A look back at the 2022 Hoag Classic with longtime writer Randy Youngman – KCAL9 and CBS2 News, Sports, and Weather

Landlord and housekeeper caught by intruders in Studio CityThe two men allegedly stole the keys to the house from the owner’s wife, who had gone to a doctor’s appointment. reports Jeff Nguyen. 2 hours ago Amber Lee weather forecast (March 7)Temperatures will slowly warm up this week, but there is still a small chance... Read More

How Former Gawker Writer Ken Layne Became Joshua Tree’s Desert Oracle – Press Enterprise

Ken Layne moved to the Mojave Desert about fifteen years ago, settling in a place that had fascinated him since childhood. “Joshua Tree back then was a lot more eccentric than it is now,” says Layne, founder of Desert Oracle, which started as a zine, became a radio show and more recently arrived as... Read More

Painter Cannon Dill: “I almost have to beat the canvas like a drum”

Cannon Dill was the kid who always had paint on his hands. Even today as an adult, making art is really the only thing he can focus on. “I’m a very calm person, too calm for retail jobs and too anxious for office work,” he told 48hills. “Art has always been my thing, it... Read More

Director and writer Peter Bogdanovich dies at 82: NPR

Peter Bogdanovich in September 2018. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Netflix hide caption toggle caption Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Netflix Peter Bogdanovich in September 2018. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Netflix Writer, director, actor and film historian Peter Bogdanovich has died aged 82. His death was confirmed to NPR by his manager Fred Specktor. Known as... Read More

Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush colors and textures, has passed away

LOS ANGELES – Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose colorful and luscious paintings of cakes and San Francisco cityscapes combined sensuality, nostalgia and a hint of melancholy, has passed away. He was 101 years old. His death was confirmed on Sunday in a statement by his Acquavella gallery. Thiebaud died at his Sacramento home over... Read More

Transmutation & Evolution: material painter Bob Landström changes the game

Artist Bob Landström in his studio. (Photos by Isadora Pennington) Outside, Bob Landström’s house is a well-updated mid-century ranch, like many others in the neighborhood. Floor-to-ceiling windows reveal a modern interior, and the walls feature vibrant paintings everywhere you look. When I arrived on a chilly winter day, I was greeted by exuberant dogs... Read More

Five Man Electrical Band’s “Signs” Writer Lee Emmerson Has Passed Away

Les Emmersons, singer and guitarist of Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band, best known for their 1971 hit “Signs”, died on Friday at the age of 77. The songwriter, who contracted COVID-19 in November, died in intensive care at the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, reports CTV News. Emmerson was said to... Read More

Dominic Orlando, writer on The Oa and Mindhunter, dies at 57

Dominic Orlando, screenwriter of the famous Netflix series The Oa and Mindhunter, has died at the age of 57. Olrlando would have died on November 17 in Washington, following “cancer complications”, according to a spokesperson for the CAA. Orlando has been twice nominated for the WGA, whose script credits also include the SyFy... Read More

“Mindhunter”, “The OA” & “Them” Writer Was 57 – The Hollywood Reporter

Dominic Orlando, a playwright-turned-writer-producer who worked on the shows Night thieves, Spirit hunter, The OA and Them, died Nov. 17 in Washington from cancer, a CAA spokesperson said. He was 57 years old. Born in Brooklyn on Christmas Day 1963, Orlando co-founded the New York-based No Pants Theater Company, whose mission was to... Read More

First full biography of Californian painter Sam Francis

By Paul Wilner Special to Examiner Gabrielle Selz honestly comes from her art world. Her father, Peter Selz, was the founding director of the Berkeley Art Museum and the former curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. She wrote about her childhood in the world... Read More

Destination Crenshaw moves forward with first series of public sculptures

LOS ANGELES — A new bronze sculpture by Kehinde Wiley of a 21st-century African woman on horseback, part of his popular series that dramatically updates Confederate war memorials, is heading south from Los Angeles. The city’s Department of Cultural Affairs voted Wednesday to approve placement of Wiley’s artwork, along with six others, in a... Read More

The immersive Van Gogh brings the painter’s last moments in Denver to life

When planning the North American Exhibition of Immersive Van Gogh, artistic director Massimiliano Siccardi told producer Corey Ross he wanted to “get a vision of what could have happened before Van Gogh’s eyes in the moments before his death”. In the first few minutes of Immersive Van Gogh, a disturbing score, composed and... Read More

The Art Angle Podcast: Writer Roxane Gay on what art can teach us about trauma and healing

Welcome to Art Angle, an Artnet News podcast that explores where the art world meets the real world, telling every week’s greatest story on earth. Join us each week for an in-depth look at what matters most about museums, the art market and more with input from our own writers and editors as... Read More

Monumental Tour adds four temporary sculptures to Philadelphia

The traveling monumental tour landed in Philadelphia this week, bringing art that honors African-American history to the city’s iconic landmarks. Sculptures by Arthur Jafa, Coby Kennedy, Christopher Myers and Hank Willis Thomas will be on display until January 31 at four locations near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Delaware River waterfront. Related... Read More

Candles that look more like ephemeral sculptures

In the 2010s, when houses began to serve as the backdrop for social media posts, the branded candle, or proof of it, became ubiquitous. Maybe it was a The Sandalwood Lab 26 burning serenely next to a neat stack of fashion books. Maybe it was already spent Diptych variety, the empty glass holder... Read More

Writer and poet wins Lifetime Achievement Award

MOUNT DESERT – The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation is dedicated to recognizing and rewarding writers who make art accessible to the general public. The directors of the Rabkin Foundation announced that the foundation has awarded a lifetime achievement award of $ 50,000 to poet and art critic Carl Little of Mount Desert.... Read More

Griz Chat: University of Montana to host acclaimed adventure writer and author Peter Heller

September 2, 2021 MISSOULA – National bestselling author Peter Heller has hunted down a fleet of whalers, documented ecoterrorism, kayaked some of the world’s most dangerous whitewaters, and garnered a long list of awards for his writing. Hailed as a leading voice in Western literature, Heller will visit the University of Montana as... Read More

Painter Wes Lang unveils ‘Endless Horizons’ at Almine Rech in Aspen

Painter Wes Lang in his Los Angeles studio. The artist opened the solo exhibition “Endless Horizons” on Friday. Wyatt Troll / Courtesy of the artist Painter Wes Lang started and gave up and painted over countless versions of what would become his “Endless Horizons” series, eventually finding a creative groove with serious messages... Read More

The delicate, sexual and clinical visions of a painter from birth

LOS ANGELES – The act of bringing a child into the world elicits strong reactions: disbelief, fear, joy, disgust. In a world full of differences – personal, social and political – birth is one of the few truly universal experiences, and despite the awe-inspiring depth of the event, we take it for granted,... Read More

The art world remembers the late painter Hung Liu, who valued everyday immigrants in monumental portraits

On the eve of her first retrospective in a museum, Oakland painter Hung Liu, one of the first Chinese artists to have achieved success in the United States, died on Saturday August 7 of pancreatic cancer. She was 73 years old. During his career, Hung Liu created large-scale paintings and installations based on... Read More

Painter Christine Ferrouge explores the magical world of childhood, girls in tow

A narrative and insightful chronicle of the magical world of childhood unfolds in the work of Oakland painter Christine Ferrouge. Much like an anthropologist, her work is guided by our human instinct for survival and adaptation to our social and physical environments. The artist has always used the people around her as a... Read More

Emo Sundaes, pulp sculptures, interactive ecosystems and more

1. We have long been fans of the Los Angeles-based artist Joshua Abarbanel, which I recently started following on “The Gram”. There is something fascinating about his intricate, layered, laser-cut wood carvings that captivate. See more of his work inspired by nature here. One of his latest pieces, Hull 04 (above) introduces a... Read More

Clarence McDonald Dead: keyboardist, writer and producer was 75

Clarence “Mac” McDonald, a keyboardist, producer, songwriter and arranger who has worked with artists such as James Taylor, Ray Charles, Bill Withers and The Emotions, died in Las Vegas on July 21 from complications related to the cancer, her friends and family have reported. He was 76 years old. During a career spanning... Read More

Moments of the Félix Art Fair

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Galleries Have Fun This Year Felix Art Fair. For its third edition, held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the organizers decided to downsize and present 29 galleries (compared to 40 and 60 in previous years) and most of them are local. After checking in and showing proof of... Read More

David Lynch’s light sculptures to be on display at Hollywood Art Fair – The Hollywood Reporter

During the pandemic, filmmaker and artist David Lynch decided to make lamps, which he has done on and off over the years. Some are small, and some are large, some Douglas fir, others metal, and a selection of them will be on display at the Kayne griffon gallery stand at Felix Art Fair... Read More

How Brie Ruais uses her own body to shape her clay sculptures and the sounds of the desert that motivate her

For every work of art that Brie Ruais in fact, she starts from the weight of her body in the clay, giving a new meaning to the term “life-size” sculpture. The Brooklyn-based artist pushes, pulls, and scrapes clay against the floor or wall, using her body as the primary tool in her unusually... Read More

A Poet’s Heart: The Rancho Santa Fe Writer Publishes “A Westbound Sun”

Rancho Santa Fe writer James Hurley calls it courageous, the continuous effort to help poetry find a resurgence. He loved and wrote poems throughout his life, ever since writing for his college literary magazine, drawn to carefully crafted cadences and choosing the perfect words. James Hurley, author of “A Westbound Sun” (Michael Coy)... Read More

The magnificent and grotesque sculptures of costume designer Cathy Cooper

LOS ANGELES – Cathy Cooper’s sculptures, on display in the lobby of Craft Contemporary, appear to be lined up for a reminder. The amorphous tissue – all but one seemingly levitating – drapes, creases, and curls vividly despite the absence of a body. Cooper has been working for decades in costume making, and... Read More

New book on the many faces of writer Raymond Chandler – people’s world

REACTOR on, fair use Raymond Chandler, with Dashiell Hammett before him and Ross Macdonald after, made a surprising change in the detective story. As Chandler said, he took the novel away from those who commit murders with “hand-forged dueling guns, curare, and tropical fish” and returned it to the “kind of people who... Read More