California

Interview

Meet LA’s Art Community: Alison Saar on Her Harriet Tubman Monument and Finding Inspiration

A new interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.

In Brief

Vincent van Goat Helps Save the Reagan Presidential Library From Wildfire

Nibbles, Selena Goatmez, and Vincent van Goat were among the 500 animals that helped clear scrub surrounding the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library before the recent California wildfires broke out.

Announcement

Mills College Art Museum Presents In Plain Sight and Invites Deep Looking

This exhibition presents new work by Kathryn Andrews, castaneda/reiman, Dario Robleto, and Weston Teruya. On view through December 8, 2019.

Art

What It Means to Talk About the Food Deserts of LA

Projects in the Current:LA Food triennial point to the fact that the city funding the event has often contributed to food injustice through its unequal distribution of resources.

Announcement

Japan House Los Angeles Presents "Japan Cuts Hollywood"

This three-day festival celebrates contemporary Japanese cinema, taking place November 1-3, 2019.

Art

Free Events at Downtown LA Museums, From Voice Lessons to Film Screenings

This Saturday, a bevy of events, exhibitions, and performances will be free and open to the public as part of the fifth annual Grand Ave Arts: All Access.

Art

Artist-Led Community Meals Mostly Reject the Stuffiness of Art Dinners

Los Angeles’s city-funded triennial, Current:LA Food, has been hosting community meals that are open to the public throughout the city, though the events are still dominated by art world figures.

Announcement

Laguna Art Museum Presents Yorgo Alexopoulos’s 360° Azimuth, November 7–January 5, 2020

360° Azimuth is the seventh commissioned work of art for Art & Nature, a multidisciplinary exploration of art’s engagement with the natural world.

Interview

Meet LA's Art Community: Helen Molesworth Still Buys Postcards and Loves Seeing Art Alone

A new interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.

Art

New LA Museum Spotlights Hollywood Costumes, From Dracula Cape to Spider Woman Dress

Ahead of its opening, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is highlighting one major aspect of its holdings: costume design.

Announcement

Artist and Researcher Dr. Pinar Yoldas Discusses her Experience at UCLA Design Media Arts

The UCLA Design Media Arts MFA is a rigorous environment for critical thinking and art-making in the context of media and technology. Apply by January 9, 2020.

Art

Visions of California That Don't Begin or End at the Border Wall

The MexiCali Biennial highlights the legacies of colonization along the US and Mexico border.