MICHAEL WEST: PAINTINGS FROM THE FORTIES TO THE EIGHTIES ART RESOURCE GROUP Newport Beach June 5 – September 25, 2010 The Fifties. According to Gore Vidal, the worst decade in the history of the world—unless, of course, you happened to be white, male,...
THE ART OF THE STEAL (2009) The Barnes Foundation and Art Collecting The story of how the world-famous Barnes Collection was moved from its long-time home in Merion, Pennsylvania to downtown Philadelphia is told in tones of indignation as a vast conspiracy of moneyed...
ONE MORE TIME—WHAT IS ART? This year has brought two very good films on the art world, first, The Art of the Steal about the Barnes Collections (reviewed on this site) and, now, Exit Through the Gift Shop. The title refers to the museum blockbuster, which routes...
Solo exhibition of the Photographic Work of James Higginson Behold. Perspective at Play in a Young Man’s Mind Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin Photographic Exhibition from March-May 2015 Unless one is an angel, descending from on high, no one without wings utters...
SCOUNDREL TIME, AGAIN—CENSORSHIP RETURNS Art of the Streets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2011 Like the swallows return to Capistrano, censorship of art returns every time forces of morality feel emboldened or threatened. Two decades ago, it...
GROWN UP DIGITAL. HOW THE NET GENERATION IS CHANGING YOUR WORLD (2009) By Don Tapscott Is the Internet changing our brains? We know what our brains look like on drugs—-but do we know what our brains look like on the web? Don Tapscott, one of the experts in...
