Art
A Bright New Grocery Store, Made Entirely of Recycled Plastic
In Robin Frohardt’s immersive installation, the cereal rattles like it’s filled with bottle caps and the water bottles are filled with dirty, cloudy liquid.
California
Art
“It Makes One Speechless”: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans
Dana King’s sculptures surround a plinth in San Francisco that formerly held a statue of Francis Scott Key, an anti-abolitionist.
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UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance Presents Robin Frohardt's The Plastic Bag Store
Designed to take place in a retail storefront, this public art installation addresses our culture of consumption and convenience through humor, puppetry, and craft.
News
Owner of California's "Flintstone House" Settles Lawsuit Over Dinosaur Sculptures
“We’re in the United States, they can’t tell you to get rid of a dinosaur,” the owner's attorney said in 2019.
Art
Why Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s 1783 Portrait of a Mother Nursing Broke New Ground
When Labille-Guiard exhibited the portrait at the Paris Salon, it was the only woman in the series. And she was breastfeeding.
Art
A Playful, but Critical, Tribute to Los Angeles
Umar Rashid creates an alternate timeline that shows Black and Indigenous people defeating colonizers.
Art
The Sky’s the Limit as 50 Museums Join to Stream Yoko Ono-inspired Cloud Gazing
“TV to See the Sky,” streaming for 24 hours, marks this year’s summer solstice.
Film
The Extraordinary Story of Corita Kent, the “Pop Art Nun”
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of KCET Artbound's short film "Corita Kent: The Pop Art Nun."
Art
In California, a Legacy of Political Protest Through Graphic Design Lives On
Grassroots social movements in California in the 1960s and '70s led to a flourishing of graphic innovation that lives on to this day.
Art
California Continues to Rewrite the Rules of Design
Artists and designers in the state found their voices by breaking from modernist traditions and embracing the light, color, and playful attitude of the West Coast.
Art
The Hand-Painted Signs and Murals of Latinx LA
Sign painters and muralists have helped create the visual language of Los Angeles.
Art
A Tour Through Design and Social Activism in LA, From 1960s to Today
From the socially progressive prints of Sister Corita to the first major gay publication in the US.