Open House – Bennett Bean, “Be Careful What You Fall In Love With”

Ceramicist, designer, painter – Bennett Bean is a quintessential polymath. Best known for his treatment of ceramic vessels post-firing, he works in a range of mediums including stone, precious metals, wool and silk weaving, and painting. On April 4, 2017 Rago Arts and Auction Center hosted an open house with the ever charming and laugh-out-loud […]

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Bennett Bean

Artist Bennett Bean on life, luck, pots, rugs, and Buddhism. In 1970, he left the New York art world for rural Johnsonburg, New Jersey. He'd had solo exhibits, sold a sculpture to the Whitney Museum, yet found himself being drawn in another direction. We visited his studio and got a look at how he creates

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Beatrice Wood Remembers: Dada, Duchamp. Love & Tango

A Conversation with Beatrice Wood Directed and written by Steven Watson Director of photography Peter d’Agostino Edited by Giuliano Ciabatta Thanks to The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts Morex Arai Garth Clark Paul Franklin Anthony Johns Kevin Wallace Dana Martin Sarwar Mushtaq Paul Kasmin Robert Watson Hailey Wojcik Special thanks to Francis M. Naumann

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Santa Monica Update 363 – Beatrice Wood – Santa Monica CityTV

Yana Kay visits the Santa Monica Museum of Art where renowned artist, Beatrice Wood's ceramics are currently being exhibited. Santa Monica's only TV news program is aired daily on CityTV. With news, events, sports coverage, calendar and interviews, Santa Monica Update is your best local TV resource for what's happening in Santa Monica!

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Beatrice Wood: Her Art and Her Friends, India and Ojai by Susan Ginsberg

In 1962, Beatrice Wood had an exhibition of about 80 ceramic objects in 14 cities throughout India. She represented the United States government in a cultural exchange through the All India Handicrafts organization. Her art — ceramics and drawings — can be whimsical, but are primarily elegant with metallic glazes reminiscent of Persian pottery of

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