Cece Karz Art, Los Angeles, CA (2026)

09/14/2023

Opening today at Hauser & Wirth in DTLA, ‘Nonmemory’ takes on the role memory plays in our perception of space and place, in our fantasies and our fears.

Curator Jay Ezra Nayssan brings together six important works by Mike Kelley and a group of seven contemporary artists – Kelly Akashi, Meriem Bennani, Beatriz Cortez, Raúl de Nieves, Olivia Erlanger, Max Hooper Schneider and Lauren Halsey.

The title is inspired by Kelley’s use of the term ‘non-memory,’ a way of representing and reordering memory, space, and identity. Refreshingly, the work by this brilliant group is almost all sculptural - no paintings - which allows more direct interaction with each piece. Loved this show!

Also opening is artist/filmmaker, Harmony Korine’s debut solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth, ‘AGGRESSIVE DR1FTER.’ The new series of acid-hued paintings are inspired by from his film ‘Aggro Dr1ft,’ exploring the relationship between gaming and our wider culture.

The film premiered at multiple film festivals and was shot with thermal-vision cameras, and the paintings are equally cinematic.

1. Raúl de Nieves, “One One Eight Four Five Time Is On My Side,” 2023
2. Lauren Halsey, “dat fuss wuz us,” 2023
3. Mike Kelley, “Mobile Homestead Swag Lamp Edition,” 2010-2013
4. Mike Kelley, “Kandor 16,” 2011, and Beatriz Cortez, “Underworld Meteor,” 2023
5. Mike Kelley, “Memory Ware Flat #16,” 2001
6. Olivia Erlanger, “Act V,” 2023
7. Kelly Akashi, “Cultivator Cavern (Thorned Truss),” 2022 - 2023
8. Harmony Korine, “Zion’s Lament,” 2023
9. Harmony Korine, “Paradeez,” 2023
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08/25/2023

Less than a week away from the start of the US Open, and still time to catch the brilliant work of Honor Titus showcased at Gagosian Beverly Hills through September 1st.

As he eloquently puts it: “The tonality of tennis is so very rich and interests me greatly. The implications of leisure and class draw me in, while, as a player, I know it to be an absolutely maddening endeavor. A well-dressed struggle for victory can be analogous to life itself.”

1. Honor Titus, “Second Serve,” 2023
2. Honor Titus, “Jubilant,” 2023
3. Honor Titus, “Prosperity,” 2023
4. Honor Titus, Advantage In exhibition
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08/21/2023

I ❤️NY! So many galleries were closed, we headed straight to the Met.

Starting at the top, fellow Angeleno, Lauren Halsey brings South Central LA to her site-specific Roof Garden Commission, “the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I).” Visitors can walk through the full-scale architectural structure, which makes the connection between ancient Egypt all the way to modern day tagging.

We needed a timed entry for “Van Gogh’s Cypresses,” packed with people taking selfies with “The Starry Night.” Van Gogh was obsessed with capturing the South of France’s distinctive evergreens, which he famously painted under starry skies or above golden fields of wheat. It was awe-inspiring to see so many of them in person despite the crowds.

Heading downstairs to favorites in contemporary art, Cecily Brown’s mesmerizing paintings merge abstraction and figuration. Brown touches on some of Western art’s most iconic works with her own dynamic exploration of the intertwined themes of still life, symbolic depictions of human vanity and life’s brevity.

1. In front of the famous Met Steps
2. & 3. Lauren Halsey, “the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I)” rooftop installation
4. Vincent Van Gogh, “The Starry Night,” 1889
5. At the Met, Vincent Van Gogh, “Country Road in Provence by Night,” 1890
6. Cecily Brown, “The Adoration of the Lamb,” 2005-6
7. Cecily Brown, “Carnival and Lent,” 2006-8
8. Cecily Brown, “Untitled (Vanity),” 2005
9. Cecily Brown, “Aujourd’hui Rose,” 2005
10. Mike at the rooftop
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07/14/2023

Who says football and art can’t mix?

1. At Dartmouth College, Clement Meadmore, “Perdido,” 1978
2. At Brown University, Tom Friedman, “Circle Dance,” 2010
3. Mike and Dylan!
4. At David Lewis Gallery, Todd Gray, “Portraits Couple,” 2018
5. In front of the Guggenheim Museum!
6. At RISD Museum, Jordan Seaberry, “Hallmarks,” 2018
7. At RISD Museum, Therman Statom, “Untitled (Glass House),” 1986
8. At RISD Museum, Kyra Buenviaje, “Juana Puffer Ensemble,” 2020
9. The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C
10. Dylan!
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05/31/2023

"My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can. Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic." - Keith Haring, 1982

The Broad just opened the first-ever museum exhibition in LA of Keith Haring's iconic body of work.

Starting with his subway drawings and public murals, "Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody" explores his art and life, including work spanning the late-1970s up until 1989, two years before the artist died from AIDS-related illness at age 31.

The quotes from his personal journals in each of the 10 galleries highlight his drive to reach the widest audience possible and affect change.

Haring's vibrant, dynamic linework and world-famous characters endure because they tackle the difficult, pressing issues of his/our time and remain joyful in the process.

1. Keith Haring, “Untitled,” 1982
2. Keith Haring (collaboration with LA II), “Statue of Liberty,” 1982
3. Keith Haring “Untitled,” 1980
4. Keith Haring, “Tree of Life,” 1985
5. Keith Haring, “Untitled,” 1982
6. Keith Haring, Art is for Everybody exhibition at the Broad Museum
7. Keith Haring, “Unfinished Painting,“ 1989
8. Keith Haring, Art is for Everybody exhibition at the Broad Museum
9. Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody exhibition entrance at the Broad Museum
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05/13/2023

No art today, just pride! Congratulations to Max, our USC graduate!

05/04/2023

Amazing visit to the Hammer Museum, which has reopened after a major renovation/expansion.

Entering the lobby and Chiharu Shiota’s otherworldly installation is a showstopper. Shiota’s practice is dedicated to the use of a single, repeated gesture using string. At once celestial, spiritual and just plain magical, it’s an awe-inspiring way to enter the museum.

Next up was “Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection,” the largest exhibition of contemporary art in the museum’s history. The show highlights acquisitions since 2005, the year they began collecting contemporary art.

Leave time for Rita McBride’s “Particles,” the inaugural installation in the Hammer’s newest gallery, which was formerly my bank - the steel vault is still there! The work is made up of high-intensity laser beams that are illuminated by water molecules and fine dust in the air. It’s cinematic and ever-changing as the elements hit the beams of light.

Thanks to the Hammer and their Coffee with a Curator series, an opportunity to support the museum and learn directly from their team of brilliant curators. Their website says “The Hammer Museum at UCLA believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.” I couldn’t agree more.

1. Chiharu Shiota, “The Network,” 2023
2. Christina Quarles, ”Forced Perspective (Look on tha Bright Side),” 2018
3. Eva Hesse, “Untitled,’ 1964
4. Amoako Boafo, “Hudson Burk 1,” 2019
5. Chase Hall, “Paisley and I (Bomber and Batsy),” 2021
6. Brandon Landers, “1 of 1,” 2020 and Patrick Jackson, “Head, Hands and Feet,” 2011
7. Luchita Hurtado, “Untitled,” 1969
8. Rita McBride, Particulates
9. Rita McBride, Particulates
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04/29/2023

I’m a little obsessed with both the figurative and abstract paintings in “I Resemble Everyone but Myself,” Anoushka Mirchandani’s solo exhibition at UTA Artist Space.

The title of the exhibition is an excerpt from late Indian poet AK Ramanujan, which sets the stage for work that conceals and reveals a deeply personal journey.

The Indian-born, San Francisco-based artist’s family history, as well as her personal experiences as an Indian, woman immigrant, are at the core of her work. Moving and beautiful!

1. Anoushka Mirchandani, “Nightbird,” 2023
2. Anoushka Mirchandani, “How Could I Forget You,” 2023
3. Anoushka Mirchandani, “Travelers,” 2023
4. Anoushka Mirchandani, “Mosaic,” 2023
5. Anoushka Mirchandani, “Soft Spot,” 2023
6. Anoushka Mirchandani, “She Sewed All Our Dresses,” 2023
7. Anoushka Mirchandani, “Soft Spot,” 2023, “Second Skin,” 2023 and “Postcards and Promises,” 2023
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04/27/2023

I saw Gajin Fujita’s work for the first time in 2018 at the Beyond The Streets exhibition in LA, where street art met fine art with lines around the block for the run of that blockbuster show.

Fujita’s current exhibition at L.A. Louver is a personal look at his (our) beloved LA since the pandemic began in 2020.

The powerful, beautiful, funny, personal paintings feature the best of his visual language - dragons, graffiti markings, cityscapes, gold leaf - and for the first time, portraits.

Don’t miss the works on paper, which utilize cut-out stencils from scenes in his paintings that are beautiful all on their own.

The gallery is offering a catalogue with a limited edition signed print, just in case you don’t want to walk away empty-handed!

1. Gajin Fujita, “Game of Drones (GOD),” 2022
2. Detail shot of “Game of Drones (GOD),” 2022
3. Gajin Fujita, “Burning Down the House,” 2020
4. Gajin Fujita, “Forget Me Not (Chitose Fujita),” 2023
5. Gajin Fujita, “Omnipotent LA Sky,” 2022
6. Gajin Fujita, “Study for Tommy Lasorda Tribute,” 2023
7. Gajin Fujita, “Study for Mere Mortal (Demon),” 2023
8. Gajin Fujita, “Study for Mere Mortal (Samurai),” 2023
9. Installation view of Gajin Fujita: True Colors
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04/16/2023

On the road in Chicago with the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s (UMMA) director’s acquisition committee. Enormously grateful and excited to be a part of the group. It was a pleasure getting to know the museum leadership team and fellow members, all passionate about bringing art into the museum that will enrich the lives of students in all departments - as well as parents like me!

After the morning meetings, we visited legendary artist McArthur Binion’s studio

Creating the best work of his long career, Binion’s deeply personal abstract grids are made using oil stick, ink, and graphite over a layer of tiled images that are copies of his own photos, documents and jazz compositions. He even uses his old address book with the names of his NY contemporaries - Flavin, Marden, Whitten and Basquiat among them. Binion is paying it forward with a new residency in Detroit to give other artists of color a chance at the recognition that eluded him for so long. Check out for a look at Binion’s work.

Last but not least, I made it to Expo Chicago, the city’s leading contemporary art fair. I definitely got my steps in seeing the best of over 170 galleries from around the world. Some highlights here.

1. With UMMA at McArthur Binion’s studio
2. At Richard Gray Gallery, Jaume Plensa, “Where are you?,” 2022 and “Forgotten Dreams,” 2020
3. Another view of Jaume Plensa, “Where are you?,” 2022 and “Forgotten Dreams,” 2020
4. At Expo Chicago, Lan Tuazon, “Assorted Drives, Shared in Pink,” 2023 and “Assorted Drives, Flash in Blue,” 2023
5. At Expo Chicago, Marcos Acosta, “Rejected Signal IV,” 2022
6. At Expo Chicago, Daisy Patton, “Untitled (Color Fade Sisters with a Tree Fork and Pink Grass),” 2023
7. At Expo Chicago, Mario Moore, “Birth of the Cool,” 2023
8. At Expo Chicago, Lauren Quin,”Bow,” 2023
9. At Expo Chicago, Kate Barbee, “Anonymous,” 2023
10. At Expo Chicago, Raffi Kalenderian, “Isis,” 2023
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04/07/2023

Our college road trip ended on a high note with final stops in Washington, D.C. and New York! Between tours and football we managed to see some extraordinary sights - and the best art, always!

1. In front of the National Gallery of Art
2. At the National Gallery, Andy Warhol, “A Boy for Meg,” 1962
3. At the National Gallery, Robert Longo, “The Whale (United States Capitol,” 2012-2013
4. In front of Georgetown University
5. Dylan in front of the Washington Monument
6. At 125 Newbury, Donald Judd, “Untitled,” 1993
7. At the Whitney Museum of American Art
8. At the Whitney, Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, “Untitled (Valora tu mentira americana) (Untitled [Value Your American Lie]),” 2018
9. At the Whitney, Gamaliel Rodríguez, “Collapsed Soul,” 2020-21
10. At Columbia University, Clement Meadmore, “Curl,” 1968
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