Nicholas served as the first Chairman of the Walt Disney Concert Hall Committee, guiding the development of the building. The MoCA Portfolio, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1999-2000. He headed the architectural committee for the development of the MOCA building on Grand Avenue, supervised architect Arata Isozaki and was in charge of the construction project for 5 years. Nicholas hired the architect, Frank Gehry and supervised the design and construction of the building. He located the site for MOCA’s Temporary Contemporary (now The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA) and negotiated a 99-year lease with the City of Los Angeles and MOCA. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles High auction record: US9.8m, Christies, 2019. of the Classic Novel by Jack Kerouac Poster, Gagosian Gallery, London. He was the principal advisor to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Santa Monica Museum. Ed Ruscha: On The Road, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL. He is presently a Trustee of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Frederick R.
Nicholas served the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles as Chairman for Five years, Vice Chairman for 4 years and serves as a Life Trustee.
Ruscha’s casual, laconic snapshot mode underscores the interchangeability of the gas stations as well as their vacant surroundings. His interest in art brought him to the various institutions in the art field. The titles of Edward Ruscha’s photographs of gasoline stations specify their sites along Route 66, between Los Angeles and the artist’s hometown of Oklahoma City. Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artists sale price according to the artwork medium. He collected Rauschenberg, Warhol, Stella, Lichtenstein, and many of the New York School artists as well as Pre-Columbian, African, New Guinea and American Indian Art. Travel Find posters from Europe to Asia and back again. Gain insight into the auction performance of Ruscha Ed. This association permits Ruscha to print and publish his. Nicholas began collecting art in the 1950’s and purchased contemporary and primitive art from dealers and auction houses throughout the country. Whitney Museum of American Art in New York organizes Edward Ruscha: Los Angeles. During his legal career, Nicholas represented numerous artists and art galleries including William Brice, Paul Kantor Gallery, Ernest Raboff Gallery, Margo Leavin Gallery, Frank Perls Gallery, Martin Lowitz Gallery, ACE Gallery, Harry Franklin Gallery and Felix Landau Gallery. Upon graduating from Law School, Nicholas took art courses at UCLA and USC. What little spare time he had was spent at the Chicago Art Institute exploring the art of old and new cultures. Arts Fred Nicholas became engaged in the pursuit of art in 1950 when he was a law student at the University of Chicago.