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“Trailblazer,” “a gentle giant,” “witty,” “a fountain of creativity,” these are some of the words from around the web, describing the late artist John Baldessari, who died at the age of 88, on Jan. 2.  As one of CalArts’ founding...

A Brief History of John Baldessari originally screened at LACMA’s first Art + Film Gala in 2011. Narrated by Tom Waits, the short film introduces audiences to the giant of conceptual art.  

As we approach the new year and prepare to usher in a new decade, take a look at the most popular 24700 posts of 2019.  CalArtians are among the artists selected for The Whitney Biennial, held May 17-Sept. 22 in New York. | Image: Ed Lederman School of Art CalArtians Among Artists Selected for...

A memorial exhibition of the photography of Denise “Dee” Williams (Art MFA 02) will be held from Friday, Dec. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 29 at as-is.la, a contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles. Williams passed from cancer on Christmas Day 2018 at the age of 57. A year later, a memorial exhibition of...

Artist and writer Ariane Roesch (Art MFA 11) relates her personal and meditative tale of home ownership in her debut publication How to Build: a House, a Life, a Future (Atmen Press). How to Build narrates Roesch’s adventures in building a home with her now-husband Zachary Miano in Houston. Over...

Beginning this month, New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art presents Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950 – 2019. This exhibition engages with the materials, methods and strategies of craft. From the description on the Whitney website: Beginning in the 1950s—at a time when many artists...