Performance
A Sci-Fi Opera’s Cosmic Quest for Belonging
STAR CHOIR presents opera singers, an orchestra, and a story set in a galactic tomorrow that hold various skin tones and earthly ethnicities.
Los Angeles
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall
Betye Saar, Barbara T. Smith, Teddy Sandoval, emerging talents, and much more.
Art
Christian Rogers’s Cruising Paradise
The artist’s solo exhibition Heaven on Earth is a fluorescent floral feast for the eyes.
News
Academy Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract
The news came just as the Hollywood screenwriters’ guild reached a strike-ending deal with studios.
Art
The Poetry of Place in Teresa Baker’s Art
Baker’s art exudes the deep and spiritual connection to nature that she has gained from her Mandan/Hidatsa family.
News
The "LA Fingers" Symbol Gets a Tribute in Bronze
The gesture popularized by Estevan Oriol’s iconic 1995 photo inspired two sculptures by Glenn Kaino to be installed on either end of the new 6th Street bridge.
News
$1.5M Buddha Statue Stolen From LA Gallery
The 250-pound bronze sculpture was taken from Barakat Gallery’s outdoor space in West Hollywood.
Art
Erica G. Peralta Looks at Restaurants From the Inside Out
Restaurants are restorative, perhaps, for those eating, but they can also be grueling places of labor that tax workers’ bodies.
Art
The Other Art Fair Is a Collegial Affair
Cast-bronze “tortillas” and miniatures painted using a handmade cat-hair brush shine in the LA edition of the fair where artists manage their own booths.
Art
SWANA Women Artists Deserve Better
The exhibition Women Defining Women at LACMA suffers from poorly defined parameters and a weak understanding of its own premise.
News
California African American Museum Remains Closed After Flood Damage
Tropical Storm Hilary forced the LA museum to close just weeks after it had reopened following a $5 million upgrade.
Art
Staying Close to the Land With Plein Air Painting
A new show of plein air painting in California offers a compelling take on our relationship to land and what it means to spend time trying to understand the outdoors.