Art
An Art Festival Inspired by 100 Films About Los Angeles
The two-week performance, video, and music festival features 19 artists and collectives from France and the US and reflects a complex vision of the city.
Los Angeles
Art
The Museum of Failure Lives Up to Its Name
The Museum of Failure presents over 100 flops, bombs, and fiascos of innovation, including cars and boats, food and drink, tech gadgets and sex toys.
In Brief
LACMA’s Pavilion for Japanese Art Abruptly Closes for Renovations
The Pavilion will be closing for renovations starting February 5 for two years, leaving locals with precious little time to explore the special space before a lengthy hiatus.
In Brief
37 Museums in Southern California Will Be Free on January 28
Institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pasadena Museum of California Art, and the Craft & Folk Art Museum are participating in the free admission initiative.
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In Brief
Los Angeles Wildfire Threatens Getty Museum [UPDATED]
The Skirball fire has consumed over 150 acres and is burning "directly across the freeway" from the Getty Museum, according to a spokesperson.
Art
A Gallery in a Truck Fuels Up on Anti-Patriarchal Art
The inaugural exhibition at Gas, a new Los Angeles gallery located in a box truck, offers a range of routes for making anti-fascist art.
Art
Go Behind the Scenes of 9 Museums With These Great Online Web Series
These nine museums are using online video series to take viewers behind the scenes of their collections.
Announcement
Win a Trip to LA to Explore Art and Technology at the Engadget Experience
Win a trip to Los Angeles to experience a one-day-only event that will bring together some of the brightest minds in art, entertainment, and technology.
History
The Histories Erased by a Monument to the Los Angeles Aqueduct
A fountain dedicated to Frank Putnam Flint, the senator who devised the aqueduct supplying LA's water, makes no mention of the human cost of the project.
Art
Friedrich Kunath Plays With Scent, Sense, and Sentiment
Friedrich Kunath's latest exhibition is fragrant with nostalgia, melancholy, and whimsy.
Performance
Black Queer Artists Explore the In-Between
At LA's Main Museum, an evening of multimedia performance including hip-hop, poetry, and readings looked at the intersections between queerness and blackness.
Art
A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Channels the Pain of LA's 1992 Uprising
On Tuesday at the California African American Museum, artist Patrisse Khan-Cullors performed a funerary procession for those lost in the violence 25 years ago, invoking the entire history of systemic violence in the US.