Restaurants are restorative, perhaps, for those eating, but they can also be grueling places of labor that tax workers’ bodies.
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The Other Art Fair Is a Collegial Affair
Cast-bronze “tortillas” and miniatures painted using a handmade cat-hair brush shine in the LA edition of the fair where artists manage their own booths.
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SWANA Women Artists Deserve Better
The exhibition Women Defining Women at LACMA suffers from poorly defined parameters and a weak understanding of its own premise.
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California African American Museum Remains Closed After Flood Damage
Tropical Storm Hilary forced the LA museum to close just weeks after it had reopened following a $5 million upgrade.
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Staying Close to the Land With Plein Air Painting
A new show of plein air painting in California offers a compelling take on our relationship to land and what it means to spend time trying to understand the outdoors.
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Does Nobody Walk in LA?
Fiona Connor’s “Continuous Sidewalk” tells the story of a city where many people walk every day as part of their lives, livelihoods, and just for a casual stroll.
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Floral Arrangements Enter the Art Gallery in Los Angeles
As Canary Test’s owners interacted with their green-thumbed neighbors, they observed that the artistry behind floral arrangement was not unlike sculpture.
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The Artist Working to Reclaim the LA River’s Water
Through adaptive reuse, environmental artist Lauren Bon is diverting water from the river and distributing it to the Los Angeles State Historic Park.
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Celebrating Five Decades of LA’s Self Help Graphics & Art Center
A series of exhibitions offers historical perspectives on the still-active LA organization’s cultural and social resonance.
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10 Art Shows to See in LA This September
This month, Teresa Baker mixes paint and artificial turf, John Waters takes on the Academy Museum, Steve McQueen’s newest film installation, and more.
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Keith Haring Saw the Future in His Art
To sit with Haring’s expansive artworks is to travel back in time and understand that the world of the 1980s is not so far from today’s.
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Slavs and Tatars Look to the Heavens for Knowledge
Knowledge and literacy in their many forms are at the heart of a small but rich show by the art collective.
