City of Images
By Tom Teicholz at 26 March, 2009, 10:53 am
Los Angeles has long held a fascination with the visual; beholden to looks, surfaces and images, it is a city where even the buildings seem to strike a pose. So it might seem surprising that until now, there’s never been an institution here devoted to photography. But that all changes this week with the opening [...]
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By Tom Teicholz at 12 December, 2008, 3:25 pm
The Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, the Venus de Milo, Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon,” Pete Seeger’s banjo, the handwritten lyrics to Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message.”
You might wonder what all these cultural artifacts have in common. But as of Dec. 6, they can all be seen in museums — the last two [...]