Art
A History of Protest Photography That Plays It Too Safe
A photography exhibition at the Getty bears witness to activism but lacks the space to do it justice.
Los Angeles
Art
Hopeful and Aware: MFA Work From CalArts and UC Irvine
The inescapability of the pandemic infiltrates each gesture and concern of the recent MFAs.
Art
Kiki Kogelnik, a Pop Artist With a Feminist Bent
Though created nearly 60 years ago, her artworks feel exuberantly contemporary.
Art
Yoshitomo Nara Captures Children in All Their Rage and Wonder
In Nara’s paintings, children stand in as angry innocents raging against an oppressive world of adults.
Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for August 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month.
Los Angeles
Jennifer Packer Portrays Friends Through the Haze of Memory
Packer processes the horror of 2020 into elegiac mood studies that wrestle with exhaustion, fear, and longing.
Art
The Feminist Power of Beauty
Beauty remains an uncomfortable territory for many contemporary artists, which makes the boldness of Sarah Ann Weber’s aesthetics all the more compelling.
Art
Sculptures in Showers, Paintings Above Toilets: Moments From the Felix Art Fair
Hosted at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the fair mostly focused on local LA galleries this year, and that’s a good thing.
Art
Funny, Generous, and Honest: MFA Work From UC Riverside and USC Roski
A roundup of work by graduating MFA students this summer.
Art
Kandis Williams’s Flourishing Black Feminist Vision
Williams, who just won the Made in LA award, readdresses harms wrought by capitalism, colonialism, and anti-Black rhetoric.
Books
Catherine Opie on Her First Monograph, “a Map of My Mind”
For Opie, photographing is about “understanding what it is to be inclusive.”
News
Innovative Curatorial Projects in Prints and Drawings
From Betye Saar’s travel journals to early paper silhouettes, projects and exhibitions promise to be fascinating.