Articles by Tom Burns
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! 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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 – …
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 …
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 …
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 …
