The Most Memorable Art of This Year
Edward Goldman revisits the year's seven best L.A. exhibitions, rubbing shoulders with Picasso and Miro and diving into the Aegean sea with L.A. icon Charles Garabedian.
Dec 28, 2011•5 min
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MEX/LA: Mexican Modernism(s) in Los Angeles 1930-1985
Mex/LA: “Mexican” Modernism(s) in Los Angeles, 1930-1985 at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach through Feb. 5, 2012.
Dec 23, 2011•5 min
Is It Eiffel Tower In My Window, or Too Much Vodka Last Night?
Edward Goldman travels through Paris, taking you to must-see art exhibitions, a fantastically renovated museum space and one not-so-fantastic new museum
Dec 21, 2011•5 min
Video Art in Long Beach
A retrospective of video art from around the world highlights the role of the Long Beach Museum of Art.
Dec 16, 2011•5 min
Manhattan on My Mind
Edward Goldman discusses his recent trip to New York and the show-stopping exhibitions he saw, including surprising, tour de force gallery shows by two L.A. artists.
Dec 14, 2011•5 min
Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses an exhibit chronicling the history of printmaking in LA, showcasing work produced at Tamarind, Gemini and Cirrus in the 1960s and 70s.
Dec 09, 2011•5 min
The Passion of Kenneth Anger
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, a big fan of Kenneth Anger, marvels at his personal archives and films at MOCA.
Dec 02, 2011•5 min
They're Big, They're Heavy and, Boy, They're Gorgeous!!!
Edward Goldman shares his annual gift list, which includes a few deliciously heavy biographies and a smart selection of art books bound to impress friends and relatives.
Nov 30, 2011•5 min
A Picture Worth 1000 Words
Edward Goldman shares listeners' responses to his recent commentary on Marina Abramovic and the MOCA Gala...
Nov 23, 2011•4 min
Glenn Ligon at LACMA
Art critic Hunter Drohojowska-Philp looks at Glenn Ligon: America, currently on view at LACMA.
Nov 18, 2011•4 min
When Art and Sex Stare Back at You
Edward Goldman reports from the annual MOCA Gala, an extravagant one-night circus-like event spiced with a lot of art, sex and nudity..
Nov 16, 2011•5 min
PST: 'Doin' It' at Otis
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp shares her thoughts on "Doin' it in Public: Feminism and Art at the Women's Building," the Pacific Standard Time exhibit now at the Otis Gallery.
Nov 11, 2011•5 min
The Black Monks of Mississippi
Special to Art Talk: KCRW's Lisa Napoli interviews artist Theaster Gates about The Black Monks of Mississippi.
Nov 10, 2011•5 min
In These Gods We Trust
Edward Goldman reviews a new exhibition at the Getty Villa that explores the deep connection between Ancient and Modern art.
Nov 09, 2011•4 min
PST: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken at the Armory
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp explores the experimental photography of Robert Heinecken and Wallace Berman, now on view at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena.
Nov 04, 2011•5 min
Culture Clash, Spirit Unbroken and Attitude Galore
Edward Goldman reviews the latest exhibition by Gajin Fujita at LA Louver Gallery and Chuck Close at Blum & Poe Gallery...
Nov 02, 2011•5 min
PST: Now Dig This!
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp takes us to UCLA's Hammer Museum for Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980.
Oct 28, 2011•5 min
Happy Memories Are Here Again
A few weeks ago, in my Art Talk , I shared with you the story of an unusual collaboration between Ed Ruscha and Joe Goode that took place in the late 1980's. The project...
Oct 26, 2011•4 min
LA Art from Nixon to Reagan: PST's 'Under the Big Black Sun'
For weeks, I've been talking about Los Angeles art of the 1960's, art made of light and colored plastic, even Pop art, art produced during period of prosperity in Southern California...
Oct 21, 2011•5 min
Art, Sex, and Rock 'N' Roll
Have you ever seen a first-rate theater performance, sitting front and center, close to the stage? That's how I felt walking through the smart, captivating, and elegantly installed...
Oct 19, 2011•5 min
PST's 'Artistic Evolution:' Art among the Dinosaurs
Before the Museum of Contemporary Art, even before the L.A. County Museum of Art, large art exhibitions in this city were held at what was then called the Museum of Natural Science...
Oct 14, 2011•4 min
Is It a Bird, Is It a Plane? No, It's Ed Ruscha!
Okay, make fun of me. With hundreds of Pacific Standard Time exhibitions — or is it thousands? — non-stop, 24/7, all over town, I desperately needed an escape....
Oct 12, 2011•5 min
PST's 'Phenomenal: Light and Space in San Diego'
In the 1960's, artists everywhere were experimenting with ways to move beyond the traditional disciplines of painting and sculpture. In Southern California, many of them...
Oct 11, 2011•4 min
Portrait of LA by City's Better Angels
Just in time for an explosion of exhibitions in museums and galleries all over Southern California, two new art fairs were launched in LA last week...
Oct 05, 2011•4 min
PST at the Getty
With all the discussion of Pacific Standard Time, the contributions of the Getty Museum have not really come into focus. As of October 1, the focus will be clear....
Sep 30, 2011•4 min
Dressed to Kill For
For us, Angelinos, intrigued by the city’s ever-changing art scene, this week will test our endurance... There are major exhibitions opening at four different museums plus...
Sep 28, 2011•4 min
Art at the Edge: Pomona
Pacific Standard Time is far flung affair and last week I drove to east to check out the show at Pomona College Museum of Art...
Sep 23, 2011•4 min
Dark, Sexy, Provocative. The Choice Is Yours
You probably heard the joke that one cannot be too thin or too rich. To which I usually like to add, with a wink, that one cannot have too much good art either....
Sep 21, 2011•4 min
PST: Beatrice Wood and Craig Kauffman
Art Critic Hunter Drohojowska-Phil reviews Beatrice Wood and Craig Kauffman, both in Santa Monica.
Sep 16, 2011•5 min
Young Men and a Lot of Chocolate
In the art world, the beginning of September is a time when bells start ringing, announcing the opening of the autumn season...
Sep 14, 2011•5 min
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