May 2026
To Be a Lover. A Struggling Writer’s Magic Ink - Romance Bestseller the World Craves to Experience.
New art documentary by LAArtTV. part one, part two being filmed, interviewing L.A. writers. Find success.
Finally, in my mind, Magic Ink guides me toward a bestseller.
“A similar painting later appeared at Christie’s, echoing the roman à clef story that surrounded it.”
The fact is that some mega bestsellers are 140 pages or less: The Little Prince, The Metamorphosis, Animal Farm. What role does the amygdala—linked to emotional salience—play in how a book “impinges” on the human brain and potentially becomes a bestseller? Not plot. Not length. Not even writing quality at first contact. Each page of a story creates impact through its core premise—the thing someone can say in one sentence and another person immediately gets and wants. A concept simple enough to spread, but deep enough to promise meaning. Joan Strausman PhD, for laarttv.
In 2025, major European and American publishers encountered a “bidding war over a hot manuscript” for the rights to the new literary star, 20-year-old Swiss writer Nelio Biedermann’s novel Lazar, compared to Thomas Mann’s family epic Buddenbrooks. Circana/Nielsen.
In this charged aura every writer longs to feel, what will be the subject of the one book everyone wants to read? LaArtTV©
Sprüth Magers LA Puts Its Artists on Pedestal for Monumental “10 Years in Los Angeles” Celebration.
Caught in the still life, “the celebrity art crowd.” Hanz Shula AP
World-renowned artists grace the walls of Sprüth Magers Los Angeles. As a visitor, you enter an art encounter your senses instantly devour — the kind of cultural date that stays with you long after the night ends. Two luminous halls frame the spectacle with cinematic light. An unexpected highlight arrives with LaArtTV, offering guests the chance to speak about the art itself.
You, the people’s critic, discover a moment dissolving any fear of public speaking. Your cell phone slips into silence inside your Gucci bag — the signal: do not disturb this magnetic art experience.
The night quietly suggests something else may happen here too — perhaps even meeting someone new. Don’t pretend art romance is not part of the fantasy. Sprüth Magers Los Angeles may have perfected the recipe. On view May 14, – August 8, 2026, at 5900 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036. Also at former Sizzler, 6145 Wilshire Blvd. (film and video installations)
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Art and desire question ©
The tone is literary, simple, and direct, like something important is unfolding in real time. You are in the Louvre, walking through one of the world’s great museums in Paris. You stop in front of Aphrodite—Venus de Milo. It feels as if the statue steps out of stone into life. The idea that perfect art can awaken into flesh becomes real. She invites you to walk with her through Paris, toward Aubade l’Art d’Aimer in the Marais District to shop for lingerie.
Later that evening, you meet your lover, a well-known playwright and artist—a feminist male protagonist who travels from Prague to read from his novel, Will You Take It? at Messy Nessy’s Cabinet Literary Salon, 19 Rue de Bièvre, 75005 Paris, France. There, he unveils your portrait and reads a poem dedicated to you, as if the city, the art, and your image are part of the same living story. You experience tears of joy, a new life journey begins. Will you take it? © by Joanna Strohl for laarttv. 2026, (AEJ. France.)
June 2026
Wide Art Aperture at Leica: Giant Photos Across Life’s Spheres. LaArtTV capture it all and more.
The crowd was upbeat and highly engaged, eager to discuss the exhibition with LaArtTV and exchange thoughts on the striking large-scale photography. Visitors lingered on the balcony over wine and other elixirs, turning the evening into a memorable social experience as much as an art event.
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