Art Review
Wally Hedrick Protested War With Sex
The countercultural San Francisco artist specialized in antiwar art and the transcendent potential of sex in the era of flower power.
Los Angeles
News
Judy Baca Denies Misusing $5M Grant for Iconic LA Mural
The LA Times reported that 10 employees accused the activist and artist of using funds from a Mellon Foundation grant for personal benefit.
Guide
Your Guide to Fairs and Shows This LA Frieze Week
In true Angeleno fashion, a slew of local exhibitions and art events act as a counterbalance to this year’s eight fairs — or more, depending on how you define them.
Features
Artists' Calendar Celebrates LA’s Everyday Landmarks
For 40 years, Nib Geebles and Abira Ali have chronicled the unspoken, day-to-day minutiae of their hometown in their beloved calendar.
Opinion
LA’s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost
Artist-run spaces represent the heart of Los Angeles’s art scene, yet most people still see the city’s identity as tied to the market — one that’s increasingly influenced by the East Coast.
Features
Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's “Ponyo”
A new exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles conveys the film’s whimsy and wonder through interactive elements.
Art Review
The Importance of Making “Degenerate” Art
Here, the term is reclaimed not as an insult but as an ethical position: art that refuses neutrality, civility, or institutional comfort.
News
Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89
His experimental photo-sculptures and inventive portraits of artists like Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha pushed the boundaries of photography.
Art Review
Amanda Ross-Ho Finds Herself in Her Parents' Art
The artist's current show is a moving reflection on the ways our identities are inexorably entangled with our relationships and surroundings.
Guide
15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring
Arshile Gorky’s road trip with Isamu Noguchi, Steve Arnold’s queer baroque aesthetics, Chicano photography, photography in the Black Arts Movement, and more.
Features
Here’s Why the LA Art Show Is Worth Your While
A debut Latin American Pavilion, a video art display, and a mini-retrospective of biennials underscore this fair’s cultural and political relevance.
Art Review
Mapping a Feminist Cosmos
Without didacticism, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra makes visible the connection between the exploitation of the natural world and the subordination of women.