Art
A Student of Manny Farber Organizes a Film Series in His Honor
Blame the Audience presents cinematic works that resonate with Farber's teachings.
Los Angeles
Announcement
The Skirball Cultural Center Presents Sara Berman’s Closet
A one-of-a-kind exhibition by artists Maira Kalman and Alex Kalman inspired by the fascinating life of their family matriarch. On view through March 10.
Art
When "Outliers" and "Outsiders" Are No Longer Useful Categories in Art
Inherent in the show Outliers and American Vanguard Art is a kind of subtle hierarchy among artists, even if the curator has tried to delimit its force.
Comics
So You’re Stoned at LACMA: An Artist’s Guide
The 3D exhibit is very engaging.
Art
A Couple's Years-Long Mail Art Correspondence Leads to a Workshop
Over the past six years, artist David Horvitz has sent hundreds of pieces of mail art to his wife, the curator Zanna Gilbert, at the museums she's worked at.
Art
The Potent Realism of Robert Pruitt’s Black Portraiture
Pruitt unexpectedly makes draftsmanship feel relevant, even urgent.
Art
A Movie Tells LA’s 237-Year-Old History
A new film explores the transformation and disruption of LA through interviews with writers, artists, and historians.
Art
Stark Photos of a Louisiana Prison that Was Once a Slave Plantation
Two photographers document the lives of incarcerated men at Angola, a former slave plantation that is now the largest maximum-security prison farm in the US.
Art
A 1920s Polish Play Is Reimagined for the California Desert
A new play at CalArts sets Witkacy's The Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf in the unending landscape of Death Valley.
News
As the Getty Digitizes the Archives of the Woman’s Building, Artists Remember Its History
Suzanne Lacy and others remember the Woman's Building, whose history is being preserved by the Getty Research Institute thanks to a recent grant.
Art
LA’s Venerated New Beverly Cinema Returns with Classic Programming
This month the theater officially announced it would resume operation in December, and its schedule ably shows off its programming sensibility.
Art
Kellie Jones on the Rise of Performance Art in the 1970s
Jones discusses the role that performance played in the work of Latin American and African American artists.