"Venice, California and Venice, Italy are a long ways apart—philosophically and every other way—and I just wanted to show a bit of appreciation and that we're not all backwoods people here," says the hilarious L.A.-based painter Billy Al Bengston about the gondolas he's going to paint for the group show "Venice in Venice."  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 05/19/11

Rirkrit Tiravanija and gallerist Tim Nye were great sports at the opening of the artist's most recent show, which featured a shiny ping-pong table, a legend of the paddle, and an audience of cranked necks.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/29/09