Opinion
What It’s Really Like to Work at the California Arts Council
I and other arts program specialists found it to be a space that causes fear of retaliation, targeting and silencing, and where leadership lacks accountability.
California
Art
Los Angeles: A Year in Review in Art and Culture
These are the stories that left their mark on me during 2020, for better or worse.
Art
A Surreal Portrait of Solitude and Isolation During 2020
Running like a red thread through Marcel Alcalá’s paintings and ceramics is a quiet foreboding, winding along the ocean floor of the subconscious.
Art
Uncanny Paintings Tell a Story of This Year’s Unease
Lauren Satlowski’s paintings reflect the angst and solitude of the present moment, while thankfully leaving out any mention of face masks.
Film
Meet Some of Electronic Music’s Female Pioneers
"Sisters With Transistors," a documentary from Lisa Rovner and narrated by Laurie Anderson, delves into a fascinating history.
Art
Six Artists on “Making Art During a Year Unlike Any Other”
Peter Williams, Laura Krifka, and others talk about the art they’ve made these past few months, now on view at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
Books
Reynaldo Rivera's Photographs of a Los Angeles That No Longer Exists
In the 1980s and ’90s, Rivera photographed drag performers in Latinx gay bars, house parties in pre-gentrified Echo Park, and performers like Sade, Vaginal Davis, and Chaka Khan.
Announcement
UC Davis’s MFA in Design Program Welcomes Prospective Students to a Virtual Open House
On Friday, December 18, discover the interdisciplinary research-based graduate program at the University of California, Davis. The priority deadline to apply is January 5, 2021.
Art
A Prison Abolitionist Ceramics Studio Is Helping Change People’s Lives
The People’s Pottery Project is becoming a structure of support for formerly incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary individuals.
News
LA County Department of Arts and Culture Awards $12 Million in Relief Grants
The nonprofits, many smaller in size, are now saying they can finally “focus on work.”
Art
A Goodbye to the Uncomfortable Holiday Work Party
Alex Prager’s “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” at LACMA captures the awkwardness that ensues when a room full of intoxicated, mostly white people get together during the holidays.
News
The Most Popular Art on the Getty Website in 2020
“Getty Wrapped 2020” — made in the style of Spotify's “Wrapped” lists — offers insight into the most popular search terms for art lovers this year.