In Conversation
Ed Ruscha
Tom McCarthy
Sunday, April 8, 2018, 2pm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
www.metmuseum.org
Ed Ruscha and Tom McCarthy will discuss the influence the nineteenth-century landscape painter Thomas Cole has had on their careers in conjunction with the exhibition Thomas Cole’s Journey, organized by the Met’s Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture Elizabeth Kornhauser. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.metmuseum.org.
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Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Ed Ruscha has partnered with Avant Arte, an online art marketplace, to create a limited-edition print of his painting Actual Size (1962) on the occasion of ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, a major retrospective of his work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A portion of proceeds from sales will benefit the museum’s future. The print will be available for purchase online at Avant Arte for forty-eight hours beginning at 1pm ET on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The edition size will be determined by the number of orders placed within the timed-release period. Each print is individually numbered and authenticated with a bespoke artist’s stamp.
Ed Ruscha, Actual Size, 2024 © Ed Ruscha
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California Hall of Fame
Ed Ruscha will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame for his service to the arts in a ceremony taking place on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at which he will receive a medal from California Governor Gavin Newsom. Established in 2006 at the California Museum in Sacramento by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver, the award honors legendary Californians who embody the state’s innovative spirit and have made their mark on history across a variety of fields, including the arts, education, business and labor, science, sports, philanthropy, and public service.
Ed Ruscha in his studio, Los Angeles, 2008. Photo: Kate Simon
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On the occasion of Artist Spotlight: Ed Ruscha, join artist Adam McEwen, Gagosian director Bob Monk, and Lisa Turvey, editor of the catalogue raisonné of Ed Ruscha’s works on paper, for an online conversation. The trio will discuss how Ruscha has experimented with the sound, appearance, and sense of language to imbue his works on paper with humor and pathos. To join, register at zoom.us.
Ed Ruscha, CERTAIN FACTS, 2020 © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
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