Today Mrs. OC Art Blog and I trekked over to The Camp to catch the vintage trailer show Mobile Spaces and then headed over to OCMA to catch the Villa America exhibit and the Jason Dodge installation ( It seems to me Casey Kaplan does a nice job of getting his artists museum shows...
For those of you that are starting to notice that things definitely slow down in the art world around here in the summer and are looking for something to do. Look no further. This weekend is the beginning of the very popular Painting's Edge series held in the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild which is a 2 hour drive from LA/OC. This years lineup features some heavy weights like Dave Hickey, Robert Storr, Shahzia Sikander and Lari Pittman. The workshops are all full but...
Edward Winkleman of Plus Ultra has a nice post about pricing art over at his blog. I whole heartily agree with him. I often tell young artists it's more important to build a collector base by pricing their work appropriately rather than trying to get the prices they see some of their peers getting. In the long run I believe it will be a strategy that will serve them well. ...
Christopher Knight visits Venice and says they found their footing. ...
Well, because it's a slow OC art news weekend and because I'm actually quite happy about it, I thought I'd let all know why posting has been a bit light this week. Last night my two partners in my real job and I were finalists in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. It was quite the event and we had a lot of fun. It's not often you can get me in a tux, but this was worth it. Because I know at least...
Local Art Mag Coagula has put together a fine art forum called artMuscle. Looks like a board where you'll be able to go discuss the inner workings of the art world. Have Fun! ...
Sorry about the lack of posts. More about that later, I think. Anyway, Rebecca Schoenkopf visits Noah Thomas' show at the Office and writes about it here. More posts to come...
" In Today's art world, there is a large number of young artists receiving an extraordinary amount of attention and financial support compared to five ten years ago. There is a lot of criticism that this success is based on hype and that artists are overly ambitious, which I don't agree with." Janelle Reiring of Metro Pictures in The Art Dealers, written in 1984. "These days its not unusual for grad students to fret if a dealer hasn't picked them up yet, or for people still...
Attended the Out of Context show at the HB Art Center tonight. Great show, good crowd. Lots of blurry photo's follow: Art Center Curator Darlene DeAngelo Art Center Director Kate Hoffman Office Alumni Christine Nguyen and work Saigon TV Intv'ing Christine Ali Smith & Noah Thomas ...
I'm happy to report that the dynamic duo BULL.MILETIC who were part of the first show at The Office are the current critic's pick in Artforum. I'm also happy to report that it looks like I'll be seeing them next week because they will be down installing for a show at the Pasadena Museum of Art. Way to go guys! ...
Here are a few photo's from the Venice Biennale. More to come as I find em. Wish I was there...
Now this sounds fun. More experiences to come. ...
In this week's edition Rebecca Schoenkopf visits the Brea Gallery and writes about it here. And Theo Douglas gives us a preview of the Tour de Artistes happening this weekend in Long Beach here. (that cover is awesome) ...
