Sex, drugs, and, well, rock and roll wasn’t yet invented when Lizzie Siddal took her place as a Pre-Raphaelite muse. But if there were a Sid and Nancy in Victorian London, it was Lizzie and her rebel painter/poet paramour Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Now, Rossetti didn’t discover her, but he made Lizzie the first supermodel.
Lizzie...
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Two Years Later: an interview with Robert Vargas
By Saskia Vogel
Robert Vargas is gearing up for a solo show at Edgar Varela Fine Arts in April, but he has lost his muse. Miyoko, the octogenarian Japanese “High Priestess of Models,” is AWOL. She was the first figure model he ever drew, back at the LA...
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Wishing for a Christmas miracle so the theater does not close. They talk about the magnificent marionettes, but, oh boy, what an archive of music that man also has! The puppets have to dance to something. And that something makes the American Folk Anthology a little jealous.LA Times article on the possible closure....
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Just because I can’t be there doesn’t mean you should stay away! Thomas Hargis makes incredible photos of cityscapes. I am obsessing over the Los Angeles Theater and the Union Station photos.
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Viva Kiki of Montparnasse!
By Saskia Vogel
“Viva Bedlam” was the name of the show, and viva indeed. As photographer Rick Mendoza says, “I called it that because Bedlam didn’t go anywhere. We’re keeping it alive by doing what we do.” The Bedlam Mendoza speaks of is not so much the eponymous space, but the about...
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From The Produce News: Covering fresh produce around the globe since 1887
Retail demos boost DNE’s Australian citrus program
by Saskia Vogel
CULVER CITY, CA — Australian citrus growers toured 50 major supermarkets in California as part of the annual promotions of the only Australian citrus program in the United States, run for the past 16...
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John Whitney. Permutations.1966.
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Old Wave / New Wave
By Saskia Vogel
At 6th and Spring, Gronk nods towards a gaggle of people who seem to be on a walking tour of the Historic Core. They look like Victorian anthropologists on safari. “There’s that white middle class,” he says, referring to a recent conversation. He had said of the “new”...
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Shirley of Hollywood celebrates six decades
By Saskia Vogel
The fourth generation of Schlobohms is being primed to jump into Shirley of Hollywood’s intimate apparel business. Roy Schlobohm, the son...
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A couple of months ago, I drowned in a cup of camomile tea with two people on a mission to spread the word about how to live eco-fabulous. Their Venice Beach rental eco-cottages were ridiculously wonderful. And lucky me, the Yogi Times featured the article on their website. Read on for great tips...
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