Dear Reader, I have good news and bad news. Let’s start with the bad news: This, after 18 years, is my last editor’s letter. What an incredible journey it has…
From the Editor
ABOLITION IN ACTION Crenshaw Dairy Mart Cares About People
…simply, abolition—are the removal of harmful systems and the imagining of alternatives to those systems, such as mutual aid, liberation and rehabilitation. CDM’s exhibition “Free the Land! Free the People!”…
HEAVY WATER Rethinking the LA River for Future Generations
…River, its presence has informed freeway construction, neighborhood character and the local ecosystem. These relationships are explored through “Brackish Water Los Angeles” at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), part…
THE STARS ARE ALIGNED Lita Albuquerque on Observational Astronomy
…sea and sky. In June of this year, Albuquerque reimagined this piece. The new version was set further back into Malibu’s steep, winding canyons, giving the feeling of being at…
SENSE OF WONDER Innovation in the Islamic World
Centuries before Leonardo da Vinci lived and worked in Italy, a Persian astronomer, physician, geographer and writer was conducting research into the nature of the cosmos and man’s place in…
DEATH OF A STAR Directed by Jasmine Johnson New Theater Hollywood
…of the show’s six cast members (sans Peggy Noonan, who apparently fell out with the rest of the cast and moved to New York City during the show’s run) appeared…
SHOPTALK: LA ART NEWS Olympics Paris 2024: Art, Fashion & Camp
…new home of the LA Clippers, which commissioned seven pieces of public art from our own SoCal artists. Six are completed—I was especially impressed by Jennifer Steinkamp’s pivot to lighting…
PEER REVIEW Kelly Wall on Ellen Schafer
…Ellen Schafer, Suit I, Suit II and Suit III, all works 2024. Mirror-polished stainless steel and digitally printed, hand-painted muslin. Photo by Josh Schaedel. Courtesy of the artist. Ellen Schafer…
THE DIGITAL Form and Function May Still Have a Chance
…of locales. Formally, it could be defined as a multibillion-dollar sports arena, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, the location where the upcoming LA Olympics 2028 will host…
PLANET CITY AT SCI-ARC Liam Young Imagines Our Future
…Earth’s surface. With new components of this transmedia project on display at the upcoming PST exhibit, “Views of Planet City,” held at SCI-Arc and the Pacific Design Center Gallery, I…
Kyungmi Shin Craft Contemporary
In The Head in the Tiger’s Mouth (2021), the first composition in Kyungmi Shin’s kaleidoscopic exhibition, my eyes immediately landed on the luminous collection of swirls and stripes suggesting the…
Chris Eckert Long Beach Museum of Art
…backgrounds in the fields of mechanical engineering and professional art-making—disciplines with seemingly opposite agendas—into a singular and timely practice. With the Getty Foundation on the cusp of launching its PST:…
Uta Barth 1301PE
As part of her career-spanning 2022–23 survey, “Peripheral Vision” at the Getty, and in honor of the museum’s 20th anniversary, the German-American photographer Uta Barth presented an expansive commission entitled…
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