Art
After the Election, US Museums Affirm Their Roles as Safe, Open Spaces
The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tenement Museum, and Japanese American National Museum are among those speaking out.
Japanese American National Museum
Interview
A Conversation with Curator Eric Nakamura on the Fourth Giant Robot Biennale
LOS ANGELES — While museum biennials can generally feel like lofty affairs, the Giant Robot Biennale 4 at the Japanese American National Museum takes a more populist approach to its roster of visual artists and illustrators, presenting sketchbooks and zines as well as paintings and sculptures.
Art
Who Are the Rightful Owners of Artifacts of Oppression?
Imagine this: boxes of family photos, wood carvings, landscape paintings, handmade jewelry, and other items being put up for auction.
Art
Celebrating Supercute: Hello Kitty Gets a Retrospective
LOS ANGELES — The retrospective: it's standard fare in the museum world, a survey of an artist's work over some stretch of her career. In Los Angeles, however, I'm not sure if there's such a thing as "standard fare."
Art
The Human Face of a WWII Tragedy, in Full Color
LOS ANGELES — In August 1942, thousands of Japanese Americans from Los Angeles began their lives as prisoners on a wide stretch of prairie in northwestern Wyoming.