On August 16, 2007, the Pacific Design Center’s Poggenpohl showroom was packed for the presentation of Art and Living’s first ever Art to Life Awards.
Video AP Coverage of the Event
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Mario Buatta reminds that a light heart can often be the key to success
By Diane Dunne
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A landscape design tour-de-force opens up about his inspiration
By Victoria Charters
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By Jessica L. Darraby
Eli Broad and Jeff Koons might seem a strange couple. Broad is a philanthropist, collector and financier who galvanizes the arts in the traditionally conservative world of bankers and corporations. Koons is a maverick artist and former Madison Avenue marketing guru who manages to incite critical furor and, more recently, public acclaim for his monumental public art and extreme appropriation of an art-as-commodity concept in a post-Warhol era. But collector and artist have more in common than their artist/collector relationship might suggest: they are both shrewd businessmen with uncanny acumen for tracking the art markets, anticipating trends and, most importantly, initiating developments.
In 1984, Eli and wife Edythe formed the Broad Art Foundation, the single largest collection of Jeff Koons artworks in the world. “We had more artworks than we could possibly display,” explains Broad, seated in his corporate offices in Westwood. “The art foundation was a way to share important works with museums, other institutions and the public.” Presently, the foundation has made more than 100 loans of Koons artworks to more than 30 institutions in ten countries. Read the rest of this entry »
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For luxury housing designer Richard Landry, designer of homes for celebrities Wayne Gretzky, Eddie Murphy, Sugar Ray Leonard and Kenny G, the architect is a stage-setter, fantasist and businessman—all at onceÂ
By Morris Newman
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As a mecca of young, creative minds, Art Center College of Design is a fulcrum of artistic innovation. We investigate the faces and the forces behind the Southern California institution
By Derek Lazzaro
Situated on a tranquil, 175-acre campus in the wooded foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, Art Center College of Design might strike some as the ultimate ivory tower retreat of artists and academicians. But in fact, Art Center is a vibrant nexus of hands-on learning and real-world application.
Learning at Art Center occurs in almost every imaginable field of art and expressive communication—from car design to photography to environmental design. Students are encouraged to interact and work together, a process that synergistically combines their talents. Read the rest of this entry »
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