Winter 2009
December 29, 2009 – 1:33 pm | No Comment

The Winter issue is out now – featuring L.A. artist Joe Goode, the surprising side of Beth Van Hoesen, and singer-songwriter Bob Schneider. It also includes a special five year anniversary section with artists Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira. We are celebrating a half decade of artistic adventures. Pick up your copy and enjoy!

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mixed media

A mix of media. From encaustic works to the Internet, you’ll find a wide variety of unique artistic expressions from some of the best artists in the world.

music & cinema

Cinema and music from the artists themselves. Thought-provoking interviews and profiles of some of the biggest names in music and Hollywood to emerging artists down the street.

paint

From oil on canvas, watercolors and beyond. Traditional, still life, expressionist and abstract are all featured with insight into the artists, their stories and inspirations.

photography

Color or black and white, photographers and their medium profiled each month in Artworks Magazine and here online. From classics to abstract, legends to emerging talent.

sculpture

We profile sculptors of all kinds using a broad variety of mediums. Major installations, small scale repesentations and everything in between, we’ll show you the artists that craft by hand.

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Articles by Tom Burns

JOHN BALDESSARI
October 14, 2009 – 11:57 pm | No Comment
JOHN BALDESSARI

He works in Los Angeles because it tends to piss him off. “It’s ugly here,” he says matter-of-factly. “It’s not a city – just an area with no real culture.”

HELP US – HELP YOU
May 13, 2009 – 7:30 am | 3 Comments
HELP US – HELP YOU

Help us – Help you! We at ARTWORKS have been noticing a trend. In tough times, artists tend to step up and take action. There are a lot of good things going on in the …

San Jose Musem of Art
January 13, 2009 – 10:23 pm | No Comment
San Jose Musem of Art

The Prints of Andy Warhol
Now – May 31
Drawing from a background in commercial art, he shocked the 1960’s art world by elevating the mundane – comics, advertisements, and kitchen staples such as Campbell’s tomato soup. …

J. Paul Getty Museum
January 13, 2009 – 2:48 pm | No Comment
J. Paul Getty Museum

Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575-1725
Now – May 3
In the decades after the deaths of the great Renaissance masters, such as Raphael and Michelangelo, the art of painting was thought to have gone into …

Los Angeles County Museum of Arts
January 13, 2009 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Los Angeles County Museum of Arts

Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972–2008
Now – June 7
A figure of international stature whose work includes sculpture, installation, and design, Franz West appears in his most comprehensive form …

Kimbell Art Museum
January 13, 2009 – 1:55 pm | No Comment
Kimbell Art Museum

Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
Now – June 14
Key moments in the lives of Italian men and women in the Renaissance were marked by celebrations of the highest possible degree of magnificence, and none more …

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – Legion of Honor
January 13, 2009 – 1:40 pm | No Comment
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – Legion of Honor

Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique
Now – May 31
The exhibition is the first comparative study of the work of the three greatest jewelry and decorative arts designers at the turn of the 20th century: Peter Carl …

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – de Young
January 13, 2009 – 1:37 pm | No Comment
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – de Young

Warhol Live
Now – May 17
Over the course of his meteoric career, Andy Warhol used the medium of music to transform himself from fan, to record album designer, to producer, to celebrity night-clubber, to rock star. …

Denver Art Museum
January 13, 2009 – 1:24 pm | No Comment
Denver Art Museum

The Psychedelic Experience: Rock Posters from  San Francisco Bay, 1965–1971
March 21– July 9
Take a trip back in time with approximately 300 psychedelic posters – as well as album covers, underground newspapers, and other items – …

Dallas Museum of Art
January 13, 2009 – 1:21 pm | No Comment
Dallas Museum of Art

Tutankhamun & the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
October 3 – May 17, 2009
The exhibition that drew nearly four million visitors during its two-year, four-city tour, will return to the United States for a three-city encore …

Crocker Art Museum
January 13, 2009 – 1:15 pm | No Comment
Crocker Art Museum

Portraits by Mari Kloeppel
Now – May 31

Mari Kloeppel’s paintings are portraits of animals, with personalities, thoughts, and sometimes even a sense of humor. She paints horses, dogs, rabbits, chickens, and cattle, along with less domesticated …

Seattle Art Museum
January 13, 2009 – 1:13 pm | No Comment
Seattle Art Museum

Titus Kaphar: History in the Making
April 3 – September 6
Contemporary artist Titus Kaphar makes oil-on-canvas copies of European and American portrait paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries and reconfigures them in strategic ways to …