the 25th anniversary dinner at <a href="http://www.kohngallery.com\">Michael Kohn Gallery</a> in Los Angeles, Ellen DeGeneres took a turn on the vibraphone with the Lynne Gordon Quartet. \"This is harder than it looks,\" she said, tossing back the mallets.")
Special to the Los Angeles TimesJust before leaving the 25th anniversary dinner at Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles, Ellen DeGeneres took a turn on the vibraphone with the Lynne Gordon Quartet. "This is harder than it looks," she said, tossing back the mallets. DeGeneres, Portia...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Minute to Win It (tv program), NBC (tv network), Los Angeles
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"Giant Steps to Change the World" by Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee
!["Giant Steps to Change the World"](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-01/58795410-14104414-187105.jpg ""Giant Steps to Change the World\"")
Special to the Tribune"Giant Steps to Change the World" By Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee, illustrated by Sean Qualls Simon & Schuster, $16.99, ages 6-9 "On some days your dreams may seem too far away to realize." What about those who dreamed before you? "They made giant...Tags: Harriet Tubman, Spike Lee
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YOUR WEEKEND FRIDAY: Enjoy a free arts-related film at during First Friday's Flicks at the Forum. The documentary "The Radiant Child – Jean-Michel Basquiat will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Forum Theatre on the Festival of Arts grounds. A...Tags: Documentary (genre), Arts, Arts and Culture, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Graffiti and street art show to take over MOCA's Geffen Contemporary in 2011
Culture MonsterAnyone wondering what Jeffrey Deitch's next step will be as the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art now has an answer. In two words: street art. Local artists and gallery owners have been whispering about the possibility, and this...... -
Museums not all smiles as close to $100 million worth of art from local estates heads to Christie's
Culture MonsterWhen it comes to L.A. business-getting, Christie's has been on a roll. Earlier this year, the auction house broke records by selling a $106.5-million Picasso nude and a $28.6-million Jasper Johns Flag painting from two Los Angeles estates, those of...... -
Shapazian, Palevsky and Hopper estates pay off at Christie's, and Calder sets record
Culture MonsterIn its big postwar/contemporary sale Wednesday night, Christie's sold $273 million worth of art, thanks in part to three Los Angeles estates. All 11 lots from the late gallery director Robert Shapazian were sold, bringing roughly $34 million. The top........ -
The Arts on TV: Jean-Michel Basquiat bio; Jim Belushi and Colin Quinn talk Broadway
Culture MonsterA weekly look at arts and music programming on television from Thursday to Wednesday: “Live With Regis and Kelly” 9 a.m. Thursday ABC; Jim Belushi discusses his Broadway debut in “Born Yesterday.” “The Pee-wee Herman Show... -
Julian Schnabel takes his lumps over ‘Miral’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelReviews for the artist Julian Schnabel’s latest foray into filmmaking have not been kind. The director of the acclaimed dramatic biographies “Before Night Falls” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” is taking his lumps... -
‘Independent Lens’ looks at unusual stories of art
Orlando Arts BlogApril is “Arts Month” on the PBS series “Independent Lens.” From the gritty streets of New York to the garbage dumps of Brazil, from a far-off desert in Uzbekistan to a bizarre backyard in Upstate New York, the show takes a look at...
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