A fantastic exhibit is opening this weekend at the Fowler Museum at UCLA (Jan. 10 to May 30). Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth includes 35 multimedia costumes/soundsuits designed by artist/dancer/costume designer Nick Cave (not the Australian singer!). We saw this show in San Francisco and it’s really terrific. You…
LA Arts Month kicks off this week. There’s a packed schedule of special film screenings, lectures, dance and music performances, gallery openings, workshops, and more. To read more and see the schedule of events, go to their site. image at right is from LACMA’s “HEROES & VILLAINS: The Battle for Good in Indian’s Comics”
Italian anthropologists have been searching for the remains of the Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio–who, after a contentious life, died in 1610–and have narrowed the search to an underground crypt in Porto Ercole. After sorting through roughly 40 sets of remains, and by means of carbon dating, CAT scans and DNA analysis, scientists believe they have…
Claremont Museum of Art will close its doors 27 December after the Board of Directors voted to discontinue operations. Fundraising had begun in earnest to raise donations for the 2010 operating budget but was ultimately unsuccessful. The plan is to close, “restructure and rebuild”. via the LA Times blog Culture Monster
Larry Sultan, the photographer who focused on Southern California, has died. His work frequently examined suburban life in San Fernando Valley, particularly the adult film industry there. Mr. Sultan received his BA (in Political Science) from UCSB. Read the LA Times obituary here.
An overhaul of the LA County Museum of Art complex is again on the table. After the failure to get a 2/3 majority vote on a 2002 bond measure that would have paid for a Rem Koolhaus re-design, dreams of a vast renovation were put on hold. But now the LACMA board is working with…