Appreciation: Joe Goode (1937-2025) – Los Angeles Times
Painter Joe Goode died peacefully at home Saturday, one day before his 88th birthdayThe artist, an Oklahoma transplant, was instrumental in establishing the lively Los…
SAG-AFTRA stands by DEI initiatives in contrast to studios
SAG-AFTRA is sticking with diversity, equity and inclusion, even as major forces in Hollywood distance themselves from such measures.The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television…
New LACMA building adds outdoor artworks to join ‘Urban Light’
Three artists have been commissioned to create the first wave of installations for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries, scheduled…
Ecuadorian artist works on longest drawing in the world
Ecuadorian artist Franz del Castillo is working to create the longest drawing in history, spanning over 3,000 metres. Source link
The men of Gustave Caillebotte’s Impressionist paintings
Whether French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte was gay is not known, although it is frequently noted that he never married. (The artist died young, at…
Why Israelis and Palestinians should read each other’s poetry
Homer wrote about the Trojan War; Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Crimean War; Walt Whitman, the Civil War; Wilfred Owen, World War I. Their poems are…
Tell us: What’s the best bumper sticker you’ve seen in L.A.?
Hit the road in L.A., and you’re likely to spot a cheeky bumper sticker … or 17. As Times contributor Renée Reizman reports, the medium…
Column: Why the Rock Hall Needs to Induct Maná
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is breaking new ground with this year’s nominees for induction — and the señoras and rockeros among us…
Chappell Roan responds to writer who criticized her Grammy speech
Chappell Roan challenged the author of an op-ed critical of her speech at the Grammy Awards to match her in donating $25,000 to “struggling dropped…
With a David Hockney show in Palm Springs, we visit the artist’s L.A. haunts
Artist David Hockney was a driver: after visiting and then moving to Los Angeles in 1964, he zipped around the Hollywood Hills in his red…
Thump Records celebrates its 35th anniversary
Within the Pomona Swap Meet’s sea of shiny Corvettes and 1950s Cadillacs, a storage truck seems out of place. In thick block letters, it reads…
Nick Cave, Interpol and more to release music on Bandcamp for wildfire relief
Some of music’s leading figures are at the forefront of two wildfire relief benefit albums, a compilation of new releases, live and previously archived recordings.…
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ wins grammys
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” became the de facto song of 2024 when dropped in May, and now it’s a Grammy Award winner. The diss…
8 movies to look out for at the Sundance Film Festival
How is this for whiplash? Fresh off a hot batch of Oscar nominations, we now turn to the week’s other big news, a new edition…
Take a shortcut to ‘womb-like’ euphoria at L.A.’s Chromasonic Field
The world inside a downtown L.A. warehouse seemed to come to a halt, and all I saw was a blur of colors, where pinkish-red hues…
Why Apple Music is betting on live radio in an on-demand era
In 2015, Zane Lowe left his job as a DJ on the BBC’s venerable Radio 1 in the U.K. to become the principal voice of…
Getty, LACMA, MOCA launch emergency fund for artists hit by fires
Some of L.A.’s biggest arts institutions including the J. Paul Getty Trust, LACMA, MOCA and the Hammer Museum are among those backing an emergency reserve…
From TikTok breakout star to artist supporting Ed Sheeran and a Brit School graduate – 11 new faces for 2025
IN 2025, the music scene is set for a seismic shift, with a fresh wave of talented artists ready to make their mark.From unique sounds…
The 30 best Latin music songs of 2024, according to the De Los staff
For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies…
Ultimate Christmas song rich list including artist who makes £1m a YEAR from number one hit (and it’s not Mariah Carey)
WHEN it comes to Christmas, few things fail to capture the holiday spirit - twinkling lights, festive movies, and, of course, the nation's favourite songs.But…