Est. 1992
Mat Gleason 
Of all the legacies the art market and its institutions have collaborated to spawn and cultivate, the most self-congratulatory of them all by far is that of Barbara Kruger. The fog of memory clouds our collective recollection concerning her signature style – scaled hectoring – is it a relic of the eighties? Or do we … Read more
Santa Monica Auctions features lots like a dynamic Allison Saar sketch and a signed Francis Bacon litho, allowing collectors to stick to the big names and the great results they produced to make those names so big.
When I stopped doing Coagula Art Journal in print in 2009 I promised three people I would publish books of their contributions to the publication. First was what turned out to be two volumes of Gerald Locklin’s poetry – BOOK ONE in 2011 and BOOK TWO in 2014. Cartoonist Jim Caron was next up with … Read more
Film Director Roberto Oregel sent me a link to the trailer for his documentary on Los Angeles painter Alfredo De Batuc. Mexican-born ADB was already a local legend when he was struck with Guillame-Barre Syndrome. This caused him the loss of the use of his hands. For years he went without making any art… but … Read more
We went to see the poppies. We stopped by the museum. There were some shows there we wanted to see but we had made the drive to Lancaster to see the poppies. They only bloom for like five weeks. The shows were up for seven or eight weeks but it was getting close to their … Read more
The Hilbert Museum is the place you go if you want to see traditional art. Their curatorial program most reminded me of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento on a much smaller scale… ahh, but not for long, as the Hilbert is expanding from it’s current “glorified gallery” size of 7,500 square feet to 22,000 … Read more
ART REVIEW AS SHORT STORY Twice in my life I had visited Glendale Community College and twice in my life I had vowed to never go there again. Both times I had wonderful experiences with the art. The first time was a solo show by Brian Ruppel some time in the 1990s. Maybe one day … Read more
ART REVIEW AS SHORT STORY We drove up Fairfax for the sole purpose of turning right onto Wilshire. The Craft and Folk Art Museum, I still call it that, they changed their name to Craft Contemporary but old habits don’t die, the point being it is on the right side of the street. The traffic … Read more
He tried to find the way back in to the life he’d left behind To the boss he said “I have returned, and now I want what’s mine” ** So here’s the deal… A few writers have joined with me to contribute regular content and I am all ready to go. In a world of … Read more