Art & Architecture

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

Excess Under Control: The New Sensibility in Midcentury Art
"Feast of Excess" is a fine study of the "New Sensibility" in American art.
Robert CreminsJan 24, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Longing for Something Different
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore interviews Erica Dawn Lyle.
Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreJan 22, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Reportage Art from the Calais Jungle: “A Sea of Tents Surrounds Me”
As with the subjects of a courtroom sketch, the Jungle residents, being either refugee or migrant, are positioned as defendants.
Elle Kurancid, Peter BlodauJan 17, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
Portrait of a Bird: The Work of Frances Stark
Language flows through the work of artist Frances Stark in singular, unusual ways.
Katherine SatoriusJan 9, 2016
- Art & Architecture
The Hands of Robert Walser
On the many hands of Robert Walser.
Esther YiDec 31, 2015
- Art & Architecture
- Memoir & Essay
Acts of Will: Art, AIDS, America
"Art, AIDS, America" at the Tacoma Art Museum, October 3, 2015 to January 10, 2016
Elizabeth PenceDec 23, 2015
- Art & Architecture
Just Subtract Water: The Los Angeles River and a Robert Moses with the Soul of a Jane Jacobs
A reinvented Los Angeles River could act as both an urban spine and civic plaza, organizing and linking the communities it crosses.
Joseph GiovanniniDec 18, 2015
- Art & Architecture
An Urban History: The Influence of Street Gangs on Contemporary Art
The influence of street gang culture on art in Los Angeles has been systematically underrepresented by academia and art history.
Rodrigo Ribera d’EbreDec 14, 2015
- Art & Architecture
Dispatches from a Dematerialized World: Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy
In a period when digital archives produce instant nostalgia, Cornell's invocations of "the light of other days" seem both relevant and innocent.
Dan BarrowNov 15, 2015
- Art & Architecture
What Does Tom Mitchell Want?
Mitchell wants to discuss and describe how we experience (imagine) the world through images and as an image.
Jeremy Gilbert-RolfeNov 14, 2015
- Art & Architecture
Broad Appeal: The Gateway Museum
The Broad is like a gateway drug.
Shana Nys DambrotNov 6, 2015
- Art & Architecture
Beyond The Broad: A Better Paradigm Is Possible
Tucker NeelNov 6, 2015
- Art & Architecture