Art & Architecture

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

What Greta Gerwig Got Right: Rethinking Amy March in Light of May Alcott Nieriker
The real-life model for Louisa May Alcott’s Amy March was a pioneering champion of women artists.
Kelly BlewettMar 31, 2020
Yuval Sharon Reinvents Opera for Los Angeles
Yuval Sharon has made it clear to the opera world that Los Angeles has a unique style that reflects its immensity.
James C. TaylorMar 28, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Music
Preserving the Poetic Dimension: A Conversation with Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik
Two premier translators on the pleasures and pitfalls of rendering Ibsen into English.
Kathleen Maris PaltrineriMar 28, 2020
Being a Person as an Image: A Conversation with Christina Catherine Martinez
A comedian turned art critic talks about the relationship between those seemingly disparate disciplines.
Gracie HadlandMar 22, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Orit Gat on 2006 and the Rise of YouTube
Orit Gat considers YouTube and how 2006 marked the peak, decline, and end of a certain kind of digital optimism.
Orit GatMar 17, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology
Sin, Glamour, and Photography in Hollywood’s Golden Age: On Two Books by Mark A. Vieira
Chris Yogerst praises two books by Mark A. Vieira that document pre-Code Hollywood history through vivid pictures and astute storytelling.
Chris YogerstMar 14, 2020
A Sense of Exclusion: An Excerpt from Carla Lonzi’s “Autoritratto (Self-Portrait)”
Allison Grimaldi Donahue presents an excerpt from her translation of Italian art critic and feminist activist Carla Lonzi’s “Autoritratto.”
Allison Grimaldi Donahue, Carla LonziMar 13, 2020
Say Goodbye to Hollywood Park: Photographing the Twilight of a Racetrack
Michele Asselin presents her photographs of Hollywood Park Racetrack in its final days.
Michele AsselinMar 9, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Nonfiction
Getting Hard with Nayland Blake: On the Artist’s Recent Retrospective in Los Angeles
Jonathan Alexander explores a retrospective of artist Nayland Blake’s work now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Jonathan AlexanderMar 7, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
Migrant Mother: Dorothea Lange and the Truth of Photography
Reconstructing the historical context of a famous American photograph.
Lennard J. DavisMar 4, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Adapting Your Experience: A Conversation with Zia Anger
Holly Connolly interviews director Zia Anger on “My First Film,” a film-theater hybrid performance on the nature of process, failure, and self-disclosure.
Holly ConnollyFeb 20, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Film
A Sane Man in a Demented Age: On Julian Barnes’s “The Man in the Red Coat”
Richard M. Cho appreciates "The Man in the Red Coat," the new biography of Samuel Jean Pozzi by Julian Barnes.
Richard M. ChoFeb 18, 2020