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…
Ann Philbin remade the Hammer Museum into a world-class institution
Ann Philbin, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Nov. 6. The Los Angeles art world is still reeling — eight months…
Why many California Indian tribes still lack U.S. recognition
Book Review Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians By Olivia M. ChilcoteUniversity of Washington Press: 218 pages,…
L.A. County Natural History Museum opens voting to name new dinosaur
Sage? Esme? Gnatalie? The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum is seeking the public’s help in naming a 70-foot-long sauropod skeleton unearthed by the museum’s…
Walter O’Malley’s Dodgers archives donated to the Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum turned 85 on Wednesday, and a birthday gift as weighty as it was generous was dispatched to…
Why Academy Museum exhibit on Jewish Hollywood founders is under fire
Less than a month after unveiling a long-awaited exhibition on Hollywood’s Jewish founders, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced it will be revising the…
New York museum ‘keeps memories alive’ 35 years after Tiananmen crackdown | History News
New York City – When Zhou Fengsuo last saw the mimeograph machine, he was running for his life as the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square…
Remote UK destination has incredible starry skies, great pubs and a pencil museum
The Lake District has been revealed as the most remote luxury destinations across the UK and offers a host of amazing things to do including…
Black former players to play in Negro Leagues All-Star Game tribute
The names trigger memories recent and long-ago. From David Price to Russell Martin, from Tony Gwynn Jr. to Jerry Hairston Jr. to Dee Strange-Gordon, former…
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…
Academy Museum exhibit recognizes Hollywood’s Jewish founders
Schmuel Gelbfisz, Lazar Meir and the Wonsal brothers are not names that immediately come to mind when thinking about Hollywood legends, but Samuel Goldwyn, Louis…
You can stay the night at Ferrari’s iconic motor museum surrounded by F1 cars and dine like its legendary founder
PETROLHEADS now have the unique opportunity to sleep at an iconic motor museum surrounded by F1 cars and dine like the brand's legendary founder. 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…
UCLA faculty protest treatment of pro-Palestinian students
About 20 UCLA faculty members protested Saturday night outside the UCLA Hammer Museum’s celebrity-heavy gala, calling for amnesty to be granted to pro-Palestinian students arrested…
Camille Claudel exhibition at the Getty Museum is magnificent
A notable similarity marks a subcategory of once woefully under-recognized female artists of the past. Their resolute endurance of trauma is proposed as a primary…
Ed Ruscha ‘Now Then’ and its ‘Chocolate Room’ shine at LACMA
“Ed Ruscha / Now Then,” the sprawling and much-anticipated retrospective of the great American Pop and Conceptual artist, opens Sunday at the Los Angeles County…
The Broad expansion explained: What you need to know
The Broad is planning a $100-million addition to its existing building. It expects to break ground early next year, and the project is slated for…
The Broad museum expansion: Will it be worth $100 million?
The Broad is getting a new rear end. The popular downtown vanity museum on Grand Avenue that opened just over eight years ago has already…
Where are Richard Serra’s sculptures in Southern California?
Acclaimed artist and sculptor Richard Serra was known for his massive works of steel that live in institutions and public spaces across the world. The…
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego hits hurdle in building sale
A controversial plan revealed last week for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego to sell its satellite offices and exhibition space at the historic…