Ocula Photolog Yoshitomo Nara at LACMA, Los Angeles Yoshitomo Nara is among the most well known Japanese contemporary artists working today. Spanning over 30 years, Yoshitomo Nara presents the artist's work having regard to his long term inspiration—music. Featuring Nara's collection of album covers, the show includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, and an installation that recreates...
Ocula News How Keith Haring Acquired the Painting Sotheby’s Priced at Just $100 New York, 8 September 2020 David Bowes distinctly remembers the day he traded paintings with the iconic New York artist.
Ocula News The Latest: Snapchat Spin Paintings, Gonzalez-Torres Fortune Cookies, and More Hong Kong, 6 May 2020 This week's need-to-know art news, including the collapse of Sydney's Carriageworks, the winner of the Pulitzer-prize for criticism, and relaxed Kickstarter rules for institutions.
Ocula Feature Frieze Los Angeles: Shows to See By Tessa Moldan, Los Angeles Los Angeles has a lot to offer during Frieze Los Angeles, with galleries, non-profits, and museums gearing up for the fair's second edition.
Ocula Insight Mary Corse at LACMA: Painting Light and Space By Sherry Paik, Los Angeles Mary Corse: A Survey in Light is an ideal title for Corse's major retrospective exhibition, now at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (28 July–11 November 2019), that succinctly summarises her decades-long and ongoing experimentation with light. A Survey in Light debuted last year at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York...
Ocula Feature LACMA Explores the Allure of Matter By Jareh Das, Los Angeles The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (2 June 2019–5 January 2020) is an inter-generational show of 21 Chinese artists working from the 1980s to the present, including Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, Lin Tianmiao, Song Dong, He Xiangyu, Yin Xiuzhen, and Ma Qiusha.
Ocula Feature The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka at LACMA By Perwana Nazif, Los Angeles The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (9 December 2018–23 June 2019) is billed as the first comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art organised by a U.S. museum, with around 240 works—including decorative objects, textiles, photographs, and historical works from the museum's own collection of Sri...
Ocula Feature Iranian Art at LACMA: In the Fields of Empty Days By Perwana Nazif, Los Angeles 'In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art' showcases Iranian art in the past and present tenses so that both might encounter one another.
