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TIME AND SPACE

Peter Blake Gallery presents a solo exhibition of recent works by multidisciplinary artist, Lita Albuquerque.  Lita Albuquerque is an internatonally renowned artist and writer. Born in Santa Monica and raised in Tunisia and Paris, she first gained national attention for her ephermeral pigment installations created for desert sites.  Highlighted in the exhibition at Peter Blake Gallery this summer are Albuquerque’s Auric Field paintings, which investigate space, color, and materiality.  Executed on layers of black and […]

Art, Design

ART & SAINT LAURENT

Part three of Blue Door Magazine’s exploration of the creative genius of Yves Saint Laurent looks at how YSL fashion was influenced by his love of art From the ancient world to pop art, Yves Saint Laurent took inspiration from art history as he combined colors, carved out new forms, and rethought the structure of garments in order to create his own masterpieces. The unique dialogue that existed between Saint Laurent and the myriad sources […]

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LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

A photo essay captures the intimate beauty of one of the most impactful dance premieres ever presented at Segerstrom Center for the Arts Photos and descriptions by Elaina Francis Christopher Wheeldon’s latest ballet Like Water for Chocolate from American Ballet Theatre had six fiery performances in the ballet’s North American Premiere at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Center audiences were the first in the country to experience this magical Mexican love story with the stellar […]

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GO ASK ALICE: OCMA’S NEXT ACT

Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the 20th century and a pioneer among women artists. The exhibition Feels Like Home at Orange County Museum of Art focuses on Neel’s honest, intimate paintings of her home, children, animals, and expanded family.  A painter of people, landscape, and still life, Alice Neel (1900-1984) was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde movements. Neel’s style was distinctively her own. She painted life around her […]