Although the fires are still burning, we are beginning to understand just how devastating the damage has been to Los Angeles. In the arts and culture community, dozens, if not hundreds, have lost their homes and, in some cases, decades-old works of art. Artists have lost their studios and personal belongings, while art collectors have lost their entire treasures.
Artist catherine andrews, who lost her home, has been actively posting reports on Instagram about fellow artists who have seen their homes or studios go up in flames in various wildfires. In her posts on Friday, she listed the following artists as having lost their homes or studios: Analia Saban, kelly akashi, Daniel Mendel Black, Kate Mosher Hall, prince nekravan, christina quartles, john knuth, Salomon Huerta, Adam Ross, beatrice Cortez, Asher Hartman, Alice Kunitz, Molly Tierney, Marwa Abdel Rahman, sola Bermudez Silverman, mark wallen, jean robison, rebecca barron, rachel sawatsky, grayson Review, camilla taylor, tara Walters, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, and andy occhi, As well as married people Diana Thater and T. Kelly Mason and Jill Spector and Nice Brett. These are just the things Andrews has been able to confirm, adding that she is aware of “a few others however.” [is] Waiting for official confirmation before publishing.”
Coordinator Paul Schimmel He took to Instagram to announce that he lost his home and dealer John Chim I did the same thing. On Friday, co-founder of Blum & Poe Jeff Boo He announced that his Malibu home had been destroyed. Artists Ross Simonini and Alec Egan He said the New York Times They lost their homes and studios – Egan had just completed a full-length show of his work that was scheduled to be shown at Los Angeles gallery Anat Ibji later this month. Artist Paul McCarthy He lost the Altadena house where he had lived for decades, and his merchant daughter mara mccarthy, L said times He will postpone his upcoming show with Hauser & Wirth in London. She also lost her home, as well as her brother. Damon McCarthy.
Artist Ruby Neri And the artist Torbjørn Vivi They lost the home they shared with their daughter. Martin Sims She posted on Instagram that her family home of 40 years was gone. designer alex ross, Previously, half of the Online Ceramics brand lost its home. Artist Ariane Villmeter She lost the house that had been in her family for generations, and which had once been the home of her mother, a famous Los Angeles merchant Susan Villmeter. Altadena Alto Pieta Gallery, founded by the artist brad Eberhard, It burned to the ground. To be sure, there are many artists and other members of the arts community who have lost their homes. The damage is absolutely incalculable at the moment, and will probably remain so for a long time.
Galleries across the city, even those far from the fire sites, are currently closed. Opening receptions scheduled for this weekend, at galleries such as Gagosian, Karma, François Ghibaly, David Kordansky Gallery, and Regine Projects, have been postponed.
However, there is reason for optimism, or at least gratitude. The Getty Villa was surrounded by flames during the worst fire in the Palisades, but the J. Paul Getty Fund — which has the largest endowment of any museum on Earth, with about $8 billion in its coffers — said the museum was able to escape with minimal damage and that thousands Of the works of art were safe. Key to its survival was constant thinning through tree removal throughout the year, as the museum knew the fire could come at any moment, and a war room was set up on Tuesday morning to direct the 16 staff on the ground at the villa. The galleries also have double walls, helping to protect the villa’s more than 44,000 artefacts, some of which are Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities dating back to 6,500 BC. When the fires reached the pedestrian gate, fire extinguishers were used to extinguish them within a few minutes. You can He reads Full tick in Los Angeles Times.
