Art
William T. Wiley's Wild Art Legacy
Nothing Is to Be Done for William T. Wiley is a roller derby of irreverent and energetic ideas and a serious revelation about Northern California’s art historical significance.
Los Angeles
Art
Collage as a Strategy of Cultural Collision
Troy Montes-Michie cites the US/Mexico border as his “first experience with the language of collage,” describing it as an amalgamation of “two very separate cultures colliding on every level.”
News
Lourdes Grobet, Iconic Mexican Photographer of Lucha Libre, Dies at 81
Her decades-long devotion to the world of wrestling is all the more noteworthy considering that her father forbade her from attending matches as a child, deeming them an inappropriate pastime for women.
News
Claes Oldenburg, Whose Sculptures Transformed the Everyday, Dies at 93
Oldenburg seduced viewers with his iconic, foam-filled “soft sculptures” and massive public artworks that made mundane objects suddenly magical.
Art
The Labor of US Citizenship, One Stitch at a Time
As if making her own census, Han Sifuentes surveys groups of immigrants to reveal the labor, research, and proof needed by an immigrant in order to demonstrate their belonging.
News
LA’s Academy Museum Voluntarily Recognizes Workers’ Union
The announcement comes less than two months after a group of museum employees declared their intention to unionize.
News
The Precarious Lives of Los Angeles Artists
The first Los Angeles Artist Census newspaper juxtaposes data about LA artists’ quality of life — such as earnings, housing, and healthcare — with personal stories and reflections.
Art
Listening to What Latinx Artists Have to Say
Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art at the Vincent Price Art Museum presents a history of Latinx sound practices steeped in resistance.
Art
Pope.L Invites Us to “Enter The Mess” When Things Fall Apart
Whether through expansion or confusion, Pope.L plays with the instability of time and shows how tapping into this instability can unlock creative shifts in thinking.
Opportunities
Getty Foundation Funds 10 Jobs for Emerging Arts Professionals in LA
The Getty Marrow Emerging Professionals pilot program aims to provide full-time job opportunities for members of historically underrepresented groups.
News
One Artist's Scathing Indictment of a Crooked Supreme Court
Hundreds of copies of the LA-based guerrilla poster artist Robbie Conal’s latest work, “Supreme Injustices,” were pasted up from Venice to Los Feliz.
News
One Artist's Scathing Indictment of a Crooked Supreme Court
Hundreds of copies of the LA-based guerrilla poster artist Robbie Conal’s latest work, “Supreme Injustices,” were pasted up from Venice to Los Feliz.