Robert Lebel News Today

Two american Service Personnel are attacked by a mob in turkey. The assault caught on camera. And thousands of Hotel Workers walk out, threatening to disrupt the Labor Day holiday. The outrage in israel. Protests and strikes disrupting the country. Hundreds of thousands demanding prime Minister Netanyahu Strike a deal to free the remains hostages. Crowds breaking through barriers near his home. President Biden Turning up the pressure on netanyahu. As he presses for a Ceasefire Deal. And the emot...

Announcer this program was made possible in part by the Los Angeles County department of arts culture, the city of Los Angeles Department of cultural affairs, the frieda berlinski foundation, and the National Endowment for the arts, on the web at arts. Gov. Man pasadena is a quiet place. Along its broad boulevards, all is calm and orderly and wealthy. Its also conservative. Just two miles away is the National Headquarters of the ultrarightwing John Birch Society carl cheng whenin grammar school,...

David Platzker on the art of Ed Ruscha

THE DISTANCE from the Knox-Less service station in Oklahoma City to Bob’s Seaside Service, not so far from the Santa Monica Pier at the terminus of Route 66—both pictured in Ed Ruscha’s 1963 artist’s book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations—was about 1,400 miles. It’s a drive Ruscha has taken many times since he traveled it with Mason Williams in Ruscha’s lowered 1950 four-door Ford, with throaty Smitty Glasspack dual muffler, following their graduation from Oklahoma City’s Classen High...

Yaacov Agam Is Still Creating Art, Radiates a Childish Playfulness and Thinks He’s Always Right. While His Kinetic Art Has Been Widely Recognized Worldwide, He Still Finds Himself Underappreciated in His Native Israel

A Tribute to Brian O’Doherty, edited by Brenda Moore-McCann

While many Catholics have been shaken by recent revelations of sexual abuse by bishops, the 6th World Day of the Poor is a reminder that the Church is more than its leaders

MARCEL DUCHAMP, BY ROBERT LEBEL WITH MARCEL DUCHAMP, ANDRÉ BRETON, AND H. P. ROCHÉ. New York: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2021. 252 pages. TOWARD THE END of his life, in 1966, Marcel Duchamp was asked why he had never had a solo exhibition in his native France. “I don’t know. I never understood. I think it’s a question of money,” he replied. “The dealers have nothing to gain from me. . . The museums are run, more or less, by the dealers.”This candor was calculated, all part ...

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From maverick monographs to topical tomes, explore our pick of the 10 art books of 2021, from Ai Weiweis memoir, to a feminist art graphic novel.