Feature
The Artist Sculpting World Cup History Out of Gum Wrappers
Lyndon Barrois's “sportraits” depict political protest, the fight for equal rights, and soccer's most iconic moments, some of which FIFA would rather forget.
Los Angeles
Art Review
John Giorno Put Poetry on the Line
In iconic works like his "Dial-a-Poem," the artist offered a moment of sustained attention, a sense of relation, a novel perspective.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This July
Marc Kreisel’s secret art practice, Gwyneth Bulawsky’s queer and trans landscapes, Barbara Carrasco’s lifelong muralism, and more.
Features
My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum
Refik Anadol’s Dataland is a whirling, glaring, hyper-stimulating audio-visual-olfactory voyage that has more in common with Disneyland.
Guide
15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Summer
A romp through early punk culture, Odilon Redon’s dreamy portraiture, Willie Birch’s papier-mâché odes to New Orleans, Samella Lewis’s visions in woodcut, and more.
Feature
Unofficial Iraqi Pavilion Pops Up in Venice, but Not That One
Ali Eyal and David Horvitz satirize America’s oil war in an installation at a Chevron gas station on Venice Boulevard.
Feature
The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler
Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.
Art Review
Haegue Yang’s Constellations for a Divided Korea
The artist’s play on light and shadow transforms Venetian blinds into haunting reflections on exile, borders, and the longing for reunification.
Art Review
Todd Gray Reframes Black Diasporic History
His installations of layered photos drawn from an expansive Black heritage entice viewers to keep looking, find connections, and ask questions.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Keith Mayerson
“I wanted to rip the mask off the signifier and just deal with the signified,” said the cartoonist-turned-painter who depicts a cosmology of American identity and activism.
Features
Getting Messy in the Archive at LA’s Art Book Fair
This year’s edition of the annual Printed Matter show unearths and remixes historical media, collapsing time and giving the past new relevance.
Obituary
Steven Durland, Champion of Performance Art, Dies at 75
A longtime editor of High Performance magazine in Los Angeles, Durland maintained his own practice while advocating for the art form.