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    Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
    10:36 pm
    Last Weekend or Lost Weekend?
    A few shots from around the LA art word are at the COAGULA WEEKEND BENDER page. 
    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
    6:12 pm
    Last Weekend in pics
    Here is what was going on in LA last weekend, in case you missed it... LINK TO WEEKEND BENDER coverage. 
    Thursday, January 21st, 2010
    7:08 pm
    LA ART SHOW OPENING
    We have pics and some commentary for the LA CONVENTION CENTER'S opening night festivities of the LA ART SHOW. Check it out!!!
    Monday, January 18th, 2010
    12:45 am
    Art for Haiti this Tuesday
     Cool Art Auction for a good cause and some good deals on name artists ... Tuesday Night!

    Check it out: ART FOR HAITI
    Friday, January 15th, 2010
    12:54 am
    L.A. Art Gallery Report Card Reviews
     You might like my Grades of A thru F (lot more Fs than A's) of some local art gallery art shows that are up right now ... GALLERY REPORT CARD LINK.
    Thursday, January 14th, 2010
    1:48 am
    Why are ART SCOLDS quiet about UCLA HAMMER potential conflict?
    Excuse me, here is a bigger conflict of interest IN ACTION between the non-profit(museums) art world and the for-profit (galleries) art world than anything Jeffrey Deitch would want to cook up.

    The dude who is the head of the Armand Hammer Foundation, Michael Hammer, Armand’s grandson, is the CEO of Knoedler Gallery. Who has Knoedler Gallery been representing? The overrated LEE BONTECOU for one. Where is the conflict? Uhh… I seem to recall her triumphant return to public exhibitions occurring at, wait where was that… oh yeah, The Hammer Museum. She had her big return unveiling in 2007 there.

    Wait a minute – a sculptor, Lee Bontecou, who had not shown for thirty years, whose sole accomplishment was getting a three sentence rave review from Donald Judd in 1966, whose new work looked like hippie science fiction seahorse spaceships, had her return to public exhibitions at a museum tied to a foundation chaired by a wealthy, powerful veteran New York art gallery that until late last year represented the sculptor?

    So, I just skimmed a Bloomberg real estate article and connected the dots, but I suppose the Hammer is immune from the scrutiny of Christopher Knight and Tyler Green because of the Hammer’s ties to UCLA, academia being sacrosanct and above examination by these seekers of truth and virtue.

    Christopher Knight has always been about selective omission of connections, and Tyler Green, Robin to Knight’s mulletted Batman, is good for shouting “Holy Art Exhibition, Batman!” and not much else. Neither would know what to do with a real conflict of interest unless of course, they were being paid to lobby in its favor.
    Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
    11:59 am
    LA TIMES ART CRITIC Christopher Knight Has a Mullet
    He can make your art career with one article, but can Christopher Knight bring the MULLET hairstyle back into fashion?

    Check out these SHOCKING PHOTOS from the Jeffrey Deitch MOCA press conference yesterday.
    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
    3:41 pm
    Jeffrey Deitch VIDEO of MOCA Press Conference
    featuring Eli Broad and Jan Perry

    Monday, January 11th, 2010
    11:10 pm
    Coagula Weekend Bender
    It was a fun weekend in L.A. with lots of art openings and exhibits CHECK OUT THE COAGULA WEEKEND BENDER from Saturday to see what you missed or affirm what you saw...

    ...and check out this one-minute video I shot at Charlie James Gallery:

    Friday, January 8th, 2010
    5:30 pm
    Jeffrey Deitch to MOCA?
    Lots of Rumors out there, no confirmation...

    Add me on TWITTER where you can read things like: 

    BRILLIANT! Jeffrey Deitch to be MOCA's new director. They've been whores for years, why not bring in a top pimp to get that brothel rockin'?
    Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
    8:09 pm
    Kenneth Noland, 1924 - 2010
    The obits for Kenneth Noland, maybe the worst painter in all of art history, are rationalizations for his presence in museum collections. Like big banks, the big art institutions are just not allowed to fail - their holdings are propped up by art insiders whose blindness is evident in a fawning droolage spilled over a terrible colorist who couldn't even shoot straight.
    12:43 am
    LA Art Scene Report January 2
    Check out the COAGULA WEEKEND BENDER Art Gallery Openings report. 
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