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…
Vincent Namatjira says he ‘paints the world as he sees it’ in response to Gina Rinehart portrait controversy
In short: Archibald Prize winner Vincent Namatjira released a statement responding to reports Gina Rinehart had requested the removal of his portrait from the National Portrait Gallery. Archibald…
BAFTA Awards: Prince William makes a surprise appearance
Prince William made a surprise video appearance at the BAFTA TV Awards over the weekend to praise Floella Benjamin, a baroness, for her work with…
Venice Family Clinic Art Walk, a fight to save L.A. youth orchestras and your guide to L.A. culture this week
Civic Youth Orchestra (Courtesy of Civic Youth Orchestra / Photo by Bill Kraus) Hello and welcome to another week of Essential Arts, where we highlight…
Met Gala 2024: Theme, date, time, guest list, how to watch
The first Monday in May, fashion’s biggest night of the year, is almost here. The Met Gala is the rare occasion that brings together the…
Stars pays tribute to departing Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin
Hammer Director Ann Philbin was given the celebrity treatment at the museum’s star-packed gala Saturday night as a host of arts and culture luminaries, including…
Stars Wars Day, Alice Wang’s extraterrestrial art and more LA culture
Hello and May the 4th be with you! From a cultural galaxy near, near by, the Essential Arts newsletter is back again, corralling the best…
Best European cities for art lovers ranked – is your favourite destination on the list?
Creative tourism is on the rise - and a new study has found that Paris, London, Berlin and Amsterdam are among the European capital cities…
Experimental art collective Meow Wolf is coming to L.A.
A Meow Wolf exhibition is designed as a dream space, a walk-through floor-to-ceiling collection of psychedelic art with a sci-fi bent and an anything-goes, punk…