Art
Mark Bradford Maps the Suffering of Bodies
LOS ANGELES — Visitors to Scorched Earth, Mark Bradford’s exhibition at the Hammer Museum, are greeted in the lobby by a map that shows the US population infected with AIDS by state.
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News
USC MFA Class of 2015 Presents University Administration with Petition to Remove Dean Muhl
LOS ANGELES — Earlier this week, the USC Roski MFA class of 2015 submitted their petition to the University of Southern California (USC) administration calling for the removal of Dean Erica Muhl.
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Graduating MFA Class of USC’s Roski School Demand Dean’s Removal
LOS ANGELES — The ongoing saga of the #USC7 and the beleaguered Roski MFA program at the University of Southern California (USC) entered its latest chapter today when the graduating class of 2015 released a letter calling for Dean Erica Muhl's removal.
In Brief
Four Public Art Projects from LA to Albany Get Grants of Up to $1M
On Tuesday Bloomberg Philanthropies named Gary, Indiana, Los Angeles, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the New York cities of Albany, Schenectady, and Troy as the recipients of its inaugural Public Art Challenge grants.
News
USC7 Respond to Roski School Dean as Faculty Weigh In
LOS ANGELES — The seven first-year MFA students who dropped out of the University of Southern California's Roski School of Art and Design have issued a statement in response to last week's letter from Dean Erica Muhlo, rejecting her offer of a two-year leave of absence.
Art
A Visual History of Society's Monsters
From medical deformities to military enemies, the impulse to turn the unknown and threatening into mythical monsters has endured for centuries.
Art
New LA Parking Signs Are Good Design
Last week, the first of 100 signs that are part of an initiative to rethink parking was installed in Los Angeles by Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Art
When Consumer Goods Blossom into Otherworldly Fungi
LOS ANGELES — Benjamin Lord's grossly delectable photographs, on view in his exhibition The New Retail Mycology at Monte Vista Projects, invite viewers to closely consider the social construction of a landscape.
Art
An Artist Turns Surveillance into Affection
LOS ANGELES — Artist Jennifer Moon is not the first or the last to experiment with self-surveillance, documenting selfies of her every moment for anyone and no one.
Interview
Looking for Actors and Authenticity on Craigslist
LOS ANGELES — Sometimes the best scenes and characters come to writers and performance artists through improvisation.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the 2015 LA Art Book Fair
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair opens on Thursday, January 29, at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
Art
The Teddy Bears and Soda Cans of Clare Graham
LOS ANGELES — The term "craft," especially in the context of the art world, is tricky. Who decides what's art and what's craft, and is there a hierarchy between the two? Happily, an exhibition sometimes comes along to further blur the line, as is the case with Clare Graham & MorYork: The Answer is Y