"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

Back from European art-cation! Venice and Athens: two cities, two biennials, two postcards  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/18/09

Whitney adjunct curator Shamim Momin is now offically a Los Angeleno, but her influence is international with her new Pop Up Gallery Project.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/10/09

This year for the first time the Arsenale at the Venice Biennale opened the space secreted behind the sculpture garden  to five artists for installation.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/09/09

Responding to the incredible dearth of edible lunch in Venice, and in support of a top-secret forthcoming photo shoot, Interview threw an afternoon picnic.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/08/09

Elmgreen & Dragsets "The Collectors" is the most talked about pavilion leading up to Venice. Here we discuss how collecting, more than ever, raises eyebrows.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 05/28/09

Perched in his fortress of solitude high above the streets of Manhattan, Lucas Samaras has created a remarkable new body of work—and, in fact, an entire lifestyle—in self-imposed seclusion, driven in large part by the endless exploration of the one thing he can never escape: himself. As he prepares to represent his native Greece in this year’s Venice Biennale, the notoriously reclusive artist opens up about his new work, old ways, and why, despite the clamor of the critics, he’s still master of his domain.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/26/09