Film
A Premature Celebration of the Ascension of Black Artists
Black Art, HBO's documentary on Black visual artists, unwittingly demonstrates what a community gives up when it strives toward the mainstream.
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Art
The Penetrating Heat of De Por Vida
At Company Gallery, a meditative exhibition dedicated to queer desire invites viewers to sit with tension.
News
1,500+ Call for Museum President’s Removal After Job Posting Cites “Core, White Art Audience”
An offensive job description seeking a new director for the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields drew ire from artists, IMA patrons, and former and current museum workers.
News
Turkey Targets Osman Kavala’s Arts Organization in Unprecedented Lawsuit
Turkey’s Trade Ministry filed a lawsuit demanding the dissolution of Anadolu Kültür, an institution founded by Kavala in 2002.
Film
Restored Short Films by and About Djibril Diop Mambéty, a Giant of African Cinema
Metrograph is streaming two shorts by the Senegalese director, as well as Laurence Gavron's documentary about his process.
Announcement
The Skirball Cultural Center Spotlights Ai Weiwei This Spring
Get ready for the LA debut of Ai Weiwei: Trace with virtual talks, gallery tours, on-demand films, and a rare speaking engagement with the artist-activist on February 21.
News
$38.5 Million Has Been Allocated to LA Arts Recovery
The new Getty fund is a massive effort to preserve jobs and retain the cultural capital of LA’s creative workforce.
Books
Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair Is Back, Sans the Long Lines
With its first-ever virtual edition, the fan favorite offers a robust slate of exhibitors, performances, and a conference on contemporary artists’ books.
News
Guggenheim Signs Contract With Union After a Year of Tense Negotiations
The three-year collective bargaining agreement represents the museum’s art handlers and facilities staff: 22 full-time employees and 145 on-call staff.
Art
Angel Otero’s Exquisite Domestic Interiors
In The Fortune of Having Been There, Otero’s paintings seduce us with the whole as well as their individual parts.
Announcement
Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair for 2021 Celebrates Artists' Books and Art Publishing
From February 25 to 28, PMVABF will showcase over 400 exhibitors from 43 countries, with online programs, performances, games, and more. The February 24 opening is free with registration.
Art
In Knausgaard’s Essays on Art, No Thought Goes Unexamined
In the author’s latest book "In the Land of the Cyclops," I want to see what Knausgaard sees, even when I’m overwhelmed by it or disagree.