Art
An Illustrated Timeline of Chinese Immigration to the US Illuminates a History of Xenophobia
Tessa Hulls traces out the racist foundations that still haunt us in a timeline stretching back to the 1500s.
California
Announcement
Maya Stovall Opens Under New Ownership at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
Under New Ownership will be on view from March 29 to May 5 with a newly commissioned performance by artist and anthropologist Maya Stovall on May 3.
Announcement
CalArts Welcomes Elizabeth Povinelli and Saidiya Hartman as 2020 and 2021 Theorist in Residence
Anthropologist and Critical Theorist Elizabeth Povinelli will be the 2020 Theorist in Residence for the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program and Literary Scholar and Cultural Historian Saidiya Hartman for 2021.
Art
Allen Ruppersberg, a Conceptual Artist in Love with the Physical World
Ruppersberg, who has lived between Los Angeles and New York since the 1960s, pushes the ordinary toward the extraordinary in wildly divergent works.
Art
The Various Artists Who Have Helped Shape a Vital Los Angeles DIY Space
Coaxial Arts Foundation is celebrating a four-year anniversary by inviting its artists-in-residence from over the years to perform.
Art
Formerly Incarcerated Japanese Americans Organize a Protest Against Family Separation at the Border
Satsuki Ina, who contributed familial artifacts to an exhibition on the detention of Japanese Americans, is also organizing a memorial and protest with 60 former incarcerees.
Art
Artists in LA Lead a Public Procession for Migration and Inclusivity
Rejecting divisive fear and alienation, members of the South West Asian and North African diaspora will highlight the radical power of communal visibility.
Announcement
Printed Matter Presents the 2019 LA Art Book Fair, April 12–14
The fair is among the leading international gatherings for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating the full breadth of the art publishing community.
Art
Hilarious Plays and Ceramics Spun on Wheels at the Santa Monica Art Walk
On Saturday, crowds packed the airplane hangars converted into studios to see the works of artists who opened their spaces for the day.
Art
When Vija Celmins Holds the Shifting World Still
Celmins's images of oceans and galaxies are powerfully personal and intimate, even if they are mysteriously deserted and distant.
News
Faced with Rising Tuition, CalArts Students Are Working to Raise Money
Student organizers closed out the annual CalArts REDCAT Gala by asking for contributions from deep-pocketed donors.
Film
A Rare Opportunity to See a Movie Written by Jean-Paul Sartre
Rarely seen and essentially inaccessible to those based in the US, 1947's Les jeux sont faits is getting a not-to-be-missed screening in Los Angeles.