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Art Critic Christopher Knight Retires From LA Times
The Pulitzer-winning journalist said he'll keep writing, but the "daily journalism thing is done.”
Christopher Knight
Podcast
Christopher Knight: The Critic Whose Love for LA Uplifted Its Arts Community
The veteran art critic has played a formidable role in helping to shape the world’s perception of contemporary art in Los Angeles.
Art
What the Art World Is Cooking
This week, art critic Christopher Knight makes sweet pepper nachos, Hyperallergic editor Dessane Lopez Cassell shares her watermelon poke bowls, and more.
Art
The Art That Hangs Above LA's Daily Commuters
As a problem of engineering, design, and aesthetics, commissioning art for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority was a gamble.
Opinion
The Broad Museum Is Unveiled and It Looks Like a …
LOS ANGELES — When the designs for the Broad Museum were originally announced four years ago, the reaction was generally positive. Now, they're more mixed.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Damien Hirst's global spot challenge, TJ Clark on Leonardo, Cairo's art scene, Green & Knight on PST, de Kooning conversation, Queer theory, vandalism as art criticism, imagining a drunk gay Jenny Holzer twitterfeed and an Abby Road spoof.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week is a grab bag of reviews, video clips, profiles and historic finds.
Opinion
Required Reading
Jeff Koons's art collection, thoughts on LA MOCA's questionable art history, Invader in Paris, a tour of the Calatrava building in Milwaukee, something fishy about Warhol, iPhone photography and corporate culture and the US government … all on this week's Required Reading.
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Smithsonian Regents Board Report Waffles on Controversy; Clough Won't Go [UPDATED]
The Smithsonian Board of Regents met on January 31st with Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough to discuss the fallout from the recent censorship scandal at the National Portrait Gallery. In its released report, the Board fails to make a strong statement against the censorship but suggests several w
Opinion
Required Reading
This edition of Required Reading has a heavy dose of California and some very critical texts. Jon Jackson says goodbye to LA with billboards — Mike Kelley shows in LA after 8 years — Donald Kuspit tears apart John Baldessari — Paddy Johnson gives Brad Troemel the thumbs down — House Republicans hate
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As Protests Take Place in LA, a Smithsonian Secretary Clough Update [UPDATED]
Today is the day that Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough is going to face the press in Los Angeles to answer questions related to the Wojnarowicz censorship case. I'm sure there will be lots of news from the event, particularly since LA Raw will be protesting [http://hyperallergic.com/17125/la-raw-p
Opinion
What Does SCOTUS Nominee Elena Kagan Have Against Art?
Kagan can appreciate opera but not visual art? Let's hope that's not true, because as MJ Andersen blogs, “A discerning eye does more than keep a judge well-rounded. It keeps her responsive to what she beholds, and to all that resists interpretation.”