Art
Yoshitomo Nara Reflects on His Major LACMA Retrospective
The exhibition gathers a whopping 800 artworks and focuses on the deep influence of music on the popular Japanese artist.
Los Angeles
Performance
Wandering a Hollywood Film Set Destroyed by California’s Second-Largest Fire
In Fire Season, Monica Miklas invites you to the remnants of Western Town, a faux Wild West village formerly nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Interview
Meet LA’s Art Community: Sue Bell Yank Believes Art and Organizing Produce “Real Social Change”
An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for October 2020
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month.
News
Patrisse Cullors Revisits a Malcolm X Speech to Help Get Out the Vote
Malcolm Revisited screens for free on October 2 and 3.
Art
Peter Williams’s Afrofuturist World and Its Cyclones of Color
It is past time that Williams receives the institutional attention he deserves.
Art
An Online Archive Tells an Alternate History of US Monuments and Architecture
At the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, a new “living archive” of stories, objects, and photographs expands our understanding of how we might reconfigure our relationship to the present.
Art
How Posters Have Targeted Police Violence, From the 1960s to Today
“There’s a story behind every poster,” says Carol Wells, a former medievalist who abandoned her dissertation to devote her life to posters.
Film
A Tribute to Latasha Harlins From Those Who Knew Her Best
A Love Song for Latasha is a "spiritual archive" of who Harlins was in life, rather than focusing on the circumstances of her death.
Announcement
Celebrate Black Futures at 18th Street Arts Center’s Virtual Gala
Join the Los Angeles non-profit for an evening of experimental film programming curated by Jheanelle Brown and performance art by Ulysses S. Jenkins.
Art
Addressing the Lack of Diversity in Graphic Design
An exhibition of student and faculty posters from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) sparks a larger conversation around inclusion and representation in design.
Art
Cosima von Bonin Takes Cute Art Seriously
Implicit throughout the artist's latest show is the tension between the feeling of failure and the struggle to be recognized and taken seriously, rather than erased.