Jori Finkel
Middle East goes West: show brings Saudi artists to San Francisco
Surprises await visitors to an exhibition of contemporary art in the city’s new gallery complex Minnesota Street Project
Teresa Margolles builds monument to 100 people who died in the streets of Los Angeles
Imposing concrete shelter in Echo Park incorporates debris and residue gathered at homicide scenes
‘Imagine how easy Keith Haring is to fake’
The dealer and author Richard Polsky explains why he is brave enough to authenticate works by Haring and Basquiat
Location, location, location: the real estate lessons to be learned from Ace Gallery’s bankruptcy
How Los Angeles dealer Douglas Chrismas leveraged his property to attract artists, reassure clients, and generate income—even while facing financial disaster
Millions of dollars and dozens of works diverted in Ace Gallery bankruptcy case, accountant finds
In a report to the court, Sam Leslie details why he ended Douglas Chrimas’s involvement in the gallery
Portrait of the artist as a young woman: inside the mind of Eva Hesse
Diaries and film describe how the minimalist lauded by LeWitt was plagued by self-doubt and anxiety
Latino and Latin American artists to meet in Pacific Standard Time
New research leads curators to rip up the rulebook ahead of the Getty’s ambitious PST: LA/LA event
Flip the switch: Lacma’s Urban Light to go dark
The popular public installation is due to be turned off temporarily—but will soon shine again with a new paint job
Hauser Wirth & Schimmel transcends the big-box gallery model
And their inaugural sculpture show goes beyond the oversized trophies of Modern art, says our LA correspondent Jori Finkel
The unspoken reason why galleries are flocking to Los Angeles
Galleries like Sprüth Magers and Hauser Wirth & Schimmel quietly but fiercely compete for the city's artists
Frontier fun at LA’s Paramount Ranch fair
This scrappy young event is dog-friendly, kid-friendly and artist-friendly
Out-of-towners stay out-of-sight at Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair
But the event delivers for local curators and collectors looking for some of the city’s best artists and galleries
Getty displays Medieval illuminated pages after legal battle finally ends
Manuscripts are part of a table of contents from the Zeyt’un Gospels, a Medieval Armenian bible
How university museums bridge the gap between art and science
The Berkeley Art Museum, which reopens this month, joins host of institutions looking to cross disciplinary boundaries
Los Angeles artist sells shadows of sculptures by Koons and Brancusi at a sliver of the price
Ana Prvacki finds a more “sustainable and minimal” form of appropriation art
Poetry, made in LA
The Hammer Museum names one artist in its upcoming 2016 biennial—who names the biennial itself
Catherine Opie creates monumental work for Los Angeles courthouse
Artist reveals how Yosemite Falls inspired her biggest public art project so far
Getty brings ancient athletes face to face
Intimately related bronze figures are on show together for the first time
Hockney’s new portraits destined for London and Los Angeles shows
Art-world figures including Larry Gagosian and Benedikt Taschen among sitters
The aviator director with one foot in the desert
Lacma’s Michael Govan has adopted Heizer’s vast City complex in the Nevada desert
Kanye West and Steve McQueen discuss their new co-production now on show at Lacma
But why the reluctance to call the nine-minute piece a “music video”?
Ford Foundation joins global fight against inequality
Grants of $500m will focus on fairness, president says
Westward, ho! San Francisco show to explore Ruscha's vision of the American frontier
Cars, cowboys and Hollywood shape exhibitition planned for 2016 at the De Young
Museums pay tribute to the art that Aids made
The 1980s art world was devastated by HIV/Aids, but artists made era-defining work even as their peers were dying from the disease. Now, US institutions are recognising the extent of their legacy, with numerous shows planned
Remembering Chris Burden, the artist who traded daredevil performances for daring engineering
Lacma plans to put on show artist's 40-ft-long airship, his last project, this week
Paris Photo Los Angeles loses its international accent
The latest West Coast edition of the French fair is more Californian than ever—a threat to its future