News
California Faces Culture Crisis as Studies Show Art Workers Could Leave the State
Last year, 175,000 jobs were lost in the California creative economy, with almost 110,000 of those in LA County.
California
Art
How Music Steered the Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
The online documentary series "Time Decorated" argues that Basquiat was the connection between the bebop and hip-hop worlds.
News
Judy Chicago Desert X Artwork on Hold Following Claims of Environmental Concerns
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens withdrew from its partnership with Desert X to host Chicago's smoke-based artwork after a local journalist said it could endanger animals.
Art
Devendra Banhart Exchanges Breath and Rhythm for Pencil and Ink
Banhart’s first solo show in Los Angeles is at turns intimate and grandiose.
Film
How a Legendary Boxing Arena Became a Lens for Los Angeles
"18th and Grand" chronicles the history of the world-renowned venue, beginning with its unveiling for the 1932 Olympics and early history in segregated Los Angeles.
News
Palm Springs Takes a Stance Against Desert X Biennial's Partnership With Saudi Arabia
The Palm Springs City Council worried that sponsorship would be read as implicit approval of the biennial’s partnership with Saudi Arabia.
Art
A Miniature Painting Sale From Artists of the American West
Expect paintings of trout streams and sun-drenched deserts in the 24th edition of "Masters of the American West."
Art
The Getty Revisits Ancient Palmyra, but the Modern City Is Mostly Invisible
Life in Palmyra did not stop in the third century but has gone on more or less continuously at the site for the 1,700 years since.
Film
“Looking for Hope and Clinging to Hope”: Short Films for Our Times
The Asian Art Museum shares with Hyperallergic some of the short films featured in its forthcoming exhibition "After Hope: Videos of Resistance."
Art
Six Black Artists Test the Limits of Portraiture
"The Black Index" at UC Irvine pursues knottier narratives of self-representation.
Film
Filmmakers Team Up With SF Public Defenders to Broadcast Stories of Injustice
Defender, which launched online this week, tells the stories that get buried in the news.
Art
A Healing Sound Walk Through LA’s Griffith Park
The music, composed by Ellen Reid, is inspired by “the shapes of the paths” and “evokes the massive sky and the challenging terrain.”