Shepard Fairey x Gary Baseman collaborate on Partisan print
Shepard Fairey x Gary Baseman collaborate on Partisan print History comes alive in Partisan, a dynamic collaboration between Shepard Fairey and Gary Baseman, featuring Ben Baseman – a freedom fighter who fought in the woods of Poland for over three years during World War II. Ben Baseman survived the mass murders that took place in […]
Gary Baseman: The Door Is Always Open – at the Skirball Cultural Center starting April 25, 2013
On April 25, the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles will be premiering the career survey exhibition of artist, illustrator and toy designer Gary Baseman. Titled GARY BASEMAN: THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN, this first major museum survey of the artist’s life and work features paintings, photographs, toys, sketchbooks, and videos. The gallery setting will […]
GARY BASEMANʼS NIGHTMARES OF HALLOWEENS PAST
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GARY BASEMANʼS NIGHTMARES OF HALLOWEENS PAST PRESENTED BY KK GALLERY Opening Party: October 20th 7PM – 10PM Showcase runs: Until November 24th This Halloween, vintage hauntings and creepy DIY costumes come to KK Gallery with a very special show from one of LAʼs most prolific artists. Gary Baseman opens up his vault and showcases for […]
Something Blue Screening
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:30pm Skirball Cultural Center Magnin Auditorium 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 6:30pm Reception; cash bar & snacks 7:30pm Screening, Something Blue 9:00pm More cash bar, schmoozing $5 suggested donation at the door RSVP (requested but not required) by sending an email here Exit I-405 (from north […]
CARmageddon Less than Six Days Away — How to Survive
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There’s really on two options to surviving CARmageddon, which is the closure of a 10 mile stretch of the 405 freeway, one of the nations busiest freeways. If you have to drive across that valley to the Santa Monica area during the closure, find a way out of it, or stay on that side of […]
Twiistup 8 Feb 9-10, 2011 Skirball Center
Twiistup 8 includes a full one and a half day program with top notch speakers, top notch startups, and a great crowd. Approx 300 people have registered as of Feb 7, 2011. Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049 The Twiistup 8 agenda begins Wednesday evening February 9th 2011 at Skirball […]
Will We Ever Conquer Cancer? Siddhartha Mukherjee
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011, 8:00 PM Will We Ever Conquer Cancer? Siddhartha Mukherjee From a Persian queen’s brutal mastectomy in the fifth century BC to the 19th century recipients of primitive chemotherapy, humans have long tried to beat cancer. But even as we routed other scourges like cholera and tuberculosis, launched ambitious public health campaigns, […]
Skirball Home Sweet Home Performance
This morning we saw Gayle Anderson reporting live from Skirball. KTLA’s Gayle Anderson reported live from the gallery this morning. Click on the link below to view the three segments that aired during the Morning Show, plus a pre-recorded piece that was broadcast at 1pm. Additional segments will be shown tonight during the 6pm and […]
JEWS ON VINYL coming to Skirball
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2010 Media Contacts: Katie Klapper, (323) 874-9667, katie@katieklapper.com Karen Ahn, (310) 440-4544, communications@skirball.org Self-Guided Press Preview: Tuesday, May 11, 6:00–8:00 p.m. Press attendees may attend the curators’ talk at 8:00 p.m. (details on p. 3) RSVP required: (323) 874-9667, katie@katieklapper.com, communications@skirball.org Skirball Cultural Center presents exhibition bringing American Jewish pop […]
MAKING FACES Playful Portraits of People You Know by Hanoch Piven
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Skirball Cultural Center presents MAKING FACES Playful Portraits of People You Know by Hanoch Piven March 10–July 18, 2010 Free admission Israeli artist makes witty caricatures from everyday objects Left: Albert Einstein, published in The Atlantic Monthly, 1998; light bulb, cables, gears, and gouache on paper. Right: Madonna. published in Ma’ariv, Israel, 2008; Hamsa, toy nun, […]