Betye Saar Is Making Some of the Best Work of Her Life.
At 97, the artist still greets every day eager to create.
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At 97, the artist still greets every day eager to create.
THE LATEST INCARNATION of Made in L.A. borrowed its title from a sentence once uttered by the legendary local assemblage artist Noah Purifoy: “Creativity can be an act of living, a way of life, and a formula for doing the right thing.”
Los Angeles occupies a near-mythic place in the American psyche. But a different kind of creative tradition has shaped it from the ground up.
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Dahlia Scheindlin talks about Israel after Netanyahu, and David Kipen reads from California diaries.
By 1966, The Beatles had achieved an incredible amount of success. The group was selling records by the millions. Young woman and men all over the world were going crazy for The Beatles. The band soon became the target of some bizarre accusations surrounding serious topics, including religion. On August 28, 1966, The Beatles gave their last taped press conference in the United States. During the fifteen minute session, the band received some weird questions, including Mr. Lennon and McCartney, Time Magazine has said your song Day Tripper is about a prostitute and Norwegian Wood is about a lesb...