Art Review
Carmen Argote’s Maximalist Homage to Garment Workers
The artist makes each article of clothing in her current exhibition from the same sewing pattern, but they all have their own personalities.
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Art Review
How Takako Yamaguchi Subverts the Seascape
The Los Angeles artist practices what she calls “abstraction in reverse,” starting from basic shapes to construct landscapes.
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Skirball Cultural Center Presents Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston
This exhibition shares Guston and Hancock’s work in dialogue for the first time, exploring the role that artists play in the pursuit of social justice.
News
California School Shutters Exhibition After Altering "Political" Art
Pepperdine University abruptly closed the show as at least a dozen artists asked to withdraw in protest of what they called an act of censorship.
Art Review
Sister Corita Kent Found the Sacred in the Profane
An installation of the artist’s never-before-seen photographs accumulates meaning through association rather than argument.
Features
Five Artists Share Their Work in This Year’s Made in LA Biennial
Ahead of the opening at the Hammer Museum, Hyperallergic spoke to participants whose practices embrace the show’s threads of history and dissonance.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October
Radical nun Corita Kent’s photos, Ofelia Esparza’s transformative Día de los Muertos altars, Cameron Harvey’s biomorphic abstraction, Suchitra Mattai’s syncretic storytelling, and more.
News
UC Irvine Takes Over Orange County Museum of Art
The merger will combine both institutions’ holdings to establish a collection of over 9,000 artworks.
News
Artists Are Projecting Satirical Anti-Trump Images Around LA
From Jesus being arrested by ICE to Trump eating the Epstein files, an anonymous art collective’s “guerrilla projections” use humor as a form of protest.
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Superchief, Beloved LA Arts Hub, Fights to Stay Open
A longtime cornerstone of underground art and photography is thinking outside the white cube to stay afloat amid financial challenges.
News
LA Louver to Close Gallery Space and Shift Into Private Model
The Los Angeles gallery’s vast archive will be donated to the Huntington library.
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Street Vendor Beloved by LA Art World Abducted by ICE
Advocates are rallying support for Jorge Cruz, a green card holder who sells frutas, elotes, and more at venues like Frieze LA and the Hammer Museum.