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Heizer's rock is called Levitated Slot Mass, says Govan, unearthing a photograph of it from his very contemporary office. Across the room, artist John Baldessari's photograph of the New York City skyline doubles as a window shade through which to watch cars whizzing along Wilshire. A wall-size photograph displays what looks like the city's iconic Hollywood sign but is a replica created in Palermo, Italy, by conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan...
...UCLA'S Hammer Museum. James Wood, former director of the Art Institute of Chicago, arrived in February as president and CEO of the city's J. Paul Getty Trust. "Young artists no longer think they have to go to New York after they get their degrees," observes artist Baldessari. "For the galleries, it's like shooting fish in a barrel here?there is so much of a talent pool...
...LACMA, he has involved artists wherever possible. Sculptor Jorge Pardo is designing a reinstallation of the museum's pre-Columbian collection, while Govan and senior curator of modern art Stephanie Barron invited artist Baldessari to install last year's René Magritte and Contemporary Art show. Baldessari came up with a ceiling image of intersecting freeways and a carpet of sky and clouds. "Usually artists can't be compensated at market level for their time," observes Barron, "but Michael got Lexus to underwrite the installation. Michael's passion for art is infectious...
...number one rule in art,†Baldessari said, “should be that there are no rules...