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.
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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.
Art
The Italian Gallery Brokering an International Market for North Korean Art
Much of the art that leaves North Korea travels to a small village outside Tuscany, where Pier Luigi Cecioni runs his gallery.
Art
A Video Game Takes You Cross-Country into the Origins of American Folklore
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a game of gathering and sharing stories, which grow and change in the telling.
Art
Textile Art Threads Through a Showcase of Southern California MFA Grads
The annual SoCal MFA show brings together graduating MFA students from all over Southern California, and this year's exhibition is full of fiber art.
Art
Issues of Intimacy, Distance, and Disavowal in Writing About Deana Lawson’s Work
The story of this essay, its rejection by the artist and her gallery, and by Aperture and Frieze raise critical questions about the relationship between living artists and critical mechanisms for evaluating their work.
Announcement
The Mayapple Center Presents “The Art of Protest,” an Art Activism Workshop
This one-day workshop on June 16 previews a ten-day residential workshop on art as political resistance planned for June 2019 at Sarah Lawrence College.
Film
Cute Cartoon Animals Cope with Office Drudgery in Aggretsuko
The new Netflix series, based on characters developed by Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, subverts the fantastical expectations of most anime narratives.