Art
Isamu Noguchi’s Creative Friendship With Saburo Hasegawa
By all accounts the two had an intense friendship, and together they created a new modern aesthetic.
California
Announcement
CalArts' Creative Writing MFA Program Is Seeking Applications for Fall 2020
The two-year master’s degree is designed for writers who want to push beyond traditional boundaries and discover new modes of expression through language.
Art
10 Eye-Popping and Provocative Art Books to Check Out Right Now
The Acid-Free Art Book Market brought forth booksellers in tune with the cultural and sociopolitical zeitgeist, offering books on detention center architecture, monographs in translation, and new underground periodicals written by people living in the margins.
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.