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First Friday Sneak Peek: March 2013
February 28th, 2013
Welcome to Vegas Seven’s version of Preview Thursday, an interactive portal displaying some of the art that will be featured during downtown's First Friday art walk and the real-life Preview Thursday. Read more »
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Local Artist 'Re-shapes' Work for New L.A. Exhibit
David Ryan lays down some laws and finds a new ‘path’ to creations
February 19th, 2013
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Fun with Death
Using 30 Nevada artists, Chris Bauder curates life’s “ultimate” truth
February 12th, 2013
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Steel Yourself for this Bouquet
February 7th, 2013
On January 31, the Wynn unveiled a $33.7 million steel sculpture by celebrity artist Jeff Koons. “Tulips” is a three-ton bouquet of high-gloss, candy-colored flowers, which matches Las Vegas’ perennial style: expensive, famous and seductive in an image-conscious kind of way. Read more »
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Cultural Entrepreneur
Zesty public arts administrator Richard Hooker opens a private gallery Downtown
February 7th, 2013
For 13 years, Richard Thomas Hooker served as senior cultural specialist for the City of Las Vegas. During that time, he played an instrumental and collaborative role in a series of projects that transformed Downtown. He co-chaired the Vegas Valley Book Festival; spearheaded the Aerial Gallery (which stretched along Las Vegas Boulevard); secured the first of historic signs that comprise the Neon Museum Boneyard; wrote a NEA grant that branded the Arts District; and helped develop the city’s involvement in First Friday during its first 10 years. Read more »
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Curatorial Tutorial
A peek inside a gallery director’s job as a major Andy Warhol exhibit opens at Bellagio
February 7th, 2013
Curtained off to tourist foot traffic passing by its doors, the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art is in a rare condition—closed—its newest houseguest not ready for company. Read more »
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First Friday: A Sneak Peek
January 31st, 2013
Click through our gallery to whet your appetite for this Friday's monthly artfest. Read more »
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The New Faces of Fremont
January 31st, 2013
They’d like for you to think of it as a welcome sign for Fremont East. On January 26, Laura Berk and Josh Levine, the organizers of the Inside Out—Las Vegas, installed a mural on 107 Las Vegas Blvd. North. It covers the exterior wall of what was an abandoned 7-Eleven (and is now under construction as part of the Downtown Project). Read more »
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‘Spot’ On
Don’t try to connect Damien Hirst’s dots—the joy is in their inscrutable detachment
January 31st, 2013
Damien Hirst. Every mention of the blockbuster British artist is preceded or followed by a reference to his level of artistic merit (or lack of), his personal ethics (or lack of), his wealth (no lack of), notoriety (no lack of) and the art market conditions of the last several decades that drove fine art prices sky high (of which he was a major beneficiary). Love him or hate him, Hirst is one of the world’s most famous living artists. Read more »
