Art
A Painter Illustrates the Charm and Tragedy of the American Dream
Esther Pearl Watson's personal paintings depict the life and adventures of a family rich in dreams but perpetually strapped for cash.
Los Angeles
Art
How Our Conversations Around Mixed-Race Identity Have Evolved in the 21st Century
A project illustrates how the explosion of the internet has allowed for a more involved, varied, and purposeful construction of one's identity.
Art
Rick Bartow, the Native American Vietnam Veteran Who Confronted Loss Through Art
The Autry Museum surveys the four-decade career of Bartow, who discovered the restorative and transformative powers of art making.
Art
Black Panther Icon Emory Douglas Speaks About His Art and Legacy
A rare opportunity to see and hear from an artist whose early work retains its power and immediacy 50 years on.
Comics
LA Buildings that Are Shaped Like Other Things
Here are a few of my favorite buildings from LA's golden age of programmatic architecture in the 1920s.
Comics
An Ode to a Museum That Is Closing
I like to complain about museums. It leaves some people wondering why I go to them so often.
News
We Got to Visit the Exclusive LA Mural that Only “Verified Influencers” Can Photograph
A kind security guard monitors the entrance to the influencer-only social media shrine, which has drawn plenty of outrage.
Art
From the Gardens to the Galleries, the Getty Comes Alive with Sound and Dance
Friday Flights kick off with a group of works that respond to and animate the Getty's architecture and landscape.
Art
How Native American Artists Are Reframing the Ways They're Represented
Will Wilson, among other Native American artists, has sought to reclaim a sense of agency through his two bodies of work.
Comics
A Mind-Blowing Visit to a Velvet Painting Museum
I'm not sure if my favorite part of the Velveteria was the art or the owner.
Art
Coping with Loss and Sorrow through Experimental Theater
Dolores is inspired by a sword swallower and Our Lady of Sorrows, the figure of the Virgin Mary with seven swords piercing her heart.
Art
Curator Helen Molesworth Welcomes the “Death Rattle of Our Colonial Past” in Commencement Address
Molesworth gave a passionate commencement address at the University of California, Los Angeles, in which she railed against white supremacy and "outmoded forms of thought."