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Written by Lisa Stahl
A book of photographs of artist Frank Otto’s paintings sits invitingly on a table at the same chic Santa Monica hotel that was home to his acclaimed multi-media project, TRIP. Described by the artist as a film-music-art project, TRIP involved 33 directors, 14 musicians, and scores of technicians during its Los Angeles run late last year,
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Written by Kimberly Nichols
When noted art collector Jordan Schnitzer was a young boy his mother Arlene Schnitzer opened the Fountain Gallery in Portland, Oregon to spotlight artists in the Pacific Northwest. Her staunch belief in supporting artists from the region carried down to her son who, at 14 years of age, bought his first painting – a canvas by Louis Bunce titled Sanctuary.
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Written by Ben Giroux
Playwright with the Right Stuff
David Henry Hwang romances the word
By Judy Seckler
From the beginning, playwright David Henry Hwang found the theater fascinating because of the way in which words could fill a stage.
"Theater is inherently metaphorical. Film is supposed to be real," he observes, reflecting on more than 30 years of experience as a scribe of plays, film, librettos, TV and texts for dance. Thus, Hwang’s ideas for characters in a play often come from unexpected places. In a seminal workshop with Sam Shepard, he learned how to write from his unconscious.
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Written by Ben Giroux
DAVID W. STREETS: KEEPING APPRAISED by Lynn Morgan
For the past five years, veteran art dealer David W. Streets has been holding court at his Beverly Hills gallery, David W. Streets Fine Art. A Southern transplant, David Streets arrived in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and established himself as an art dealer, appraiser and consultant.
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A & L Highlights
Alice Pratt Brown Director, Whitney Museum of American Art
Career Highlights
Adam D. Weinberg has been the Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum since October 2003. From 1999 to 2003, he was the director of t
Larger Than Life
An artist’s work is never done. Yan Pei-Ming has worked tirelessly for a month on his latest installation: 21 double-sided panels that stand before the French Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai. Each panel
Twelve Innovative Artists
What does it mean to be an American artist today? First, let’s think beyond the old genres of painting, sculpture, and drawing. Let’s add installation, video, mixed media, and more. Let
“People collect for different reasons. My family and I like the whole idea of living and working in art and design,” says Marty Collins, art collector and president/CEO of Gatehouse Capital, the largest independent de
President, Advertising Sales, Discovery Communications
When Mark Burnett first approached CBS with the idea for Survivor as a summer series in 2000, CBS chair Leslie Monves loved the show’s idea but, at that time,
Team Up For Contemporary Piano Design
Recently, automotive powerhouse Audi has allied itself with musical excellence. It has sponsored an annual series of live concerts in Ingolstadt, Germany that has greatly enhan
Ben Silverman 19 December 2011, 00.00 Alexis De Mond Entertainmentista 
Jumpstarting An Entertainment Revolution
Ben Silverman is aiming to boldly go where no media executive has gone before. Having left a two-year stint as NBC’s co-chair of entertainment, Silverman is looking beyond his
Gary Gibson 26 November 2009, 00.00 Alexis De Mond Designers 
For a man who says he just never fit in, Gary Gibson has built quite a name for himself. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that this self-described outsider was born with a natural gift for art and design. “People love my
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