Posts Tagged ‘Arts in L.A.’
Jared Najjar and Pc Valmorbida’s Prism hosts 2nd exhibition, Araki: A Perspective
If you have been reading the Daily Truffle for a few months, you know that the subject of art in LA (or lack of) is very important to us. Spending a lot of my childhood in NYC, and being exposed to museums and amazing exhibits, I developed a liking for anything art related at a very early age. I am now pleased to say that within the past few months, LA has progressed significantly. Saturday night alone there were 2 shows focused on photographers; however we still want moreeee! One of [...]
Notes from an Oscar Party ~ Thursday, March 4th ~ Larry Gagosian re-opens expanded gallery in Beverly Hills
Here are some thoughts on Oscar week i've had tonight ... My mom and I agreed the Gagosian opening was delightful, and rare to see such an ecclectic crowd in Los Angeles from the way up to the way down. We saw friends, celebrities and other party circuit regulars: Gallery owner Larry Gagosian Artist/photographer and honoree of the evening, Andreas Gursky Academy Awards host & actor Steve Martin Vanity Fair biographer Bob-Colacello Prince [...]
Larry Gagosian celebrates expansion with opening party in Beverly Hills
Larry Gagosian hired world-famous and highly sought-after architect Richard Meier to expand his Beverly Hills gallery on Camden Drive in Beverly Hills. Richard Meier also designed the Museum of Television & Radio two blocks away on Beverly Drive as well as The Getty, beach homes in Santa Monica and Malibu, and also did the art for the controversial 9900 Wilshire project at the former Robinsons-May property in Beverly Hills. "Gagosian now has a main show room along with two adjacent main [...]
Art L.A. Contemporary at the Pacific Design Center
It's rare I pick up an L.A. Weekly - but there I was at the Chateau waiting for my car, eating a complimentary apple they give on the way out and it was either Venice Magazine or that ... So there one the first page was an for the coming of Art L.A. Contemporary during L.A. art month in January!! It was last month but I just got the pictures back ...
Renior at LACMA ~ Opening for President’s Circle & Avante Gaurde
This past Wednesday, I attended a fun party at LACMA to celebrate their new exhibit of "Renoir in the 20th Century," which has been in the works for 6 years and assembles more than 100 paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the last three decades of the artist’s life.
The details on Calvin Klein’s FIRST LA soireee
Hier Soir (last night), art was in the air in Los Angeles…. finally !! This month has been deemed L.A. Arts month, with the night starting off at the Pacific Design Center for the Art Los Angeles exhibit, followed by the chicest of events (put on by Nadine Johnson and associates), Calvin Klein and the Los Angeles Nomadic Division’s (LAND) cocktail event for Calvin Klein Collection for Spring Summer 2010 and L.A. art month. THIS WAS CALVIN KLEIN’S FIRST EVENT IN LA EVER !! Wtf took so [...]
It’s a dress Daddy, Says who?! Calvin Klein!”
And Penelope, and Abbie, and Ginnifer, and Milla, and Kate, and Ali, and Molly!! Celebs stepped out in Calvin Klein Collection spring/summer 2010 last night to launch L.A. Art Month – we were at the party and snagged some great pics! See party coverage here: The details on Calvin Klein’s FIRST LA soiree Photos from Style and Wireiamge
Bubbly at Basel, a report from Miami’s Art Basel from Supper Club Founder, Tamsin Lonsdale
Day 1- Thursday, Dec 3rd After an excited event that I flew back to NY for on Tuesday night, as we co-hosted Bravo’s premiere of their new fashion forward show, “Launch My Line,” I hopped a flight down to Miami, with a full and growing list of fun to be had down at Art Basel. Having been before and with so many members joining the festivity this year from London, New York and Los Angeles, I was excited to be hosting a really special event this year at The Viceroy. 2 PM Landed in [...]
L.A. Native Jared Najjar open New Gallery PRISM on Sunset Blvd
L.A. Native Jared Najjar open New Gallery PRISM on Sunset Blvd with Austrailia "It" boy PC Valmorbida, fanning the flames for an art revolution in Los Angeles. New York, NY – November 13, 2009– On November 12th, PC Valmorbida and Jared Najjar, in partnership with PM Tenore and RVCA Artists Network Program, hosted a private celebration and exhibition preview of PRISM Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, “mindthegap.” The exhibition features works by artists, Barry McGee and Phil Frost, [...]
Jacob Hashimoto at Otero Plassart 'til November 7, 2009
Jacob Otero Plassart is pleased to present former Los Angeles based artist Jacob Hashimoto's most recent work Forest Collapsed Upon Forests. For this exhibition Hashimoto has built a site-specific installation comprised of hundreds of small, white, hand crafted, paper and wood kites that will hurtle over the wall, tumbling in a wave-like tangle into the gallery. Hashimoto will also present seven new wall based, painting-like kite assemblages. The works are best defined as a kind of landscape [...]
David Lynch Art Show, muse Laura Dern attends
David Lynch, the director of "Mulholland Dr." and "Blue Velvet," has a side project: painting, photography and sculpture. I went to his more recent exhibit this weekend called "David Lynch: New Paintings" at Griffin in Santa Monica. This is the first time he has shown his work in ten years so I was especially excited to see. In May, Lynch presented his original artwork for the album "Dark Night of the Soul," featuring music by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, at L.A.'s Michael Kohn [...]
"The Art of Tea" exhibit now open at UCLA Fowler Museum
The "Steeped in History" show at Fowler Museum includes practical and ostentatious items. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times) It's tea time at UCLA's Fowler Museum ... Steeped in History: The Art of Tea on display Aug 16–Nov 29, 2009 Presented by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Check out the L.A. Times photo gallery here.Here are a few of my favorite Tea Parties ...Photo from Walt DisneyPhoto via eHow.comNew York Times Traveling from Asia to the West, tea has played a variety of profound roles on the [...]
Patrick McMullan art show in New York
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Met “Model As Muse” exhibit
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art annual puts on an exhibition of clothing, couture and costumes ... each year a theme is chosen and all the fashion heavy weights are invited. A Gala Benefit is held on the opening day, May 4, 2009, with Honorary Chair Marc Jacobs and Co-Chairs Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake, and Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue. This fund-raising event is The Costume Institute's main source of annual funding for exhibitions, acquisitions, and capital improvements. The [...]
TEFAF Maastricht: The European Fine Art Fair
For 10 days a year, the southern Dutch town of Maastricht becomes the World's premier hub of glamor & wealth. The results are in and the verdict is final, the art market is alive and well despite the global recession proving that the appetite for the best remains solid. A serious fair for serious buyers attracts $2 billion of fine art to be bought and sold. Everybody who is anybody in the global art market comes ... gallery owners, museum directors (from Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the [...]
Not to be outdone by Christie's YSL sale, Sotheby's is doing the same for Versace
Story from Vogue.uk.com As Donatella Versace arrives in London to reprise her role as honorary chairperson of the Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden competition, her brother's artistic legacy is being honoured at Sotheby's. The auction house is hosting a sale of the late Gianni Versace's neo-classical artwork and furnishings and has recreated the interior of Versace's home in preparation. Just weeks after Christie's auctioned the art collection of fellow designer Yves Saint Laurent, Sotheby's has [...]
Esa-Pekka Salonen leaves the Los Angeles Phil
Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish conductor and composer. He is conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and ... Salonen married Jane Price who used to play with the Philharmonia Orchestra. They live in Brentwood with their three children: Ella (15), Anja (14) and Oliver (9).
Yves Saint Laurent estate preview & auction this week in Paris
Christie's will open the infamous collection belonging to the late Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé's for public viewing at the Grande Palais in PAris this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Auction begins Monday and will close on Wednesday. 731 lots includes works by Picasso, Mondrian, and Matisse, Art Deco furniture, bronzes and antiques, including two Chinese figureheads. ‘Clients have flown in from all over the world and the sense of anticipation has been building all [...]
Vanity Fair Portraits now al LACMA
Making it's way through the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Vanity Fair portraits exhibition has opened at LACMA here in Los Angeles, and opens with a big semi-unusual party for the museum which is historically conservation and shies away from flamboyance and celebrity.
