DeSantis, Seminole Tribe hammer out gambling deal Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe are set to sign off on a sweeping gambling deal that would bring sports betting to Florida and rake at least $2.5 billion into state coffers over the next five years, according to sources in the […]
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How a Compton artist’s lost prison painting found its way to the Hammer Museum
Fulton Leroy Washington, a.k.a. Mr. Wash, in his Compton apartment and painting studio with a Kobe Bryant portrait he made. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Fulton Leroy Washington knows, all too well, the rules around making art in prison, those strict regulations for inmates working in the well-guarded hobby […]
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Hammer Museum, Huntington Library and a COVID waiting game
The late French-Moroccan artist Nicola L’s 1969 sculptural installation “La Chambre en Fourrure” (The Fur Room), slathered in royal purple faux-fur and studded with pockets, has been re-created inside the Hammer Museum for this year’s “Made in L.A.” biennial. Before COVID-19, viewers were meant to slide their faces and arms […]
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‘Made in L.A.’ at Hammer Museum, Huntington Library: A review
As I drove over to the UCLA Hammer Museum in Westwood to see the latest iteration of its biennial exhibition, the radio news broadcast a litany of awfulness. Coronavirus infections across the country had broken a record, with nearly 120,000 new cases in one day. The president of the United […]