Victoria Dailey

Victoria Dailey is a writer, curator and antiquarian bookseller. She lives in Los Angeles.

Articles

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....
Victoria DaileyFeb 8, 2020
- Art
- History
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, indépendamment de ce qu’il y a en dessous. — Flaubert [1] Some years ago I acquired a ...
Victoria DaileyMar 1, 2019
- Translation
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....
Victoria DaileyAug 21, 2017
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."...
Victoria DaileyAug 3, 2016
- Art
- Cultural Studies
Descartes, Dick, and the Dog: Pierre Huyghe at LACMA
Farrago of banality....
Victoria DaileyDec 28, 2014
- Art
Piety and Perversity: The Palms of Los Angeles
A comprehensive look at the history — and the myth — of Los Angeles’s most potent symbol....
Victoria DaileyJul 14, 2014
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 at Amazon.com, Indiebound and B&N.com, and is also a premium via the LARB Membership Program. “Ah, ...
Victoria DaileyMar 9, 2014
Levitated Mass Hysteria: Michael Heizer's LACMA Installation
On Michael Heizer's large-scale LACMA installation...
Victoria DaileyFeb 15, 2013
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. Its unusual subject matter — gourmet bathing as well as other esoteric topics — combined with its distinctive layout and ...
Victoria DaileyMay 25, 2012