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26 November 2011

WeeGee shoots “Newark with palm trees” — Los Angeles

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Concerns the recently opened, “Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles” now on at MOCA. [...]

22 November 2011

Go south, PST people — to Long Beach and Orange County

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Trying to get your arms around Pacific Standard Time is daunting for us all. But here’s a way to not miss the great regional events that are going on south of L.A. proper. [...]

21 November 2011

The Greatest at his best, courtesy of photographer Michael Brennan

The greatest at his best, Michael Brennan’s iconic photos of Muhammad Ali on view now in Pasadena. [...]

16 November 2011

Saul Bass lives

Features the great graphic designers movie titles and credits. [...]

14 November 2011

arts·meme exclusive: Ronni Chasen first anniversary murder slideshow

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One year ago this week, a crazy chapter in the long tradition of Los Angeles noir: the murder of publicist Ronni Chasen, followed by her alleged bicyclist-murderer’s suicide. [...]

10 November 2011

African-American photojournalists capture L.A.’s rich post-War arts world

These are but a few arts-related images drawn from “Identity and Affirmation: Postwar African-American Photography,” an exhibition of 125 images produced by Los Angeles African-American photographers during the postwar years from 1945 to 1980. The marvelous show, at Cal State Northridge, which also includes social and political photographs, is part of Pacific Standard Time survey of post-war L.A. creative undertakings. [...]

2 November 2011

James Brown’s third set in Shrevesport LA: “I Feel Good” came before “Man’s World”

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A boggling play list of James Brown’s set from the 1970s, part of the James Brown exhibit now on at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. [...]

29 October 2011

Jeffrey Deitch, gallerist, performance artist

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MOCA chief executive Jeffrey Deitch, delivers performance art at Art Basel in Miami. [...]

27 October 2011

PST: Guy Dill’s seventies art at Leslie Sacks Contemporary

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Another intriguing entry of Pacific Standard Time, cool environmental sculptor, Guy Dill, from the seventies. [...]

26 October 2011

A potpourri of PST

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An overview of Pacific Standard Time events by arts writer Liz Goldner. [...]