Jennifer Saxon

Friday Forty-five years ago, a small museum in Pasadena garnered an exhibit of the modern art forefather's first retrospective. Beginning today, that small museum, now known as the Norton Simon, is presenting Marcel Duchamp Redux. The installation will display several works owned by the Norton Simon including Boite-en-Valise (some of the artists works reproduced in miniature), The Bottle Rack, and L.H.O.O.Q, his famous poster of Mona Lisa with moustache & goatee, which was embraced by...

that L.A. is less crowded on Thanksgiving. for my friends & family (including my cat). for the Dodgers (2008 will be awesome--GO BLUE)!! for the 1st amendment. for LAist. Happy Thanksgiving! May you eat, drink & be loved today!! CANstruction Thanksgiving dinner photo by Jennifer Saxon for LAist....

Natalia Fabia tackles the world's oldest profession in her fun solo exhibit Hooker Safari: A Glamorous Jungle Pageant. Giving new meaning to the term "wildlife", her oil on panel paintings depict frequently tatted babes in various scenarios alongside safari animals. The seductive works are fantastically original and creative. Appearing at first glance to be photographs, the artists' skill is the first thing that jumps out at you. Unlike the "honeys" usually seen trolling Sunset...

Last weekend my dad accompanied me to see the Salvador Dali exhibit at LACMA (although, to avoid a $20 cover and massive crowds, I'd opt for the $17 weekday peek). Nonetheless, and as expected, the exhibit was absolutely astonishing. Upon leaving Dali we toured the famous Japanese Pavilion, which houses a good portion of LACMA's permanent collection - art and artifacts spanning centuries, the scope of which is indescribable. We left the Pavilion awe-struck (once...

Join the Arroyo Arts Collective this Sunday for their 15th annual tour of artists' studios & homes in the Highland Park, Eagle Rock & Mt. Washington areas. The auto tour begins at the historic Lummis House and will be an opportunity to check out the works of over 70 local artisans. Everything from paintings, photography, sculptures, & clothing, etc. will be available for perusing. Even Chicken Boy will be on hand, how can you pass...

This is the last week to step into the doomful fairy land of Camille Rose Garcia at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Her latest collection, Escape to Darlingtonia, is another chapter in Garcia's cartoony nightmares. Born in Los Angeles, and growing up in OC in the shadows of Disneyland; Garcia's work is an animated, punk, and glittery fantasy. Imagine boozing & pill popping through the eyes of an innocent doe-eyed child, and you might get...

Edward Weston. One of the most brilliant photographers of the 20th Century. Viewing the LACMA exhibit many years ago, I was enamored instantly. The buildings, the nudes, the everyday objects, and his link to Los Angeles stirred up emotions in me that I've never forgot. I've been trying for months to get to the Getty Center to see this latest exhibit, and finally this weekend I treated myself...and it was delectable! Once again, I...

Whitney Bedford is a truly unique artist. Her subjects- shipwrecks, pirates, and impending disaster, are far from the norm of what L.A based painters are doing these days. In her most recent exhibit at Cherry & Martin, Bedford takes on one of the biggest celebrities of the roaring 20's Harry Houdini. The life-sized images in ink & oil on paper catch the showman mid -escape, in his most harrowing moments. Some of the lines...

In 1966, Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party. A militia organization, made up of black men & women to fight for their rights, and defend themselves against "capitalist pigs" (the US government). In the politically charged-era of the civil rights movement, the party reached out to their wide membership, with distribution of a newspaper entitled The Black Panther. The publication featured regular artwork from its Minister of Culture, graphic artist Emory...

All the shadows in the world have disappeared...can Peso Penguin, Barnacles Bear, and Kwazi Kitten save the world & get our shadows back??!! Find out tonight at Wacko, as design team Meomi, read from the second installation of the Octonaut's adventure THE OCTONAUTS & THE SEA OF SHADE. Will they safely leave the Octopod base, and change the mind of the King of Shade? I know you are on pins and needles but you will...