Take a look at this show at the Armory

Renoir Show at LACMA

Here the info on the Renoir show that Alice saw this weekend at LACMA. Let me know if anyone else goes to see it and what you think.
Renoir at LACMA

Rachel Whiteread Drawings: Exhibition Walkthrough - Hammer Museum

Rachel Whiteread Drawings: Exhibition Walkthrough - Hammer Museum

I just saw the show this weekend and it is so beautiful. It's amazing to be able to see her thought process, the way she uses drawing and the objects that she feels compelled to collect. The way that the show has been curated also adds to your understanding of her practice. As artists it would be really worth for you to take a look at this show. Look at the way an idea can grown over time, take different directions and shapes. highly recommended going to the walk through of the exhibition on April 18th @ 3:00 PM.

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Another Sketchbook

This one is out of focus and not part of the Detour series but I really liked it.

Detour Sketchbooks

Here are some fun sketchbooks to look at! These are part of "Detour" which is a project that Moleskin, the sketchbook people, run. It is basically part traveling exhibition part anthropological project. They go to different cities and ask artists, designer, and anyone really that has one of their sketchbooks to turn them in to be juried in a show. There are tons of videos online documenting them. Take a look at these and let me know what you think.

Chinatown Galleries

A great way to see a variety of work is to go to Chinatown, walk around and take a look at the many galleries that are found there. They usually have an opening night once a month when a few of the galleries have their openings at the same time. This month it is this Saturday, March 13th from 6-9 PM.
Chinatown Gallery Night
Gallery Map

Nick Cave at the Fowler Museum of Art

Fowler Museum at UCLA
If you want to be amazed go see this show at the Fowler Museum. Nick Cave is a Chicago artist that makes these bodysuits which are sculptures and performative pieces all in one. Here is a video that gives you an idea of what this work is about. Let me know what you think...

Rachel Whiteread Drawings - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum

Rachel Whiteread Drawings - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum
Whiteread is know for her large scale sculpture, here you can see how she uses drawing as part of her process. She talks about the drawings a being like her diary. This is a nice way to see into an artist process, the way that ideas develop, and the end result. Let me know if any of you goes to see it and what you think. 

"Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years"

MOCA

About the Exhibition
Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years is a two-part exhibition that constitutes the largest-ever installation of MOCA’s permanent collection and reflects the museum’s early and ongoing commitment to bringing art of major historical significance and distinction to the public. Part one ofCollection, on view at MOCA Grand Avenue, features works made between 1939 and 1979, organized chronologically beginning with Piet Mondrian’s Composition of Red, Blue, Yellow and White: Nom III (1939). The second part of Collection, on view at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, features works made during the last three decades—the period, beginning with the museum’s founding in 1979, during which MOCA has been actively acquiring works, organizing exhibitions, and engaging with artists in Los Angeles and beyond. Taken together, these two parts constitute a comprehensive historical survey of contemporary art from one of the world’s leading collections.