JAMES GOLDSTEIN’S HAT COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES, CA

CHARLES RAY @ MATTHEW MARKS, LA

BRICE MARDEN @ MATTHEW MARKS, LA
“Ru-Wear”
The legendary Ru ware is the rarest of all ancient Chinese pottery. Considered amongst the finest ceramics ever made, only 79 complete pieces have survived. Marden saw an exhibition of Ru ware in Taipei in 2007, where he traveled after his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York. When he returned home, he began work on this painting, trying to paint from memory the colors of the 11th century glazes, once described as “the color of the sky after rain”.
ALEX ISRAEL x RICK RUBIN » AS IT LAYS

JONAS WOOD » DAVID KORDANSKY GALLERY, LA

URS FISCHER @ GAGOSIAN, LA
[On opening his new gallery in LA]
Q: A lot of people from the art world in New York are surprised to discover how shallow the collecting base in L.A. really is. Will you still be selling primarily to East Coast and European clients?
Matthew Marks: …So I’m not under any illusions, but on the other hand I think that if you show really good work consistently, there is the possibility that you will be educating people and a market could be developed.
GIA COPPOLA » OPENING CEREMONY