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27 February 2012

Ahmad Jamal, child pianist, photographed by “Teenie” Harris circa 1941

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A massive archive of photographs of African American life in the mid 20th century taken by a Pittsburgh photographer named “Teenie” Harris. Exhibit features a charming photo of the child pianist who grew up to be Ahmad Jamal. [...]

24 February 2012

Meeting Art Laboe, L.A.’s pioneering rock ‘n roll deejay

Art Laboe interviews Ricky Nelson at Scrivners Drive-In 1957-480

A highlight of viewing “Trouble in Paradise” Music in Los Angeles 1945-1975″ was meeting the amazing legendary L.A. deejay, Art Laboe. [...]

21 February 2012

Photog Herb Migdoll captures Eugene Loring’s “Billy the Kid” (1989)

A set of photos taken of dancer Tom Mossbrucker as Billy the Kid in the Eugene Loring ballet dating from 1989. [...]

7 February 2012

Cartoonist John Norment’s cool mid-century watercolors @ New Puppy Gallery

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An exhibition of fine-art watercolors by New Yorker cartoonist, John Norment (1911-1988). [...]

3 February 2012

Santa Barbara bound

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A new show of old stuff opens at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Feb 4. [...]

1 February 2012

Mike Kelley (1954-2012)

Mike Kelley

Artist Mike Kelley, died today, February 2012, a suicide. [...]

30 January 2012

Tattoo you, Jackson Pollock, on your 100th birthday

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Arts writer and COAGULA Magazine publisher, Mat Gleason, has emblazoned his dedication to painter Jackson Pollack, in a permanent kind of way. [...]

29 January 2012

Gathered at Schlesinger’s opening: beautiful art, beautiful people

A handsome crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of Peter Schlesinger’s sculpture & photography homecoming show at L.A.’s Duke & Duke Gallery on January 26, 2012. [...]

29 January 2012

Sculpture meets photography in Peter Schlesinger’s L.A. homecoming show

France, 1968

Homeboy and artist Peter Schlesinger, who swung in London in the sixties, comes back to L.A. with a tasty show at Duke & Duke Gallery. [...]

22 January 2012

Where industry meets the arts

Two striking photographs from 1928, 1934 bear a similar theme. [...]