Los Angeles
Army helicopter paint used to restore outdoor sculptures
US Army research on the use of matte black on helicopter blades is aiding conservators working on outdoor sculptures
Lacma acquires major works by women through lively Collectors Committee Weekend
Ten works are added to the permanent collection, including a striking slavery themed installation by Betye Saar and the museum's first sculpture by Ruth Asawa
Artists bring a breath of the contemporary to the Getty Villa
Plato in LA: Contemporary Artists Visions is a group exhibition marking the precedent-shattering debut of contemporary art at the Getty Villa
Hockney’s sitters face their painted selves at Lacma
The real subject in the show, and the source of each portrait’s fascination, is the tension between self-image and outward appearance
George Lucas tells a new story at the Museum of Narrative Art
Construction has launched on the $1bn non-profit project, built to be “the world’s most inclusive and accessible art museum”
Los Angeles’s David Kordansky Gallery gives Betty Woodman her first retrospective in years
The posthumous survey traces the artist’s trajectory, from classic pottery to wildly dramatic forms
Face to face with a Mesoamerican metropolis—in Los Angeles
Largest city of the ancient Americas brought back to life in show of Mexican treasures at Lacma
Will Ferrell and Joel McHale try to make sense of the art at LA’s Hammer Museum
Wonderfully tongue in cheek video, the museum's curator Aram Moshayedi takes the actors on a mock VIP tour of the show Stories of Almost Everyone
Scholars weave craft into the art history canon at College Art Association
The subject appears throughout this year's programme for the leading US conference for art historians
Frieze Los Angeles will launch next February
Annual contemporary art fair to open at the Paramount Pictures Studios on Valentine's Day
Pioneering curator Harald Szeemann celebrated in two Los Angeles shows
Getty draws on vast archive while ICA LA reconstructs 1974 exhibition in Swiss apartment
Is Frieze Los Angeles bound?
Rumour mill goes into overdrive as reports circulate of new event in January 2019 as fair's directors discuss options with West Coast dealers
Catherine Opie’s first film is right on queue
Part of Maxwell Williams' Take it to the Max
Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair perks up, but is it enough?
The city could use a circuit-making commercial event, but a lack of momentum is holding it back
Star Wars creator George Lucas picks Los Angeles over San Francisco to build $1bn museum
Filmmaker's personal collection will be on show, which includes works by Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth and Robert Crumb
Arts scene in downtown Los Angeles grows
Galleries, not developers, are driving the creation of new arts neighbourhoods in the city
‘Patience is not one of my virtues’: Eli Broad on his new museum's delayed opening
While construction continues, Broad has been busy buying art
LA Mayor spares the city’s cultural department despite financial pressure
The philanthropist Eli Broad will help the organisation focus on attracting tourists
Eli Broad leads subway route campaign in Los Angeles
Philanthropist joins group petitioning to expand LA Metro
“LA is tricky, slippery, invisible”: Interview with dealer Shaun Caley Regen
…but that didn’t stop the contemporary dealer opening Regen Projects’ biggest ever space with a first-class show last month
Who’s buying? Art collectors in LA
Many have private museums, serve as trustees and lend to public museums
Los Angeles’ post-war art remapped: Pacific Standard Time puts city’s lesser known artists in the spotlight
The Getty funded project has resulted in more than 125 exhibitions, performances, and events to celebrate the city's history
Interview with Glenn Kaino: Now you see him...
When Kaino thought the art world was getting too obsessed with money, he retreated into the realm of magic
Los Angeles Broad Art Foundation aims at ultra accessibility
Los Angeles collectors Eli and Edythe Broad open their doors
Rumoured expansion west for Cheim & Read
While opening remains unconfirmed, it would be among a spate of other galleries branching out
‘I’ve never met anyone who collects cynically’: an interview with Steve Martin
The polymath performer Steve Martin has written An Object of Beauty, a novel set in the art world. So should every dealer he’s ever met be afraid?