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Inaugural Paris Photo Los Angeles Announces First Exhibitors, Speakers, Backlot Installation

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Those who fear that the addition of one more art fair will usher in an art-world Armageddon resulting from art fair over-population might find comfort in learning about a new fair that seeks to provide innovative programming alongside the commercial, all within a wonderfully innovative context that doesn’t involve bland conference halls or flimsy temporary tents. Paris Photo Los Angeles, which will run from April 26-28, 2013, will take place at Paramount Pictures Studioin Hollywood, offering visitors an ideal setting to explore photography and moving images from the 20th and 21st centuries.

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L.A.’s Stars Turned Out for the Llyn Foulkes Opening at the Hammer Museum

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Artist Llyn Foulkes, 78, is having a major moment in the spotlight. The prolific artist has been creating works for over six decades but has been largely under recognized, until now. On Saturday, Los Angeles’s Hammer Museum opened a retrospective of his work, featuring approximately 140 artworks from public and private collections, some of which have not been seen publicly for decades.

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50 Works From the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection Headed to L.A. MOCA

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On February 10, L.A. MOCA will open the exhibition “The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States.” Herbert Vogel (1922-2012), a postal clerk and his wife Dorothy Vogel (born 1935), a librarian, amassed an important private collection of post-1960s art, which became the subject of the 2008 documentary “Herb and Dorothy.”

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10 Must-See L.A. Gallery Exhibitions Opening in January

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Courtesy Kayne Griffin Corcoran
Francois Morrelet, “Triple X neonly,” 2012
by Yasmine Mohseni
Published: January 8, 2013

There’s no better way to kick off an artful 2013 in L.A. than by visiting the newest gallery shows, and this January is a particularly prolific month in exhibitions. Here are the top 10 gallery exhibitions opening over the next few weeks.

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Mario Ybarra, Jr. on His Monstrous Show at Honor Fraser and Art Patronage in L.A.

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A detail of Mario Ybarra, Jr.’s “Invisible Man…,” 2012, acrylic on canvas
by Yasmine Mohseni
Published: January 10, 2013
ARTINFO’s Yasmine Mohseni sat down with artist Mario Ybarra, Jr. shortly before the opening of “Double Feature” at Honor Fraser, his first commercial gallery exhibition in six years within his hometown of Los Angeles. Ten years into his career, the artist takes stock of his new work, patronage in L.A., and how to survive as an artist in the city
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John Baldessari’s Project for Arts Matter Hits the Road in Los Angeles

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For the next four weeks, John Baldessari’s words “Learn to Dream, Aprende A Soñar” emblazon the sides of buses, billboards, and bus shelters across Los Angeles. Produced by ForYourArt, the public art project “Arts Matter” unveils a second artist collaboration, first kicked off by Barbara Kruger in October.

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6 Can’t-Miss End-of-Year LA Museum Shows

by Yasmine Mohseni
Published: December 24, 2012

LOS ANGELES — With 2012 drawing to a close and a new artgoing season in the works, now is the final chance to visit many of this year’s major exhibits. ARTINFO’s Yasmine Mohseni reports on the top six end-of-the-year L.A. museum shows. Click here to view slideshow.

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Sara Fitzmaurice Honors Nicholas Baume at Los Angeles Dinner

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On Monday night, art PR maven Sara Fitzmaurice of Fitz & Co and her husband, art dealerPerry Rubenstein, hosted an intimate dinner in honor of Nicholas Baume, director and chief curator of the Public Art Fund.

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Breaking the Museum-Going Mold: a Q&A with the Hammer Museum’s Allison Agsten

Game Room, 2012

by Yasmine Mohseni

Published: December 19, 2012

LOS ANGELES — Allison Agsten, the dynamic and intrepid curator of Public Engagement at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, has built her department from scratch. After three years spent designing and refining the Public Engagement department’s infrastructure and mission, she is now poised to make a real impact in a field that is still new and innovative in the museum world. Agsten talks with ARTINFO’s Yasmine Mohseni about her unorthodox career path, her passion for gaming, and which L.A. artist she’s dying to work with. Click here to view slideshow

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Ruth Estevez Begins Her Tenure as REDCAT’s New Director

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REDCATCalArts’s downtown center for contemporary art, has a new gallery director and curator. Ruth Estévez, who starts her new position this week, moves to Los Angeles from Mexico City, where she worked as a curator and writer.

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