‘Clue,’ Chaka Khan, the Mexican mystic art of Judithe Hernández
Judithe Hernández, “Santa Desconocida,” 2016, pastel on paper (Riverside Art Museum) Hello and welcome to another edition of Essential Arts. Yes, things are a bit…
See the cleats Clayton Kershaw’s kids decorated for his comeback
When Clayton Kershaw retuns to a major league mound Thursday — for the first time in 292 days — he will be taking his family…
Paris 2024: Max Whitlock’s amazing Olympic career through art
Gymnast Max Whitlock reflects on his life and career with the help of an incredible evolving digital artwork, before what will be his final Olympic…
Bill Viola dead: Pioneer video artist explored human consciousness
Artist Bill Viola, whose pioneering work with video since the 1970s opened the door to what would become a major artform internationally, died Friday at…
‘Josh Kline: Climate Change’ at MOCA drowns in good intentions
In this grueling presidential election season, our chance to expand serious action against catastrophic climate change is hanging by a thread. One candidate who has…
Fireworks, holiday museum openings, Rolling Stones and the best of L.A.’s art and culture this week.
Geoff McFetridge’s “I’d Love to See You,” 2024, acrylic on paper, 30.75 by 39.75 inches. (Geoff McFetridge / Rusha & Co.) Welcome to an explosively…
Cheech Marin is an unlikely art world impresario
In 2017, the Riverside Art Museum presented a touring exhibition of works on paper from the private collection of actor and comedian Cheech Marin. The…
David Medalla at the Hammer Museum: curiously absorbing art
David Medalla, a Filipino artist who died in Manila in 2020 at age 82, is not well known in the United States. “A Stitch in…
Michael Govan is kingpin of L.A.’s global arts ambition
Michael Govan, photographed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles on Nov. 14. When Michael Govan joined the Los Angeles County…
DBS Equity Capital Markets Head Art Karoonyavanich On A Decade Of Growth
Home Banking DBS Equity Capital Markets Head Art Karoonyavanich On A Decade Of Growth A 10-year veteran at DBS Bank, Karoonyavanich recently expanded his role…
Julio Torres discusses ‘Fantasmas’ and the absurdity behind his art
On New Year’s Eve 2020, comedian and actor Julio Torres decided to splurge on himself. He headed to Mociun, a jewelry store in the Williamsburg…
In 'Flipside,' the untold stories of a wanna-be documentarian coalesce into wisdom
Director Chris Wilcha assembles the movie — a gentle documentary about letting go of unconsummated dreams — from several unfinished ideas, some held for years.…
Column: L.A. is transforming opera. OperaFest LA is half the story
Los Angeles is not, historically, an opera city. Only in 1986 did it finally found a resident company, Music Center Opera, now Los Angeles Opera.…
Mark Bradford has helped define American art in the 21st century
Mark Bradford, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Oct. 4. Mark Bradford got a late start as an artist. A former…
Mickalene Thomas at the Broad, Simone Leigh at CAAM and LACMA
Last week two solo exhibitions bearing voluminous — and timely — insight arrived at Los Angeles museums. Each is a mid-career survey of feminist painting,…
The art project aiming to keep Australia’s Indigenous people out of jail | Indigenous Rights News
Melbourne, Australia – More Indigenous people are behind bars in Australia than ever before, making them the world’s most imprisoned people. Despite making up 3.8…
Art, violence and resistance: Raoul Peck and Viet Thanh Nguyen | Al Jazeera
Filmmaker Raoul Peck and author Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss their road to making art that’s political and subversive. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck highlights the roots…
Vivd Sydney: Everything you need to know about this year’s festival
Soon the lights of Vivid will be switched on, bathing Sydney in a rush of colour, sound and flavour.This year, trains trundling around the city…
Suspect in $500m museum heist wrote Disney film script mirroring robbery where unsellable stolen art was burnt & buried
A LEADING suspect in the $500 million Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist pitched a film script mirroring the still unsolved caper - which culminated in…
‘Taking Venice’: How Robert Rauschenberg shocked the Biennale
The Venice Biennale may have lost much of its singular luster, now that hundreds of periodic surveys of new international art have joined the roster…