The extraordinary worldwide impact women had on the practice of photography from the 1920s to the 1950s is celebrated by an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. During the 1920s, the iconic New Woman was splashed across the pages of magazines and projected on the silver screen. As a global phenomenon, she embodied an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art. Featuring more than 120 photographers […]
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STILL LIFE
The Pageant of the Masters Portraits by Matthew Rolston at Laguna Art Museum The Pageant of the Masters is an iconic part of summer in coastal Orange County, and a foundational cornerstone of art and culture in Southern California. Since the early 1930s, actors have recreated classical and contemporary artwork on a Laguna Beach stage. Known as tableaux vivants, or living pictures, the paintings, sculptures, and other works are vividly realized, thanks to the actors […]
A NEW ERA AT OCMA
Heidi Zuckerman leads Orange County Museum of Art toward the October 2022 opening of California’s most important new museum Since Heidi Zuckerman joined Orange County Museum of Art as CEO and director seven months ago, she has energized the Southern California art and culture community, Zuckerman previously served as CEO and director of the Aspen Art Museum, leading its transformation into a world-class institution, while raising $85 million to design, build, and endow an architecturally […]
COLOR CO-OP
By James Reed Photos by Darlene Halaby Costa Mesa-based Ulloo 42 brings a mad mix of high art and wild whimsy to custom furniture and interior design. Visiting Ulloo 42’s art and design studio and showroom in Costa Mesa is something of a psychedelic experience, especially for those of us who spent 2020 staring at beige walls in rooms designed in a minimalist monochromatic style. What once was elegant, modern, and lovely now just seems […]