Art
Museum Puts Jackson Pollock Conservation Process on Public Display
The conservator of Pollock's "Number 1, 1949" shares the challenges he will face when conserving the artwork in the Museum of Contemporary Art's galleries.
Los Angeles
Art
Andrea Fraser Considers the Role of Artists and Institutions in the Rise of Right-Wing Populism
Eschewing the divisive polarization that has characterized much contemporary political discourse, Fraser examines the role that left-leaning artists and institutions may have played.
Comics
When It Rains in LA
Something special happens when it rains in LA.
Art
Commemorating the 1968 East LA Walkouts with Films, Art, and More
On the 50th anniversary of the walkouts, the Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA has organized a two-day conference to commemorate this seminal event.
Art
An Artist Carefully Catalogues His Late Mother's Possessions
Nick Flessa lays bare the possessions of his mother for the world to see, as they become both an index of her life story and her son’s grief.
Art
An Evening of Experimental Films Focused on the Black Experience
Black Radical Imagination aims to expand the boundaries that have historically limited people of color in cinema.
Comics
My Local Dive Bar's Weekly Sketch Party
There's a place in Los Angeles I go to meditate.
Art
Historical Markers for an Artist's Fictional, Parallel Universe
Eames Demetrios documents his elaborate parallel universe, Kcymaerxthaere, which currently has 133 historical markers in 27 countries across six continents.
Art
Artists Build a Lush Landscape Where Diversity Takes Root
In this lush setting where water lilies grow, multiple races, sexualities, classes, and desires can coexist.
Art
The Hollywood Directors Who Filmed the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps
George Stevens, John Ford, and Samuel Fuller, best known for their work in Hollywood, all documented the Allied liberation at the end of the war.
Art
Years After Controversial Sale, Artworks from Japanese Internment Camps Go on View
The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles acquired the items that are now on display in an exhibition that underscores the tragic context of their making.
Art
The History and Future of Feminist Resistance in Art
At the College Art Association conference, artists, curators, and writers will talk about contemporary forms of feminist resistance and their historical precedents.