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."
Los Angeles
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.
Interview
A Former Webcam Model Writes a Horror Movie Based on Her Experiences
When Isa Mazzei set out to write the screenplay for Cam, she wanted to "create a film where an audience would empathize with a sex worker."
Art
Inglewood Artists Open Their Studios This Weekend
Dozens of artists are participating, from those who have been developing their style over decades to those fresh out of art school and self-taught artists.
Art
Giant Prisms Shine Their Multicolored Light on a Pasadena Park
The art and science AxS Festival culminates with a collaboration between artist Liliane Lijn and UC Berkeley astrophysicist John Vallerga.
Film
An Unforgettable Movie Collects Recently Discovered Color Footage of World War II
In 1943, William Wyler brought color cameras aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses on bombing runs over Germany. The raw footage was recently discovered in the National Archives.