Los Angeles

Los Angeles-based producer Michael Sherman on his 'love at first sight' buying strategy

The film producer reveals that his first purchase was a Banksy, and how he missed the chance to buy a work by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, who died last month

‘I wanted my gay cowboy 80s movie’: Ana Segovia realises the movie he always wanted to watch for MoCA

The Mexico City-based artist created his own fake classic film as inspiration for a show of new paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Eight PST Art shows, in and around Los Angeles, to see before they close

While most museum shows in the PST Art: Art & Science Collide event closed at the end of 2024, more than two dozen are still open. Here are the best of the bunch, which explore themes from gender non-conformity to human ingenuity

Los Angeles artists face long road to recovery after deadly wildfires

Some lost everything, others are in limbo waiting to go home and most have found support in the art community

Los Angeles pop-up exhibition showcases—and benefits—wildfire victims

Curated by Aram Moshayedi, “One Hundred Percent” includes works by Kelly Akashi, Kathryn Andrews, Paul McCarthy, Diana Thater and others impacted by the fires

After the Los Angeles wildfires, will art become uninsurable?

The catastrophic blazes are expected to become the costliest wildfires ever in terms of insured losses, leading to concerns that it may become prohibitively expensive to insure art in parts of southern California

Getty and other arts organisations launch $12m relief fund for victims of Los Angeles wildfires

The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund will provide support to artists and cultural workers affected by the fires

Opinioncomment

Comment | The end of Los Angeles as we know it

In the wake of catastrophic wildfires, a new city will emerge

How to help artists and art workers devastated by Los Angeles wildfires

A range of art-world relief funds are trying to provide immediate aid

Pippa Garner, art and gender provocateur, has died, aged 82

Garner's witty deviations in form, text and body addressed the consumerism and sameness plaguing US culture

Deadly wildfires destroy Los Angeles art spaces as museums and galleries close

Even art spaces far from the raging wildfires have closed and cancelled events amid a citywide state of emergency, dangerous smoke and high winds

Christie’s to host exhibition of works from owner François Pinault’s collection in Los Angeles

The non-selling portrait exhibition will be on display at Christie’s Beverly Hills during the Frieze Los Angeles fair

Los Angeles wildfire reaches Getty Villa grounds but ‘staff and the collection remain safe’

Cultural organisations around the Los Angeles have been forced to close and some "expect the worst"

California Institute of the Arts faculty and staff move to unionise

Grievances include changes to healthcare benefits, stagnant wages, layoffs and running the nonprofit arts college like a for-profit business

New Los Angeles art space focuses on the experiences of women

The artist Kathryn Andrews began to develop the idea that has become the Judith Center during the 2016 US presidential election

Artists Kim Schoen and Kim Schoenstadt make light of mistaken identities in collaborative show

This Venn diagram of a gallery exhibition leans into the ongoing confusion of the Los Angeles artists

Los Angeles authorities criticised for art project to ‘beautify’ areas after unhoused people living in vehicles moved

In a city facing an acute housing crisis, and where around 14,000 people live in their vehicles, the initiative sparked a swift backlash from artists and housing advocates

Los Angeles gallery Anat Ebgi taking over former Praz-Dellavalade space

The gallery's newest location will launch with a site-specific project by Jibade-Khalil Huffman, followed by a full renovation

Lacma pushes back opening of new building until 2026

Museum leaders are hoping to organise public programming in the empty building next year

Paul McCarthy throwing out vast installation no institution or collector stepped in to preserve

Last year, the artist put his 2013 installation “WS White Snow” on show in a Los Angeles warehouse in hopes of finding a long-term custodian

Lacma, Moca and the Hammer Museum jointly acquire significant collection of works by Los Angeles artists

The three museums will share 260 pieces from the collection of Jarl and Pamela Mohn, plus recent and future acquisitions of works by local artists

Diaryblog

Loving La La land: Steve Martin to collaborate on show paying homage to Los Angeles

The Hauser & Wirth exhibition is set to embrace Hollywood comedy royalty

Los Angeles museum repatriates 20 objects to the Warumungu people of Australia

The Australian government pays the major expenses of repatriation, making it easier for cash-strapped museums to engage with the often expensive and time-consuming process

An uncensored triumph for Barbara Carrasco's Los Angeles mural

Four decades after refusing to sanitise her depiction of the city’s history, the artist will see her giant mural, and all its 51 vignettes of scenes and people, installed in the LA Natural History Museum’s new entrance pavilion

$11m worth of public art at the LA Clippers' new arena

Charles Gaines, Refik Anadol, Glenn Kaino and four other renowned artists with local connections were chosen to create some monumental works in Inglewood

The Broad will reimagine a famed Joseph Beuys reforestation project

Inspired by '7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks)' and organised in conjunction with PST Art, the initiative coincides with a major solo show of the artist’s work

Getty’s PST Art initiative will open with a colossal Cai Guo-Qiang fireworks display

The artist’s daytime fireworks event, incorporating drones and artificial intelligence, will take place in and above the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 15 September

Megan Mulrooney, a former director at Nino Mier, will open her own gallery in his old Los Angeles space

A native of Los Angeles, Mulrooney aims to highlight emerging and mid-career artists at her eponymous gallery

After public vote, Los Angeles Natural History Museum’s star dinosaur fossil christened with unusual gname

The 75ft-long sauropod fossil will go on prominent display when the museum’s new entry pavilion opens this autumn