Art
B. Wurtz Makes Absurd, Profound Art from Overlooked Stuff
For Wurtz, self-knowledge is not found on a psychoanalyst’s couch or a remote mountaintop, but in the things with which we surround ourselves.
Los Angeles
History
Tracing the Lives of 10 Jewish Children Who Escaped Nazi-occupied Territories
My family's lore holds that my great-uncle was one of the 10,000 children who were sent to Britain to be fostered wherever they could.
Art
Remembering Las Mariposas, the Sisters Who Resisted a Violent Dictatorship
The sisters formed a political group, the Movement of the Fourteenth of June, in opposition to the violent dictatorship of the Dominican Republic. They were assassinated in 1960.
Comics
A Self-Proclaimed “Nonsense Parade” Marches On
At the Doo Dah Parade, you can walk as whatever you want — no cause necessary — as long as you’re okay with tortillas being slung at you from all directions.
Art
A Reconsideration of Power Structures in the Art Community
Anuradha Vikram, head curator at 18th Street Arts Center, talks about how the "lack of professional standards can undermine important cultural and social justice work."
Art
An Artist’s Tribute to First African American Astronaut Launches into Space
Tavares Strachan is sending Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.'s "soul" into space — fulfilling the astronaut's dream that was cut off by his death in a trading accident in 1967.
Art
The Hundreds of Artists Living in LA’s Skid Row
Since 2008, the Los Angeles Poverty Department has been organizing a registry of artists who live and work in the neighborhood, which now includes more than 700 names.
Art
From Monument to Commodity, Karl Marx in a Post-Cold War World
Two hundred years after Marx's birth, the Wende Museum and the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles have organized a discussion on the significance of communist monuments today.
Art
Helen Molesworth’s Last MOCA Exhibition Is an Act of Love
One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art makes a compelling case for why we should be looking at the art of the everyday and why it is remarkable.
Art
A Prisoner’s Reintegration into Society Is the Focus of a New Theater Piece
JACK &, a new theatrical piece from Kaneza Schaal, stars Cornell Alston, who served a 33-year sentence at a correctional facility.
Performance
In a Santa Monica Parking Lot, Performance Artists Air Their Grievances
The 18th Street Art Center celebrated its 30th anniversary with We the Artists, a multimedia festival in which residents expressed rage and frustration toward the political climate.
Art
How Mexican and Chicanx Activism Flourished in 20th-Century Los Angeles
Political art-making and organizing have continued unabated for over a century in Los Angeles, starting with an influential newspaper by two anarchist Mexican brothers.