Art & Architecture

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa

Letter to the Editor Regarding Victoria Dailey’s “Los Angeles in Black and White”
Johanna Drucker responds to Victoria Dailey’s review of the catalogue raisonné “Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood, and the World Beyond.”
Johanna Drucker Dec 3
- Art & Architecture
- History
Still Not Geriatric: Archiving a Teenage Riot Grrrl Band
Martin Wong catches up with SoCal punk band Emily’s Sassy Lime upon their reunion for the California Biennial.
Martin WongNov 30
- Art & Architecture
- Music
And Then What? The Road After “Success” in the Arts
Alexis Clements uses Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel “Spent” to meditate on the predicament of the creative artist today.
Alexis ClementsNov 29
- Comics
- Art & Architecture
Holding and Disappearing Traces of the Past
Lara Fresko Madra explores Hande Sever’s recent installation at REDCAT in Los Angeles.
Lara Fresko Madra Nov 25
- Art & Architecture
A Radical Functionalist
Lois Parkinson Zamora explores “Architect Hannes Meyer and Radical Modernism” by Georg Leidenberger.
Lois Parkinson ZamoraNov 19
- Art & Architecture
- Biography & Autobiography
Sheer Tenderness
Jessica Simmons-Reid visits Noah Davis’s posthumous survey at the Hammer Museum.
Jessica Simmons-ReidNov 15
- Art & Architecture
Bones, Roses, and Ruins
Janet Sarbanes encounters Nancy Buchanan’s career retrospective at the Brick in Los Angeles.
Janet SarbanesNov 14
- Art & Architecture
Los Angeles in Black and White
Victoria Dailey reviews Jake Milgram Wien’s catalogue raisonné “Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood, and the World Beyond.”
Victoria DaileyNov 8
- Art & Architecture
A Network of Global Incinerators
Rob Arcand reviews Hito Steyerl’s new essay collection, “Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat.”
Rob ArcandOct 19
- Science & Technology
- Art & Architecture
Crisis Makes Weird
Harrison Blackman discusses the aesthetics and politics of Greek cinema’s Weird Wave.
Harrison BlackmanOct 10
- Film
- Art & Architecture
Double Vision [VIDEO]
Michael Kurcfeld interviews Elmgreen & Dragset on the occasion of their new exhibition at Pace Gallery Los Angeles.
Michael KurcfeldOct 9
- Art & Architecture
Against the Wound
Jake Romm navigates artistic depictions of genocide and religious violence—some illuminating, others devoid of substance—from Renaissance Italy to modern-day Berlin, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Jake RommSep 29
- LARB Lit
- Art & Architecture