100 Years of Photography at the Met

“Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840–1940” The work of 13 men and women are presented here as examples of photography’s first 100 years – some are names that you know: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Man Ray and some you may not know: Eugène Atget, Julia Margaret Cameron – how they...

Bi-Coastal Book Fairs

Summer seems to be a time for books – it’s a good thing! *Los Angeles Black Book Expo – Sat., June 14, 2008 The Los Angeles Black Book Expo (LABBX) 2008 will feature authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging...

A “Social Realist” Painter

Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) * American artist who painted New York City life. I love the “movement” of his paintings. You can feel the wind, hear the music…terrific. Some of Marsh’s paintings are not quite so colorful as you see here, he gravitated toward regular people in the streets, at the...

Latino Art and Cheech Marin

“Los Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections from the Cheech Marin Collection” 6/15/08 to 11/2/08 Do you remember those “Cheech & Chong” movies from the 70’s? (The 2 main characters would spend most of their time in a comic fog due to some mind altering plants they ingested.) Well,...

Artist-in-Residence grants 2009

Künstlerhäuser Worpswede The Künstlerhäuser Worpswede are one of the largest residencies in the Federal Republic of Germany. Among former grant holders are many well-known international artists such as Emmett Williams, Koeken Ergun, Yuri Leiderman, Dan Perjovschi, Katharina Sieverding or Egill...