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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), raised more than $3.2 Million with the Artist’s Museum Happening International Gala on Saturday, November 13, 2010 Envisioned by Artist Doug Aitken Featuring Live Performances by: Devendra Banhart, Beck, and Caetano Veloso
Read More© Leticia Marie Sanchez Los Angeles Art Patron Eli Broad has chosen Grand Avenue in Downtown LA as the construction site for his new museum, which could possibly be completed as early as the end of 2012. The 120,000-square-foot contemporary art museum will house…
Read MoreThe Case of the Pilfering “Policemen” by Leticia Marie Sanchez WHO: Two art burglars disguised as policemen WHAT: The greatest art heist in world history WHERE: Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum WHEN: October 18, 1990 WHY: $500 million dollars worth…
Read MoreDue to its dire fiscal straits, the LA City Council considered a bill this month that would have slashed the funding from LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs. The proposal re-evaluated the $1 tax per $100 in hotel room charges that…
Read MoreA Mammoth Skeleton from the Ice Age, now referred to as “Zed,” discovered in a parking lot in LA’s Hancock Park. For the Full Story Read: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-fossils18-2009feb18,0,7775847.story Mammoth Skeleton from the same era as Zed. A new twist to LA…
Read MoreBy Leticia Marie Sanchez “When I get a little money, I buy books; And if any is left, I buy food and clothes.” ~ Desiderius Erasmus ~ The Los Angeles Times reports that the troubles of the Pasadena Symphony, Opera…
Read MoreOriginal Mozart Music Discovered in Nantes, France Staff of a Library in Nantes, France discovered the draft of an unknown original piece by Mozart. According to Ulrich Lesinger, head of research at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria, the handwriting…
Read MoreLA Mystery: The Case of the Purloined Paintings… According to the LA Times, art thieves plundered an Encino home on August 23, robbing a dozen valuable paintings including works by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera, and Lyonel Feninger. A $200,000 reward is…
Read MorePicasso, Dove of Peace, 1949 Pippa Bacca, an Italian performance artist on a mission to promote peace and cultural understanding was murdered during her journey last spring. Peace is one of the highest goals of art. May Pippa’s idealistic spirit always…
Read MoreI came. I saw. I was thrown overboard. From today’s news: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3932198.ece
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