Iranian American stitch painter Ardeshir Tabrizi’s new works on show at Roberts Projects reflect his remarkable journey to reconnect with his Persian roots. Born in…
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Theaster Gates
Regen Projects
“Blessed are the meek…” – Gospel of Matthew, 5:5 Has Theaster Gates truly “upcycled” his entire wardrobe as a spiritual gesture and a means of…
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Vincent Valdez
Matthew Brown Los Angeles
The 22 representational paintings, drawings and prints comprising Vincent Valdez’ show, “It Was Never Yours,” symbolize American decline and apprehension with varying degrees of overtness….
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Kenny Scharf
Honor Fraser
It is hard to imagine living in Los Angeles and not being acquainted with the work of Kenny Scharf. His comic style, painted murals of…
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Naudline Pierre
Shulamit Nazarian
References to narrations from the Old and New Testaments are hard to miss in the paintings of Naudline Pierre, as the fabulist spiritualism of her…
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Elyse Pignolet
Track 16
Elyse Pignolet’s “You Should Calm Down” at Track 16 is a wry call-out of the misogynistic and patriarchal culture in the U.S. and the barrage…
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Robert Moreland
Wilding Cran Gallery
If the minimalist impulse was to eradicate any trace of the artists’ hand, then at first glance the work of Robert Moreland seems to fully…
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Jebila Okongwu
Baert Gallery
Inter Milan, an Italian football powerhouse, recently endured another racial incident. It is common for Italian fans, and other football teams’ supporters, to throw bananas…
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In her installation Alchemy Tunnel, now at Radiant Space, artist Laurie Shapiro has created a literal and figurative cave of wonders. Using fabric, foil, sequins,…
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In his installation Vessels, Andrew Schoultz has transformed the gallery space into a fantastical and playful environment. He presents sculptures, paintings and works on paper…
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Analia Saban’s overall practice enacts recurring variations on a kind of populist materiality, in which she invents ways to explore the physical qualities of commonplace…
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At first glance and from afar, Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s imagery appears to be photo-collage, but upon close viewing, the works are actually painted. What immediately…
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Betty Woodman
David Kordansky Gallery
No conversation about the history of ceramics in art, especially about works created by female artists, would be complete without mention of Betty Woodman. The…
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Ann Weber
Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
When Ann Weber began working on her current series of monumental sculptures made from recycled cardboard, vitriolic rhetoric about constructing a border wall dominated the…
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María Berrío
Kohn Gallery
Born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1982, María Berrío moved to the U.S. at the age of 18. Childhood recollections of exploring her family’s rural mountainside…
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Sarah Lucas
Hammer Museum
“Well-behaved women seldom make history,” asserted historian, Harvard professor, and Pulitzer Prize winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in the 1970s about why women who act in…
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