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Review: UNREALITY, Works by Lisa Adams and Kelly McLane at the Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery

2022-11-17T04:20:02+00:00By |Categories: Art Parties / Exhibitions / Fairs, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The work of artists Lisa Adams and Kelly McLane present dream-like romantically haunting dystopian visions of the troubling social reality we live in.  The viewer is somewhat thrown off balance as the imagery may be perceived as unsettling while being very

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Review: The Book of Mormon at the Ahmanson Theatre

2020-03-09T04:00:37+00:00By |Categories: Reviews, Theater/Poetry/Books|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Book of Mormon is playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in DTLA through March 29, returning to L.A. after several previous successful runs here and nearly 10 years on Broadway.  I attended the premier for LAArtParty and can happily report that

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Review: Art World Conference 2020

2020-03-06T22:52:56+00:00By |Categories: Art Parties / Exhibitions / Fairs, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Inaugural Art World Conference, Los Angeles was fun, positive and inspiringI It was very well organized and its theme, Business and Financial Health for Artists and Arts Professionals really spoke to me; a much needed dialogue to address opportunities and

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Review: Four Quartets at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance at Royce Hall

2020-02-20T09:16:07+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

T.S. Eliot’s sequence of poems, Four Quartets, was brought to life through the creative collaboration that joined together the engaging choreography of Pam Tanowit, a dreamy score composed by Kaija Saariaho as performed live by The Knights, backed by large scale

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Review: Frieze Art Fair 2020

2025-02-07T20:59:57+00:00By |Categories: Art Parties / Exhibitions / Fairs, Reviews|Tags: , , |

In its second iteration in LA this year, Frieze was better organized and in many ways more open and varied in the selections of art from both powerhouse galleries and local smaller establishments, but again of very high quality throughout. Whereas

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Review: Three Exhibitions, Hauser & Wirth

2020-02-17T07:26:55+00:00By |Categories: Art Parties / Exhibitions / Fairs, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Hauser & Wirth opened three quality shows on Saturday, February 15th, 2020, while presenting a great selection of Avery Singer’s work at Frieze at the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood. As always, they presented an open and enthusiastic assessment of this

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Review: Lula Washington Dance Theatre at the Wallis

2020-02-12T20:13:48+00:00By |Categories: Dance, Reviews|Tags: , |

Written by Michael Baroff;    Celebrating its 40 year anniversary, the Los Angeles based and internationally respected Lula Washington Dance Theater presented a vibrant collection of new and classic socially conscious works at The Wallis Bram Goldsmith Theater stage. All photos

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Review: 2020 Photo LA

2020-02-29T06:39:19+00:00By |Categories: Art Parties / Exhibitions / Fairs, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

LAArtParty was lucky enough to be invited to the opening night gala for Photo L.A. 2020, held this year at historic Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica airport. Photo L.A. is the longest running international photographic art show on the West

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Review: Eurydice at LA Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion

2020-02-17T07:04:31+00:00By |Categories: Music, Reviews, Theater/Poetry/Books|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

LA Opera presented the world premier of Eurydice, collaboration between composer Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl who wrote the libretto based on her acclaimed 2003 play. The work reimagines the classic Orpheus myth into a contemporary vision perceived from the heroine's

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Review: Cirque du Soleil’s “Volta”

2022-02-05T20:35:56+00:00By |Categories: Reviews, Theater/Poetry/Books|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Cirque du Soleil has inspired a movement. Leading the trend of high quality entertainment since it burst onto the scene in 1984, the Montreal troupe has set a high bar. Dance companies across the country and popular network tv variety shows

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