Warren B. Kanders, of the Safariland Group, has been the target of protests since tear gas his company makes was said to have been used at the border. Source: NYT > Business – COLIN MOYNIHAN
Yale Museum of British Art Chooses Dia Curator as Its Director
Courtney J. Martin will direct the Yale Center for British Art, the museum and research institution housed in a renowned Louis Kahn building. Source: NYT > Business – JASON FARAGO
LA County Museum’s expansion clears hurdle — with some celebrity assistance
From left: Brad Pitt and LACMA director and CEO Michael Govan The L.A. County Museum of Art’s planned $650 million expansion got a big boost from the county, with a help from Bard Pitt and Diane Keaton. The county Board of Supervisors voted to approve $117.5 million in funding for the project at 5905 Wilshire […]
What L.A. Life Is Like for a Scientist Who Spends Months Digging Up Dino Bones in Antarctica
“I’m here to see a paleontologist,” I told a parking lot attendant and later a woman at the entrance to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. I realize it would have sufficed to say, “I’m here for a meeting,” but it’s not everyday you have an appointment with a bonafide dinosaur hunter, and I […]
American Folk Art Museum Leader Is Stepping Down
Stacy C. Hollander, deputy director for curatorial affairs, chief curator and director of exhibitions, is leaving at the end of June, the museum said. Source: NYT > Business – COLIN MOYNIHAN
Donna Huanca’s Color-Saturated “Skin Paintings” Are Set to Disrupt the Marciano
Donna Huanca is a disruptor. The Chicago-born, Berlin-based, Bolivian American artist uses saturated pigments and “skin-like” materials (not to mention live human bodies) to deconstruct gender and provide an alternative to the male gaze, and for her first-ever large-scale U.S. solo show, she’s “challenging” the nature of a historically male space. Granted, a lot of […]