Art & Architecture

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

Paris Envy: Frank Gehry’s Vuitton Foundation
Joseph GiovanniniNov 16, 2014
- Art & Architecture
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Los Angeles
A dentist chair view of LA.
Geoff NicholsonNov 4, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Home and History in the Fiction of Los Angeles
Ray Bradbury’s house may become representative of another half-true tenet of Los Angeles — history gobbled up, paved over, and forgotten.
Sarah-Jane StratfordOct 24, 2014
- Art & Architecture
He Has His Tools and Chemicals: A David Lynch Retrospective
The key to understanding David Lynch’s Twin Peaks can be found in his early work as a visual artist, all of which is on display in his current retrospective “David Lynch: The Unified Field.”
Jonathan P. EburneOct 8, 2014
Cameron, Witch of the Art World
Artist and alchemist Cameron has a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA).
Steffie NelsonOct 8, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Actually, Images Have Meanings of Their Own
While a little affective formalism drives intention out of the work, more than a little drives one to examine all that it seeks to repress.
Jeremy Gilbert-RolfeOct 4, 2014
- Art & Architecture
“Sincerely Most Sincerely”
Ray Johnson’s Mail Art
Mike PowellSep 22, 2014
- Art & Architecture
After Jeff Koons: A Retrospective
Travis Diehl on the career of Jeff Coons.
Travis DiehlSep 2, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Library in the Future Tense
What is the future of libraries?
Justin WadlandAug 18, 2014
- Art & Architecture
- Nonfiction
“The Hardest Work I Have Ever Done”: “Dropout Piece” by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
Catherine WagleyJul 23, 2014
Art's Secular Illusions
“It’s only when art’s power is acknowledged as fully human that its political power can be accurately understood.”
Ricky D’AmbroseJun 17, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Collecting and Correcting
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger don’t discuss art, but rather they reevaluate what is and isn’t worthy of attention, whether it’s art or not.
Geoff NicholsonApr 26, 2014
- Art & Architecture