The Sun’s Burial @ LACMA, Tonight

Part of LACMA’s In the Realm of Oshima series, The Sun’s Burial is one of those sought after Japanese New Wave films that I haven’t seen, but only have read about, and since, lusted after. Shown via a new 35mm print, this is a not-to-miss flick. 7:30, $10. It’s a double feature with [...]

The GRI Is on Flickr

I’ve heard terrible, terrible things about how brutal the staff cuts at the Getty were for the hard working folks at the Getty Research Institute.  But you can’t keep the resourceful staff of the GRI down.  They’ve begun to contribute to The Flickr Commons, with two sets Postcards of Algiers, a Virtual Tour [...]

Art21 is on Hulu

In yesterday’s Tuesday Links, Tyler Green brings the good news, that all four seasons of Art21 are on Hulu.  Let the couch surfing begin.  I know a lot of my educator peers routinely use Art21 in the classroom, so this basically gives schools with modern “media-enabled classrooms” free anytime access to a tremendous [...]

Taking MOCA’s Pulse

Mike Boehm of the LA times has the scoop on MOCA’s situation. Here’s the bullet point version.

Budget is down to $13.5 – $15 million, from a pre-crisis $20 million. More staff cuts are coming. Geffen will likely remain shuttered until February 2010. Search for a new director will likely begin in November.

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Get your Thursday On – Remote Control Bananas

Edith Abeyta and Nicholas Klemek Bananas @ 2nd Floor Gallery.  Recent Post-Post-Apocalypse collaborators Edith Abeyta and Nicholas Klemek have joined forces to celebrate and explore that most delicious of fruits, the banana (I just ate one, and damn, it was good). This show has two openings, one during this Thursday’s 1st Thursday Artwalk [...]

Getty Parking Reactions

Given how disruptive the layoffs and elimination of positions at the Getty seems, I figured that the parking fee increase would be the least troubling aspect of the Getty’s budget woes. But it looks like there’s a lot of opinion out there, from Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Fire bringing up J. [...]

Finishing School: M.O.L.D. installation shots

Cross-posted from Up at the Gate.

I’ve been watching Finishing School in action as they transform half of Gallery A into a “hot zone-themed wet lab” and the other half into a multimedia cluster for their installation, workshop and performance, M.O.L.D. that starts Sunday. Lots of plastic sheeting is involved, along with petri [...]