NOW ON VIEW
- Sunday Studio
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Spend some time in a spotlight tour of Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective to explore some of the artist's painting techniques and processes. Then, join guest artist Michael Pisaro for painting with sounds, a hands-on workshop inspired by the exhibition.
09.05.10
MOCA GRAND AVENUE
- The Crisis of Arshile Gorky
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In conjunction with Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, Kim Theriault, author of the critical study Rethinking Arshile Gorky and associate professor of art history, theory, and criticism at Dominican University, will discuss Arshile Gorky, the Armenian Genocide, and crisis of identity in the artist and his work. Theriault is one of the first scholars to connect Gorky's traumatic past with his abstract work.
09.12.10
MOCA GRAND AVENUE,
AHMANSON AUDITORIUM
- Iranian Modern and Contemporary Art Today
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Moderated by MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch, this discussion panel will include Dina Nasser-Khadivi, an expert on the development of the market; Mohammed Afkhami, a key collector based in New York, Dubai, and London; Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller, whose New York gallery specializes in artists from the Middle East; and Shirley Elghanian, founder of Magic of Persia, a non-profit that has developed a significant Contemporary Iranian Art Prize for young emerging artists.
09.23.10
MOCA GRAND AVENUE,
AHMANSON AUDITORIUM
