Opinion
How Does the LA Scene Measure Up (Literally) with NYC?
You know the tired old cliche about LA sprawl? It appears to be true about the city's art world.
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The Soundscape of LA Via GPS
LOS ANGELES — For LA's drivers, the city passes by in a blur, a city protected by glass and one's own soundtrack. Every experienced Angeleno has a driving mix, a series of podcasts, and, of course, favorite radio stations, to keep them occupied while scooting (or crawling) around town. LA is often a
Opinion
Ends Today: A Kickstarter to Tell LA's Creative Stories
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles, like New York, is a city of migrants. You move to LA in search of something. For many people, that's Hollywood or the music business; for others, it's the city's growing art scene. In makeshift studios and homes across the city, artists and creatives are working hard to ma
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Talking Tech: A Report from the College Art Association Conference
LOS ANGELES — It's just been the first two days at the College Art Association conference, and people are talking tech. Or maybe I'm just attending the tech-oriented panels. The first panel I sat on spoke on internationalizing the practice of art history. Immediately, it felt like the voice of God w
Opinion
A Dizzying City of the Future Now
Chris Burden's frenetic installation at LACMA "refers specifically to Los Angeles … of the future" but it's more reminiscent of fast-growing megacities, like Chongqing and Dubai.
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Los Angeles Performance Art: Now and Then
LOS ANGELES — October marked the beginning of the Pacific Standard Time onslaught, a collaboration between 60 institutions to commemorate and celebrate the birth of the Los Angeles art scene from 1945 to 1980. LA Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) is among a host of venues invested in translating the p
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Art Activism Takes Root at #OccupyLA
LOS ANGELES — Four days into #OccupyLA, a small community is growing near the steps of Los Angeles City Hall, where protesters have set up camp. The site contains first aid and media tents as well as stages for performers and speakers. In the afternoon, some protesters screenprinted clothing while o
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The Debut of LA's Fountain Art Fair
LOS ANGELES — The stretch of Imperial Street which leads to Lot 613 is prefaced by a series of murals by street artist ROA. Feathered and furry creatures drawn in spray paint serve as handy guideposts to the warehouse venue, where, over the past weekend, the Fountain Art Fair hosted works by emergin
Announcement
Fountain Art Fair Los Angeles Kicks Off This Weekend
Los Angelenos and visitors to the West Coast are in for a treat this weekend. Fountain Art Fair rolls into LA for the first time from September 2 to October 3 with an exciting line-up of emerging artists and art spaces.
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KAWS's "Chaotic Frenzy of Shattered Form" in LA
LOS ANGELES – The inside of Honor Fraser, the Los Angeles gallery now showing artist and designer KAWS’s new solo exhibition Hold the Line, must feel far away from the New York City bus stops and phone booths of the late 1990s.
Opinion
Rediscovering Ed Kienholz's "Five Car Stud"
Like the Memorial Day holiday weekend with which it bookends the summer, Labor Day is an opportunity for hard-working Americans to kick back, pop open a couple of beers and reflect upon what makes the good ol' U. S. of A. so great. Which is why the opening of the new installation of Edward Kienholz'
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Street Artist Gets Jilted by LA MoCA, Bombs Bathroom
Becca Midwood, a downtown LA street artist working since the mid-1990s, got pulled from LA Museum of Contemporary Art's Art in the Streets exhibition due to a “last minute curatorial choice.” Becca gets her work in the museum anyway, though, with a wheatpaste in the museum's bathroom. Check out this