Hustler of Culture

Magic Music.

Excuse me. But where are the Frank Sinatras and Antonio Carlos Jobims of today? If this music doesn't put you at ease you probably have coal for a heart.

Philly - "Clodhopper" (06/02/06 - 07/24/06)

Philly - "Superman vs. Darth Vader" (06/02/06)

NYC - Freight Train Graffiti Book Launch (06/01/06)

LA - Free Summer at the Hammer Museum (05/30/06 - 09/03/06)

Free Summer at the Hammer Museum

The Museum offers free admission to all exhibitions, collections, and public programs from Memorial Day to Labor Day

From Memorial Day to Labor Day (May 30 through September 3, 2006), the Hammer Museum offers free admission to its exhibitions, collections, and public programs as part of Free Summer. Due to the wildly popular response to 2005's Free Summer, the Museum has again waived admission during the summer months to give Los Angeles residents even greater access to the Hammer's outstanding exhibitions, resourceful collections, and full slate of engaging public programs.

Free Summer at the Hammer also marks the beginning of new collaborations with Indie 103.1FM and Los Angeles Film Festival, which add more variety to an already enriching summer schedule. Programs featured during Free Summer include outdoor concerts and film screenings, readings for children, and lectures, conversations, and discussions on popular culture, politics, and the arts.

Temporary exhibitions on view during Free Summer include The Societe Anonyme: Modernism for America (through August 20), the acclaimed exhibition that charts the development of one of the greatest collections of modern art in America with 240 works by over 100 artists; Hammer Projects by artists Jesper Just (through July 2); Walead Beshty (through July 23); Monique van Genderen (through July 30); Elliott Hundley (through August 27); Animations: Nathalie Djurberg, Brent Green, and David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd (opening July 8); Angela Dufresne (opening July 29); and Christine Nguyen (opening August 17). In addition, the Armand Hammer Collection, which is always on view at the Museum, is free of charge.

One.

May 30, 2006 - 10:20 p.m. PST - Santa Monica, CA

Spot the one American in this photo. Even then, the Yankee carries a Swiss passport!

LA - "Guitar Eros" (06/02/06 - 07/08/06)

NYC - "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art" (06/03/06 - 09/23/06)

I WILL NOT MAKE ANY MORE BORING ART

Lithographs, Publications & Ephemera

from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design

Exhibition on display from June 3 - September 23, 2006

Opening reception on Saturday, June 3rd, 5-8 pm

LA - Glenn Campbell & Justin Winokur (06/03/06 - 07/15/06)

GLENN CAMPBELL and JUSTIN WINOKUR
an exhibition of photography

reception:
Saturday, June 3 2006 from 6:30pm to 10:30pm
Exhibition continues through July 15, 2006

Transport Gallery
1308 Factory Place
Los Angeles, CA 90013

The Last Stand.

May 29, 2006 - 2:08 p.m. PST - Westwood, CA

We are all laughing because we have no idea how bad X-Men: The Last Stand is yet.

Culture Queen.

Why Not Studios up to his usual antics. First the hubby Napoleon and now this. Ha!

I Love Kristin Smith.

May 28, 2006 - 2:34 p.m. PST - Malibu, CA

This Memorial Day weekend someone wanted to tell Kristin Smith that she was loved.

LA - Culver City Artwalk (06/03/06)

For details, maps and all other ARTWALK related info go to http://www.culvercity.org

LA - "You & Me" (05/27/06 - ?)

UNITARD GALLERY present "YOU & ME"
Works of KATSUO DESIGN & FROHAWK TWO-FEATHERS

Opening Reception
Saturday, May 27th, 8:00 pm - 0:00 am

Music by
DJ Frosty / Hoseh / Nico

Gallery Location
706 East First St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Katsuo

LA - "Multicultural Self Taught Artists" (06/01/06 - 06/29/06)

Carol Es, Rudiment, 2005

LA Artcore Brewery Annex Presents:
Multicultural Self Taught Artists:

Donabella Baluyut, Carol Es, John Gibbon, Tom Hollenstein, Lou Kalogerakos, George Two Horses, Ginette Mizraki, and David Walker

June 1 - 29, 2006
Reception & Conversations with the Artists:
Sunday, June 4, 1:00 - 3:00 PM

LA - "Nowhere Anywhere" (06/02/06 - 07/08/06)

PETER KLASEN: NOWHERE ANYWHERE

June 2- July 8, 2006
Artist’s Opening Reception: Friday, June 2, 7 – 9 pm

M+B is pleased to present Nowhere Anywhere, an exhibition of photography by Paris-based artist Peter Klasen. Coming to Los Angeles after it’s inaugural exhibition at the Maison Européene de la Photographie in Paris in the Fall of 2006, this exhibition takes us—for the first time—into the fascinating world of the photos Klasen has taken over the past 30 years, which have served as the basis for the concretization of his paintings.

NYC - Halsey Rodman & Robert de Saint Phalle Openings (06/01/06 - 07/01/06)

Please join us next week at the opening reception for:

Gallery 1: Halsey Rodman “The Navigator’s Quarters Must Not Be Disturbed”

Gallery 2: Robert de Saint Phalle “Flotsam”

Opening reception:
Thursday, June 1st
6pm – 8pm

The exhibition runs from June 1st – July 1st, 2006.

Guild & Greyshkul
28 Wooster St. Ground Fl.
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 625-9224
Fax: (212) 625-0151

Tues – Sat, 11am – 6pm

NYC - "You Have to be Almost Gifted to do What I do" (05/27/06 - 07/28/06)

EXHIBITION: "You have to be almost gifted to do what I do"

DATES: May 27 – July 28, 2006

LOCATION: Alexander and Bonin Gallery, 132 Tenth Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets

HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am to 6pm

An exhibition of work by twelve new artists, curatedby Oliver Newton and Steven Stewart, will be shown on the 3rd floor of Alexander and Bonin beginning May 27th.

Fridays Off the 405.

May 26, 2006 - 8:08 p.m. PST - Los Angeles, CA

John Tejada playing a set at the Getty Center's "Fridays Off the 405" event.

Good Night and Good Luck.

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