News

The Pit Gallery Responds to Outcry Over Its “Glendale Biennial,” Vowing to "Do Better"

But authors of an open letter criticized the gallery's response, concluding: "the boycott stands."

Art

Chatting Soutine, Still Life Painting, and Bravura Brushstrokes

The Jewish Museum hosts a conversation about Soutine's gestural painting and still lifes, moderated by Hyperallergic's John Yau.

Art

How Artists Can Support Small Businesses

A conversation at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space proposes "concrete, day-to-day actions" for artists and institutions to take.

Interview

A Veteran of the New York School on Mixing Abstract Art and Antiques in Her Gallery

Iconic gallerist Anita Shapolsky talks with contemporary painter, Denise Carvalho, about what makes a good exhibition.

Film

The Film Studio that Perfected Cheap Horror Movies in the 1950s

A two-part series at the Quad Cinema chronicles the cheaply made and formally rich horror movies that the UK's Hammer Films began producing in the 1950s.

Announcement

Line & Color: The Nature of Ellsworth Kelly, On View at the Norton Simon Museum

Ellsworth Kelly’s striking work in lithography from the mid-1960s is presented along with two monumental paintings from the Museum’s collection. Through October 29, 2018.

Art

The Mexicali Biennial Honors Calafia, the Mythical Female Warrior

Often depicted as the spirit of California, the warrior queen epitomizes the state's idyllic nature before the European conquest.

Art

Kiki Smith Takes Over the Eldridge Street Synagogue with 50 Artworks

After collaborating on the starry window that presides over the Museum at Eldridge Street, Kiki Smith returns with a site-specific installation of sculptural work.

Film

Agnès Varda's Utopian Musical Homage to Feminism from the 1970s

One Sings, the Other Doesn't, Varda's precious and poignant feminist musical from 1977 has been restored.

Opinion

An Open Letter to the Pit Gallery About Its “Glendale Biennial” and the Communities It Erases

More than 50 members of the Glendale art community and their supporters are calling for a boycott of the Pit.

Art

Resolutely Political LA Artists Focus on the Body in the City's Latest Biennial

The body is at the center of much of the work in Made in LA, and overwhelmingly, that body is brown and black, female, queer, and indigenous.

Art

The Art of Creating Replicas of Ice Age Cave Paintings

The idea that art is an expression valued for originality is put to the test with the study and replication of caves painted during the Pleistocene.