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12 February 2013

Animated women of film-animation world step out — in gallery show

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“Ladies of Animation,” a gallery exhibit featuring personal works by female artists from major film studios including Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks just opened at GRspace. [...]

5 February 2013

Stravinsky in West Hollywood, 1967, captured by photog Bobby Klein

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A wonderful portrait of Stravinsky by photographer Bobby Klein. [...]

31 January 2013

Strong women of early Los Angeles dance highlighted in Dorothy Chandler Pavilion exhibition

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A stirring, marvelous dance-history exhibit accompanies the Joffrey Ballet performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It may represent a watershed moment for Los Angeles dance. [...]

22 January 2013

Good art-gab Saturday @ L.A. Art Show

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A good line-up of symposia makes Saturday January 26, 2013, a good day to visit the L.A. Art Fair. [...]

17 January 2013

E.O. Hoppé’s “London” a jewel in Santa Monica

Eros sculpture, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1925

Concerns a one week only show of E.O. Hoppe photography of London from the 1920s-30s. [...]

13 January 2013

Enjoy a Pall-Mall courtesy of commercial artist Mary Blair

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If ever we were to select a cigarette brand, then these sketches and the final advertisement by commercial artist Mary Blair dating from approximately 1959 would influence our decision. [...]

12 January 2013

Mary Blair, the woman artist who inspired Disney’s “Nine Old Men”

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Mary Blair was a noted female artist in the male dominated cluster of animators at Disney Studios from the forties through the sixties. Her name went unmentioned in a panel discussion about “Peter Pan” last night. [...]

9 December 2012

Celebrating the Jewish artistry of Iran: Shulamit Gallery

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Viewed through the creativity of five Iranian-Jewish artists, Farid Kia, Laura Merage, Soraya Sarah Nazarian and Jessica Shokrian, the show at Shulamit Gallery in Venice Beach gives voice to a civilization in exile … that of Iranian Jews. [...]

29 November 2012

Carole Bayer Sager’s splendid nosherai @ William Turner Gallery

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Announcing the extension of a fun pop-art show by multi-talented songwriting diva Carole Bayer Sager. [...]

14 November 2012

Words matter …

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Rutberg’s new show features more than thirty contemporary L.A.-based artists who incorporate elements of words and letters in their work [...]