News
California Faces Culture Crisis as Studies Show Art Workers Could Leave the State
Last year, 175,000 jobs were lost in the California creative economy, with almost 110,000 of those in LA County.
Los Angeles
Art
How Music Steered the Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
The online documentary series "Time Decorated" argues that Basquiat was the connection between the bebop and hip-hop worlds.
Art
Devendra Banhart Exchanges Breath and Rhythm for Pencil and Ink
Banhart’s first solo show in Los Angeles is at turns intimate and grandiose.
News
Museums Are Safer Than Any Other Indoor Activity, COVID-19 Study Says
Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Technology say the risk of COVID-19 transmission is far lower in museums and theaters than in supermarkets, restaurants, offices, or public transportation.
Film
How a Legendary Boxing Arena Became a Lens for Los Angeles
"18th and Grand" chronicles the history of the world-renowned venue, beginning with its unveiling for the 1932 Olympics and early history in segregated Los Angeles.
Art
A Miniature Painting Sale From Artists of the American West
Expect paintings of trout streams and sun-drenched deserts in the 24th edition of "Masters of the American West."
Art
The Getty Revisits Ancient Palmyra, but the Modern City Is Mostly Invisible
Life in Palmyra did not stop in the third century but has gone on more or less continuously at the site for the 1,700 years since.
Art
A Healing Sound Walk Through LA’s Griffith Park
The music, composed by Ellen Reid, is inspired by “the shapes of the paths” and “evokes the massive sky and the challenging terrain.”
Art
Clarence Holbrook Carter, an American Surrealist Who Painted Life, Death, and Rebirth
Carter’s paintings gesture toward unknown realms, whether death or nonhuman consciousness.
Announcement
The Skirball Cultural Center Spotlights Ai Weiwei This Spring
Get ready for the LA debut of Ai Weiwei: Trace with virtual talks, gallery tours, on-demand films, and a rare speaking engagement with the artist-activist on February 21.
News
$38.5 Million Has Been Allocated to LA Arts Recovery
The new Getty fund is a massive effort to preserve jobs and retain the cultural capital of LA’s creative workforce.
News
A Sneak Peek of the Getty’s Next Pacific Standard Time, Focusing on Science and Art
The initiative comes at just the right time, when global environmental and health crises and an alarming distrust of science are both growing threats.