Interview
An Archive Restores and Resurrects Hollywood’s Earliest Indie Films
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is restoring the work of these short-lived, largely forgotten independent studios that operated between the late 1920s and mid-1950s.
Los Angeles
Art
Ahead of Midterm Elections, the Art Community Responds to Zoe Leonard’s “I Want a President”
Participants include artists Edgar Arceneaux and Edgar Heap of Birds, curators Helen Molesworth and Kimberli Meyer, and students from a Prison BA Program at California State Prison, Lancaster.
Film
The Spectacular Power of Movies with Epic Runtimes
Two movies in this year's China Onscreen Biennial stand out, not just for their subject matter or prestige, but for their sheer breadth.
Art
Aria Dean Searches for an “Ontology of Blackness”
In Dean's works, we shuttle between experiences as personally lived and the sweeping generalizations of the media and historical modernism.
Art
A Surreal Halloween at LA’s Oldest Puppet Theater
Before the Bob Baker Marionette Theater closes next month, it is staging a "Hallow's Eve Artists Maze" featuring an array of Angeleno performers.
Comics
Meet “Husa,” a Character Reclaiming Womanhood with Lighthearted Ease
Camilla Engstrom’s recurring character is often found indulging in earthly pleasures while maintaining a sense of wonder.
Art
A David Wojnarowicz Performance from 1989 Is Released on Vinyl
"ITSOFOMO: In The Shadow of Forward Motion" features Wojnarowicz's haunting spoken-word vocals and composer Ben Neill's ambient soundscapes.
Art
Jim Carrey’s Grotesque Caricatures of the Trump Administration
Maccarone Gallery in Los Angeles is exhibiting Carrey's drawings, which are perfectly in line with his well-known style as a physical performer.
Art
Animation’s Artful Experiments, from Surrealism to Oil Painting Aesthetics
The Animation is Film Festival in Hollywood showcases what's exciting about the medium.
Books
Inspired by the Story of a Women’s Sanitarium, a Book Explores Mental Health as a Feminist Issue
The personal essays in this luminous anthology, published by Which Witch LA, pair the interiors of the sanitarium's rooms with the inner lives of women.
Art
Confronting Mass Extinction with Poignant, Intimate Portraits of Animals
Since 2005, Joel Sartore has been taking portraits of every single animal species living in Earth's various zoos and nature preserves.
Art
A Rare Screening of Videos by Trans Artist and Activist Chris E. Vargas
Dirty Looks presents the first-ever West Coast survey of Vargas's early works.