Art
Bagels, Burgers, and the Branding of Bushwick
Taking cash from McDonald’s to send artists to Europe to paint billboards, then leveraging those billboards to market the brand seems like a win to a businessman, less so to the artists.
Gentrification
News
LA Artists and Activists Clash at a Political Action Meeting in Boyle Heights
When the Artists' Political Action Network held its first public meeting, it was met by protesters from the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement.
News
Boyle Heights Art Space Closes, Blaming Anti-Gentrification Activists
After months of protests, a Boyle Heights art nonprofit has decided to leave the contested neighborhood that activists say is being gentrified with the help of the art community.
Opinion
How to Draw a (Picket) Line: Activists Protest Event at Boyle Heights Gallery
A meeting of the Artists' Political Action Network failed to take into account its location in a neighborhood that's been mired in gentrification controversy for quite some time.
Art
A DIY Space Is Forced to Close in Denver Amid the Post-Ghost Ship Crackdown
Residents of Rhinoceropolis, a seminal art space and DIY music venue, were kicked out of the warehouse complex last month over "serious fire code violations."
Art
After the Ghost Ship Tragedy, Bay Area Artists Fear Crackdown on DIY Spaces
The deadly fire at the Oakland art space earlier this month has brought intensified scrutiny to live-work warehouse complexes, many of which are illegal or not up to code.
News
Boyle Heights Activists Question LAPD's Hate Crime Charge
After the words “Fuck White Art" were anonymously spray-painted on the roll-up gate of Nicodim Gallery, the LAPD said it would treat the act of vandalism as a hate crime.
Art
Exhibition in Former Hospital Puts Both Art and Gentrification on Display
Human Condition features work by 80 artists spread over three floors of the former Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, which is planned for conversion into condos.
News
Artists and Gallerists Grapple with Ways to Slow Gentrification in Manhattan’s Chinatown
During the panel discussion "Chinatown Is Not For Sale," members of the Chinatown Art Brigade presented an eight-point pledge of resistance for artists and gallery owners.
Art
Considering Community as Art Galleries Help Gentrify Harlem
A new wave of art galleries are starting to move up uptown from Chelsea and lower Manhattan, and it is time to ask serious questions about their impact and what we can do to guarantee Harlem survives culturally.
Art
Gentrification, the Art Gallery Influx, and Other Pressures on Manhattan's Chinatown
The Chinatown Art Brigade is fighting against the displacement of local Asian Americans who are being pushed out by gentrification led by luxury condos, art galleries, and other high-end businesses.
Art
The Alluring Fiction of Los Angeles as a Resurgent Art Center
It had been 10 years since I had lived here and five years since I had last visited, and I was invited back by way of a press tour. The trip reminded me of what I had forgotten.