The event embraced female artists from across Latin America, especially activists who might be considered “bad hombres and nasty women”

Our Los Angeles correspondent Jori Finkel shares the shows that gave her a reason to linger during the opening week of the city-wide art festival

The artist plans to expand her immigrant-rich visual history of California with protest imagery from the 1960s

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of cowardice and censorship over its treatment of former professor and Henry Darger expert Michael Bonesteel

Ambitious projects on Latino, Chicano and Latin American art could rewrite art history textbooks

The artist takes a turn on the psychiatrist’s couch in a new documentary by Lynn Hershman Leeson that delves into the psychology of government oppression

For her project in the Polish pavilion, the photographer pays tribute to a pediatrician and writer who pioneered children’s rights

Museums mark the centenary of the death of the French sculptor, who enjoyed great success with US millionaires

As Isil retreats from ancient Syrian city US non-profit hopes to raise funds to launch "cubesat"

The former curator will no longer oversee the Los Angeles mega-gallery

The institution hopes its first digital exhibition will also reach the Arab world

Art scene is expanding into other parts of the city after high rents forced an exodus from downtown

UK art collaborative Art Below is latest organisation to take public art to the city's roadsides

In only a few months, Max Hollein has rebooted the exhibition programme of San Francisco’s de Young Museum and Legion of Honor

Museum directors gather in San Francisco to discuss big gifts and the strings that are often attached

As Tala Madani prepares for the Whitney Biennial, she explains how childhood comics and Trump’s election victory figure into her satirical images of men

The fourth edition of the art and design fair FOG is coming into its own, while newcomer Untitled has early support from LA dealers

A work by Rivera in Picasso’s personal collection suggests that the tale of the two artists’ falling-out has been exaggerated

Jordan Wolfson’s sculptures depend heavily on special effects studios

Artist's foundation supports ongoing project in Detroit and major show on his influence in 2018 <br>

As shows open in London and New York, the artist’s Mobile Homestead will hit the road again in Detroit next year

Pier 24 show provides a kaleidoscopic window into what makes the San Francisco photography scene so dynamic

Self-made hardware store mogul Eric Smidt gives $25m to museum’s expansion campaign

Kim Schoenstadt takes her idea for a group portrait on the road from Los Angeles to New York

The curator comes to the LA non-profit from Chicago’s Renaissance Society

The curator behind Ai Weiwei’s blockbuster project on Alcatraz has organized a group show on the former military base

Louis Hock tackles fear, racism and hatred of immigrants with temporary barrier at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Directors share insights into the food revolution close to home—and their favourite dishes