Tag: California

  • Neutra’s Kronish House update: Beverly Hills’ new historic preservation ordinance approved

    This past summer we mentioned that Richard Neutra’s Kronish House could be set for demolition — a move fought by Neutra’s son Dion among others. This week the Beverly Hills City Council voted not only to set new rules for demolishing or altering structures at least 45 years old and designed by a “city-recognized architect,”…

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  • The art of pepper spraying (cop)

    It seems the pepper-spraying incident at UC-Davis last Friday has brought out the creative side of some people. The Tumblr page PEPPER SPRAYING COP offers readers a place to upload images where “peace officer” Lt. John Pike has been spotted in works of art, film, and popular culture. Note that much of the accompanying text can…

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  • Save the date: Los Angeles Art Show 2012

    Mark your calendars for the 17th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, January 18-22, 2012, in the LA Convention Center. This year promises to be the most comprehensive art experience on the west coast, with three distinct shows: the L.A. Art Show: Modern & Contemporary, the L.A. Fine Print Fair and the newly separate Fine Art…

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  • Eames living room moved to LACMA

    The living room from Charles and Ray Eames’ iconic house has been meticulously taken apart and re-assembled at LACMA, as part of the exhibition  California Design, 1930–1965: “Living in a Modern Way”.  The LA Times has a great back story, plus a timelapse video of the disassembling of the living room.  It had remained preserved…

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  • Pacific Standard Time – events and a timeline

    Among the LA Times’ coverage of Pacific Standard Time is a timeline of significant events in California that put the 1945-80 period and its artistic output into perspective. The PST’s own website lists events at the 60 participating venues, from Santa Barbara to San Diego.  The $10 million project will run for 6 months.

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  • UCSB Digital Collections now online

    A selection of the material from Davidson Library’s Special Collections is now available digitally.  Drawing from the rich holdings of audio recordings, photos, archives, scores, posters and more, the material is a valuable digital resource.  This launch site contains several thousand of the over 500,000 items in Special Collections, with plans to continue growing. Some…

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