Noah Davis, at the Underground Museum, Los Angeles Reviewed by Ricky Amadour Directly across from the entrance, an opening statement to Noah Davis, at the Underground Museum, reads “many of the paintings you are about to see were painted in this space.” Smudges, dribbles, and droplets on the floor embody…

by C von Hassett “Entering the Mind,” by C von Hassett, has been published. If you are a meditator and are particularly interested in Dzogchen practice, “Entering the Mind” takes you into its mind-altering, heart-opening, life-changing terrains, where you learn to recognize your own mind in its natural state, then…

by C von Hassett In his new book, Entering the Mind, C von Hassett takes us luminously into the life-affirming, heart-awakening, consciousness-altering terrains of mind in its natural state, where he shows us how to recognize it within ourselves, then realize it through holistic, wholly committed practice. “EtM is a…

by C von Hassett “Entering the Mind,” by C von Hassett, has been published. If you are a meditator and are particularly interested in Dzogchen practice, “Entering the Mind” takes you into its mind-altering, heart-opening, life-changing terrains, where you learn to recognize your own mind in its natural state, then…

The Third Door: Occult Works of Ray Robinson, at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magic (through 15 January) by Christopher Ian Lutz The persecution of the witch is a war of the hours. The Inquisition that charged women with witchcraft was not just about controlling women’s bodies — it…

at the Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles (through 5 February 2022) Reviewed by Johanna Drucker What is the difference between a wall label and a work of art? The unrelenting didacticism that prevails in current gallery and museum exhibits of contemporary art makes it seem that many curators and…

by C von Hassett Space defines who we are as much as it defines the totality of our existence. As an actual physical body, the corporeal self, we are more space than matter, infinitely more, though from the conceptual perspective this would be a tough argument to sell. The truth…

at Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles (through 20 March 2021) Reviewed by Nancy Kay Turner Simphiwe Ndzube’s engaging exhibit, entitled Like the Snake that Fed the Chameleon at Nicodim Gallery, is a visual and aural treat composed of paintings, sculptures and two installations, all bathed in a soundscape created by the…

by Lisa Zeiger “All I can see is the frame.” –Robert Mitchum in Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past The art of Shirin Neshat is the pure, clear pool at the heart of a Persian garden. On its surface play fountains of poetry and music, films and visions. In its…