Opinion
Asian-American Art Is Plagued by Generational Amnesia
Many members of the current generation do not recognize or even know about past efforts to create visibility for Asian-American artists.
Los Angeles
News
Yong Soon Min, Intrepid Korean-American Artist, Dies at 70
As a self-proclaimed “Cold War baby,” Min navigated the shifting political climate of post-war Korea and plumbed the Asian-American diasporic experience.
Art
The Pristine and Sensuous World of John McCracken
While most Minimalists sought to eliminate expressive potential, McCracken’s sculptures do quite the opposite.
News
After Fires Tore Through Their Studios, Artists Find Resilience
LA artist Malado Francine is just beginning to make sense of the loss after a blaze consumed decades of work — and she is far from the only one.
Art
Paintings That Capture the Full Force of Nature
There’s nothing still in Melinda Braathen’s still lifes, which are lush and alive, growing, pulsing, vibrating.
News
LA Protesters Block Traffic, Chanting “No Oscars During Genocide”
More than 1,000 organizers, artists, and film workers gathered to protest what they see as Hollywood's silence and complicity with the Israeli government.
Art
The Artist Using Mushrooms to Address LA’s Poor Air Quality
Alice Könitz conducts art experiments with mycelium in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
News
At the Getty, Adam and Eve Come Back to Life
After a three-year-long restoration project, Lucas the Elder’s iconic 16th-century panels are back on view at the Los Angeles museum.
Art
River Garza Shows Us What a True Land Acknowledgment Looks Like
The artist’s “landscape” paintings juxtapose imagery from Tongva culture with the architecture that was built over it, asserting an ongoing Indigenous presence.
News
Protesters Call Out Art World's Silence on Gaza at Frieze LA Fair
Organizers pointed to Frieze partner Deutsche Bank's financial ties to Israel and urged fairgoers to speak up.
Performance
Glass House Is a Dance of Drama and Domesticity
Performers carried one another the way we shoulder our friends, lovers, and family: sometimes dragging them, sometimes exalting them.
Art
Dispatches From Inside (and Outside) Frieze LA
Take-home bags of dirt and worms, a “Rat Race” on a soccer field, and other surprises broke with the business-as-usual vibe of this year’s fair.