For much of its history, comedy stages have been occupied by men — mostly white, straight men. Artemis, a student- run arts collective at USC, is trying to change that with “77 Cents,” a comedy show featuring women, non-binary folks and feminists. ...
Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant talks about her journey to return a stolen tombstone, the real purpose of art, and why she wants to live like a ghost....
New Orleans-based painter Michael Deas has ghost stories, but he doesn't think they were paranormal events. So how does a skeptic reason the unexplainable?...
Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis, 1890, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund
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In the absence of election-year artwork as ubiquitous as Shepard Fairey’s 2008 “Hope” poster, political memes have become dominant images this political season. But that doesn’t mean the art world has been silent....
My family used to live at 15 Olivier Place, Kingston 8, Jamaica. I wrote it at the top of all the letters I penned to my little sister, Lisie, who shared a bedroom with me. I spent 11 years in that grey townhouse, one of about one hundred similar to it....
Alex Israel's Untitled (Flat) behind Jean-Antoine Houdon's Diana chasseresse (Diana the Huntress), ca. 1782
The Huntington Library was my playground as a ki...
The art of Michael Heizer removes you from the safety of the gallery to the wild boulders, canyons and sands of the earth. One of his most ambitious projects "Double Negative" cuts a monumental line through the desert, but few know that the Nevada site is owned by LA's Museum of Contemporary Art. ...