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January 01, 1990 - July 15, 2012 + Art Talk

Lights, Camera, Action: LA Is Ready for Its Close-up listen Download

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I do remember the opening of the first Los Angeles gallery dedicated exclusively to showing photography, an event that was met with considerable skepticism. Then, in the...

To MOCA: Our Hallelujahs, Mazel Tovs and Spasibos listen Download

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This year, Santa Claus has decided to deliver his gift to us a little bit ahead of time. Today's announcement that MOCA at last accepted a generous...

The Blind Leading the Blind? listen Download

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By nature, I am an optimist. But being an art critic and historian, I put things in perspective, which keeps my positive impulses in check. So, I...

Does MOCA Have the Courage to Face the Music listen Download

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When I went to Paris in March 2006 for the opening of the groundbreaking exhibition at the Pompidou Centre, which hailed the emergence of Los...

MOCA in Peril: Don't Ask for Whom the Bell Tolls listen Download

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Rumors about the financial difficulties at LA's Museum of Contemporary Art have been circulating for a few years, but the institution, much admired for its cutting...

Sex, Life and Lots of Art listen Download

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After being seen in London, Paris, and New York, the retrospective exhibition of works by 96-year-old Louise Bourgeois has finally arrived in LA -– to dazzle,...

Please, Mr. President, Take Us on a Date listen Download

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I never start my weekly radio broadcast by giving you its title; only if you visit the KCRW website or sign up to receive Art Talk...

Art, Politics, Money... listen Download

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With just one week left before the election, it's difficult to think or talk about anything else. The political drama –- or comedy, if you will -–...

Berlin, Part II: Getting Drunk on Art listen Download

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In the last few years, I've had the good fortune to visit a number of great cities famous for their art and culture -- from Paris...

Seduced by Berlin listen Download

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Patience is not my main virtue, but I had no choice but to wait for many years to complete my journey to Berlin. It's been 34...

Is the Art Market Impervious to Stock Market Turmoil? listen Download

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Following last week's roller-coaster news – Wall Street in turmoil while London art auction sales for Damien Hirst exceeded $200 million – I couldn't help...

Spooky, Unsettling, Mad listen Download

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As a rule, I prefer in this program to talk about just one or two of the best exhibitions I’ve seen recently, but today I want...

Bernini: Tales of Power and Seduction listen Download

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Due to our recent pledge drive and the coverage of two political conventions, Art Talk has been off the air for a few weeks, so...

From Russia with Art listen Download

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By the rules that applied to everyone who grew up in the Russia of yesteryear, I was destined to live and die in the same city,...

Marathon of Chinese Art listen Download

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It’s been ten months since I returned from Beijing, but China is definitely on my mind.  And how can it not be?  With the Olympics...