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I’m very excited to be curating an exhibition titled Don’t Talk About Religion or Politics. Scheduled to open in January 2006 at Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles, the show will present paintings by Sergio Hernandez, Gwyneth Leech, Poli Marichal, John Paul Thornton, and myself. I wrote the exhibit’s mission statement, which should give you a better idea of what…
Climate Change Vandals Attack Stonehenge!
The prehistoric stone circle monument at Stonehenge was constructed over 5000 years ago in Neolithic Briton. It was constructed in phases from 3100 BC to around 1600 BC. Who built it and why remains an enigma. Another mystery is, why did a duo of deranged eco-extremists from Just Stop Oil attack Stonehenge on June 19, 2024? At around 11:00 am,…
“Can’t draw or paint, must be an artist.”
Stuart Jeffries writing for the UK Guardian, conducted a fawning interview with Jeremy Deller, winner of the esteemed Turner Prize. When the reporter asked, “You can’t draw, you can’t paint – how do you get the nerve to call yourself an artist?”, Deller replied, “The thing is – the world has moved on. You’re not writing with quills on parchment….
Pro-Palestinians Vandalize Washington D.C. Statues
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Mary Washington Monument Vandalized
On the night of July 26, 2025 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Antifa vandals defaced the city’s monument to Mary Washington—mother of George Washington. The historic 1894 memorial was desecrated with a black spray-painted circled Ⓐ symbol of anarchism along with the word “Antifa.” The criminal misdeed was first reported by Washington Heritage Museums (WHM), a nonprofit citizens group dedicated to preserving…
Feedback on “Withered Arts Journalism”
When I wrote a critique of the March 25th Whither Arts Journalism in LA? public forum, I didn’t expect it to strike such a deep chord with people. My analysis of the event stirred dozens of working artists, gallery owners, curators, educators and art lovers to send me encouraging e-mails. Of the dozens who have wrote to me, none were…