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VICTORIA DAILEY

Victoria Dailey is a writer, curator and antiquarian bookseller. She lives in Los Angeles. 
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The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States

The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States

Victoria Dailey looks back at Oscar Wilde’s wild ride through the United States in the early 1880s.

Pavement Nymphs and Roadside Flowers: Prostitutes in Paris After the Revolution

Pavement Nymphs and Roadside Flowers: Prostitutes in Paris After the Revolution

C’est peut-être un goût pervers, mais j’aime la prostitution et pour elle-même,&

A Pear, a Bear, and Some Hair: Caricature and Freedom of the Press

A Pear, a Bear, and Some Hair: Caricature and Freedom of the Press

Victoria Dailey considers the art of caricature and freedom of the press under Louis Philippe and Donald Trump.

Marie Antoinette’s Desk: The Hammer Biennial: “Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only”

Marie Antoinette’s Desk: The Hammer Biennial: “Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only”

Victoria Dailey on The Hammer Biennial: "Made in L.A."

Descartes, Dick, and the Dog: Pierre Huyghe at LACMA

Descartes, Dick, and the Dog: Pierre Huyghe at LACMA

Farrago of banality.

Piety and Perversity: The Palms of Los Angeles

Piety and Perversity: The Palms of Los Angeles

A comprehensive look at the history — and the myth — of Los Angeles’s most potent symbol.

Two Devils in the City of Angels

Two Devils in the City of Angels

The following article is from the new LARB Quarterly Journal: Winter 2014 issue. The Journal is now available in bookstores and 

Levitated Mass Hysteria: Michael Heizer's LACMA Installation

Levitated Mass Hysteria: Michael Heizer's LACMA Installation

Every age has its peculiar folly — some scheme, project, or phantasy into which it plunges, spurred on either by the love

Where Everything's Thermal: A Conversation with Leonard Koren

Where Everything's Thermal: A Conversation with Leonard Koren

LEONARD KOREN WAS THE FOUNDER and creative director of WET Magazine, which was published in Venice, California from 1976 to 1981.

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