Peter Sellars, Margo Leavin Honored at SMMoA’s 25th Anniversary PreCognito Gala; Bill Viola, John Baldessari Do the Honors     Is there another museum in the world, other than the Santa Monica Museum of Art, that would consider serving guests dinner at a $1,200-a-plate event on...

The MOCA Gala 2011: Lab Coats, Revolving Heads and Live Nude Girls   Never mind that the invitation to the Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual fundraiser specified “Festive Attire.” Guests covered their gowns, suits and cocktail frocks in lab coats most of the night. Before...

More “MOCA Louis Vuitton Art Talk” – Top Artist, Super Setting     This year’s third and last of the “MOCA Louis Vuitton Art Talks” took place Oct. 16 at museum director Jeffrey Deitch’s historic home, originally built in 1929 by a railroad tycoon and later...

Pacific Standard Time Events Bring Out Actors, Artists, Collectors and Others Who would have guessed that more than 60 arts institutions and 70 commercial galleries in Southern California could team up for anything? Yet “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,” which is just...