Michael Govan

Photos: Lupita Nyong'o, Ke Huy Quan, Heidi Klum, & More Arrive in Audi's Fully Electric Fleet to the LACMA Art+Film Gala

Check out photos of Lupita Nyong’o, Ke Huy Quan, Laura Harrier, Eva Longoria, Heidi Klum, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Colman Domingo, Quinta Brunson, Neicy Nash Betts, and more arriving in Audi’s Fully Electric Fleet to the LACMA Art+Film Gala here!

MoMA Announces ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, The Artist's Most Comprehensive Retrospective To Date

The Museum of Modern Art has announced ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, the most comprehensive presentation of the artist's work, and his first solo exhibition at the Museum, from September 10, 2023, through January 6, 2024, in the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Center for Special Exhibitions.

Art Institute Announces Major Barbara Kruger Exhibition

The Art Institute of Chicago has announced Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You., a major solo exhibition devoted to the work of renowned artist Barbara Kruger.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Building Campaign Revived by $50 Million Gift

LACMA'S stalled building project has been revived thanks to a generous $50 million gift.

Independent Curators International Will Honor Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo With The 2019 Leo Award

Independent Curators International (ICI), the leading arts organization focused on the role of the curator in contemporary art and culture, announced today that it will honor Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo with the 2019 Leo Award. Sandretto Re Rebaudengo will be presented with the award at ICI's Annual Benefit & Auction in New York on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.

LA/LA Officially Closes on 1/28 with Nearly a Quarter of the Exhibitions Due to Travel

Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA will officially close on January 28, 2018, after the presentation throughout Southern California of hundreds of concurrent exhibitions, programs, and events about Latin American and Latino art. With the support of $16.3 million in grants from the Getty Foundation, and five years of research and planning, more than 70 cultural institutions ranging from small community-based centers to the region's largest museums participated in this unprecedented, four-month-long exploration of the rich past and vital present of Latin American and Latino art.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gifted the Big Lebowski House

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today that fashion and basketball aficionado James Goldstein has promised his John Lautner-designed home, its contents, and the surrounding estate to LACMA. The promised gift, which is in a new area of collecting for the museum, includes a James Turrell Skyspace in its extensive landscaped tropical gardens, an infinity tennis court, and an entertainment complex. Mr. Goldstein's extensive fashion collection, works by artists including Ed Ruscha, DeWain Valentine, Bernar Venet, and Kenny Scharf, architectural models of the property, and an iconic Rolls Royce Silver Cloud from 1961 are included in the gift.

Terry Morello Named Chief Advancement Officer of The Public Theater

The Public Theater announced today that Terry Morello has been named the new Chief Advancement Officer. Morello, who will start at The Public on January 19, has more than 25 years of experience working with leading non-profits in the arts and culture industry, and most recently served as the Senior Vice President of External Affairs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the past eight years.

Los Angeles Art Museum Receives Largest Single Donation - 47 Works of Art at $500 Million

At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), L.A.-based philanthropist and business leader A. Jerrold Perenchio announced his agreement to bequest the most significant works of his collection to LACMA's planned new building for its permanent collection. The promised gift will dramatically transform the museum's collection of nineteenth and twentieth-century European art. Consisting of at least forty-seven works including paintings, works on paper, and sculpture, the majority of the collection is focused on the 1870s through the 1930s—an era that gave rise to some of the most radical and inventive moments in the history of art.

Doug Pray's LEVITATED MASS Premieres at Landmark's Nuart Theater Tonight

First Run Features announces the worldwide theatrical premiere of Doug Pray's latest documentary, Levitated Mass, at Landmark's Nuart Theater in Los Angeles, tonight, September 5, 2014. Produced by Jamie Patricof and Electric City Entertainment (Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), Levitated Mass will follow its Los Angeles opening with runs in New York and other cities.

Doug Pray's LEVITATED MASS to Premiere at Landmark's Nuart Theater, 9/5

First Run Features announces the worldwide theatrical premiere of Doug Pray's latest documentary, Levitated Mass, at Landmark's Nuart Theater in Los Angeles, on September 5, 2014. Produced by Jamie Patricof and Electric City Entertainment (Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), Levitated Mass will follow its Los Angeles opening with runs in New York and other cities.

French Embassy's ART² Festival Begins Tonight

Opening tonight, ART² presents a month of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and lectures by international art experts exploring seven key areas of investigation in today's global art world.

Photo Flash: Barneys New York Celebrates Greg Lauren's Debut Fragrance

Barneys New York, Marc Forster and Katherine Ross hosted a cocktail event celebrating the debut fragrance by Greg Lauren, part of the Barneys New York Designer Fragrance Collection on Tuesday, October 22nd at Greg Lauren's studio in Los Angeles. Scroll down for photos from the event!

LA Opera Celebrates Verdi with Falstaff, Audra McDonald in Concert, Einstein on the Beach in Review

To honor Verdi's 200th birthday, LA Opera will present a new production of the crowning glory of the composer's magnificent career, his comic masterpiece Falstaff. LA Opera Music Director James Conlon, praised internationally for his mastery of Verdi, conducts this unabashed celebration of Merrie Olde England's lusty days and bawdy nights, starring Italian baritone Roberto Frontali. When Shakespeare's portly knight of Windsor hatches a plot to improve his love life by courting two different married women, he launches a flood of comic chaos and romantic misadventure.

Warner Bros to Restore Film Classic REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

Gucci, The Film Foundation and Warner Bros. Entertainment are pleased to announce the 2013 restoration of Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955).

Summer Public Programs Announced at the Guggenheim Museum

In conjunction with the Guggenheim's summer exhibitions James Turrell and New Harmony: Abstraction between the Wars, 1919-1939, the museum presents the following public programs.

International Art Conservation Project Helps Preserve Watts Towers

Bank of America announced that it has provided funding to assist with the restoration of Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles through its 2013 Art Conservation Project, a global effort that will conserve 24 projects in 16 countries around the world, including eight in the United States.

Robert Crumb and More on View at 55th Venice Biennale

The 55th Venice Biennale is underway! Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the exhibition at Arsenale includes works by Robert Crumb, The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb, and Christopher Williams, Angola to Vietnam* (on view through November 24).

LINCOLN CENTER DIALOGUE Season Begins Today, 10/3

Providing an opportunity to hear key leaders discussing significant issues facing American society, Lincoln Center's spoken word series Lincoln Center Dialogue will begin its second season today, October 3rd in the David Rubenstein Atrium. These programs take place over breakfast, welcoming early risers and inviting audiences to discover Lincoln Center well before curtains go up. The three conversations, moderated by the president of Lincoln Center, Reynold Levy, will focus on the challenges of leadership in the university, museum, and public policy arenas. WNET, WLIW and NJ Network will again air the Dialogues (check local listings for date and time). Members of the live audience in the intimate venue will have the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers.

The Academy Announces First Stanley Kubrick Retrospective Exhibit

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Academy) are pleased to co-present the first U.S. retrospective of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, developed in collaboration with the Kubrick Estate and the Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt.