John Duff transforms concepts of slow movement--such as folding, billowing and twisting--into physical structures that have the authority of something tossed off by nature.
George Geyer's sculptures appear to have the pristine perfection of objects turned out by an assembly line; in fact, these geometric marvels of glass, aluminum, granite, marble and steel are gravity-defying feats of balance and tension.
During his long career, Ken Price has sometimes run amok on ideas, but he has never deviated from a standard of exquisite craftsmanship.
Joe Goode's "Milk Bottle Paintings" caused quite a stir when they were first exhibited locally in 1962, and this mini-retrospective proves that 25 years have done little to diminish their impact.
An assembly of three solo shows devotes primary space to a predictable batch of David Furman's ceramic sculpture that throws most of its energy into trying to make clay look like something it isn't.
British Pop artist Allen Jones hasn't shown his art here in several years, but his fetishistic images of shapely legs and spike heels are firmly fixed in memory.
You stare out the old window with its little square panes onto a summer moon so huge it seems to be right in the back yard.
Bruce Robbins' appeal is both easy and difficult to fathom.
Pence Gallery serves up--a particularly appropriate word here--a dozen or so graphic works from the early '70s by longtime West Coast artist Wayne Thiebaud.
Michele Zalopany's big black-and-white drawings of interiors are rather like old movie stills without the people.
The council reversed a Planning Commission decision and unanimously approved Dr.
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As if everybody weren't already sufficiently unnerved by both art and reality, Leonard Koscianski hypes the jitters with truly scary paintings.
A Santa Monica social organization is asking for state money to fund an innovative program for treating mentally ill people residing on the Westside.
The City Council has voted to deny funding to a neighborhood organization that would have represented the Wilshire Boulevard-Montana Avenue area.
The City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance to reduce the maximum noise limit at the Santa Monica Airport from 100 to 95 decibels.
Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Lawrence Waddington has dismissed a $5-million lawsuit filed
It would be hard to envision Kim Abeles ever running short of ideas.
The City Planning Commission on Monday turned down Dr.