News
Nearly 80 Galleries in LA Organize a City-Wide Weekend Celebration
The weekend events feature birth paintings, a plant sale, Catherine Opie’s new monograph, and much more.
Los Angeles
Film
Netflix’s Purchase of an Iconic LA Theatre and What It Could Mean
Opened in 1922, the Egyptian Theatre played host to Hollywood’s first-ever movie premiere.
Art
Paulina Peavy, the Spiritualist Artist Who Channeled a UFO
Through her encounters with the spirit Lacamo, Peavy developed a cosmology based on 12,000-year cycles of evolution.
News
LACMA Announces New Art + Technology Lab Grant Winners
American Artist and Lawrence Lek are among the recipients for LACMA’s 2021 Art + Technology Lab grants and Hyperallergic got a sneak peek.
Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for July 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month.
Art
A Bright New Grocery Store, Made Entirely of Recycled Plastic
In Robin Frohardt’s immersive installation, the cereal rattles like it’s filled with bottle caps and the water bottles are filled with dirty, cloudy liquid.
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UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance Presents Robin Frohardt's The Plastic Bag Store
Designed to take place in a retail storefront, this public art installation addresses our culture of consumption and convenience through humor, puppetry, and craft.
Film
Three Playful, Inventive Films Streaming as Part of Made in LA
Through June 30, you can screen films by Alima Lee, Fox Maxy, and Maia Ruth Lee.
Art
Why Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s 1783 Portrait of a Mother Nursing Broke New Ground
When Labille-Guiard exhibited the portrait at the Paris Salon, it was the only woman in the series. And she was breastfeeding.
Art
Artist Betty Tompkins Overlays Women’s Bodies With #MeToo Testimonies
Tompkins unflinchingly looks at how female bodies are displayed, disciplined, and offered up to men.
Art
A Playful, but Critical, Tribute to Los Angeles
Umar Rashid creates an alternate timeline that shows Black and Indigenous people defeating colonizers.
Art
The Sky’s the Limit as 50 Museums Join to Stream Yoko Ono-inspired Cloud Gazing
“TV to See the Sky,” streaming for 24 hours, marks this year’s summer solstice.