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Extremety in the First Degree
John Waters: still guilty after all these years
written by Tulsa Kinney
JOHN Waters once said, "To understand bad taste one must have very good taste." And after seeing his place in San Francisco, I would have to say he practices what he preaches. Antique furniture, tapestries and decorative drapery adorn the small but elegant 1920s apartment in Nob Hill. Bookshelves line the walls.
All is fair in art and criticism: The fairest of the fairs: LA Art 2009
written by Scarlet Cheng
IT was the best of art fairs, it was the worst of arts fairs. OK, it was NOT the worst. I paraphrase Charles Dickens because of people's tendency to think in terms of extremes. Most of the time, life and events register in the in-between. It's just catchier — and far fewer words — if we say it was terrible — the Lower Depths — or fantabulous — Heavenly.
New is Never Enough: Art LA 2009
written by Ezrha Jean Black
TWO very obvious facts emerge in the aftermath of the year's first round of art fairs, which — as they have for the last few years — took place right here in LA. First, setting aside the most basic economic parameters, i.e., the minimum critical mass required to sustain an art (or for that matter any other trade) fair or market, size no longer seems to be relevant.
