Art
Films from a Favela Destroyed by the Olympics
On August 10 at Klowden Mann, artist Nancy Popp will screen films about Vila Autódromo, which was demolished to make way for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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Opinion
How to Destroy a Brutalist Masterpiece Without Demolishing It
The newly renovated Orange County Government Center is a special type of building that makes you want to scream.
Art
A Critical Response to Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
On August 10 at the Swiss Institute, Luke Willis Thompson will screen and discuss his film that questions the lack of people of color in Warhol's famous series.
Art
Times Square Phone Booths Call Up Immigrants' Stories
It has been said that we humans live in our contradictions; these speakers prove that.
News
A Project by JR Sets Sail, Literally
A work by the street artist and photographer will serve as the sail of a 60-foot yacht when it races from France to Brazil in November.
Art
A Blind Artist Looks Back at Growing Up in the '90s
In 2014, Manuel Solano lost his eyesight from an HIV-related infection. His new works treat that experience as the generative event for his art.
Books
Imagine If a Victorian Scientist Studied the Plastic Debris in Our Oceans
Mandy Barker's Beyond Drifting features pollution collected recently on the shores of Ireland, but photographed as if under a 19th-century microscope.
Art
Why Edvard Munch Began Painting Portraits of the Soul
An exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art illustrates how, over time, Munch moved away from observational painting toward something more symbolic and emotional.
Books
The Outdated Architecture of Parliaments Around the World
A book by XML is the first to provide a comparative overview of different countries' parliament spaces.
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Vigilantes Posing as City Workers Steal Street Art in Paris
Some 15 tile pieces by the French street artist Invader have been pried off city's walls by two men claiming to be municipal workers.
Art
The Beauty of Bach at Socrates Sculpture Park
On August 9, the park will screen Pere Portabella's The Silence Before Bach, a non-narrative film that celebrates the composer.
Art
A Listening Party for the Songs and Sounds of LA’s Social Upheavals
The California African American Museum is hosting a listening party to explore the role that music has played in Los Angeles, from 1965 to the present.