lu·dol·o·gy /l(j)uˈdɑlədʒi/ n A field of cultural studies that examines games, the act of playing them, and the players and cultures that surround them. It is also known as game studies or gaming theory. Find an artist who created a portrait of another artist in any medium and then a portrait by the second artist of a third artist in any medium, and then a portrait by the third artist of a...
Photo recap of an incredible event to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025 held at The Broad on December 3, 2025 featuring a panel discussion with multidisciplinary artists Rubén Esparza, Ken Gonzales-Day, Joey Terrill, and photographer/documentarian Judy Ornelas. Moderated by art journalist Carolina A. Miranda. Co-presented by The Broad and Artillery with leading partner East West Bank. Photos...
I missed the party. A party that promised nothing less than to reveal the nature of reality. I wanted to go, but the promised revelation of full reality was curtailed by immediate financial reality—I had to go to a wedding out of town the night before and couldn’t afford the only flight that would get me back in time for the event. I grudgingly accepted that I might be on too tight a budget to...
LA-based photographer Gerd Ludwig has been recording the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster for the last two decades. Here, Artillery presents a selection of Ludwig’s most recent images, focusing on the ghost town of Pripyat. The near-classically surreal tableaus shown in Ludwig’s new work are the result not merely of the meltdown itself, but also of the following decades of disaster...
Though I grew up with pets, I’ve never taken to them. As a boy, we had a beast of a dog, Soxy. She was scary and insane, except for when my older brother could tame her long enough to let me ride her around like a pony. My mother preferred fish, silent and remote,...
At Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, Ken Gonzales-Day: Afterlife, shows new digital collages furthering his body of “nevermades;” a term coined by the artist to describe his revisionist reimaginings of Western historical moments and figures bringing into question the long...
Men in nice suits do not often crawl around on their hands and knees; there’s too great a risk of their shoes getting scuffed, their knees wearing through, or, God forbid, their seams splitting right along their backside. But brave men in suits defied the norms on...
Desire can make you sick, or it can make you try. Los Angeles-based artist Nancy Buchanan, working steadily since the 1970s, has consistently chosen the latter. Hair Room (1973/2025), a closet-sized chamber where strings of hair caress the top of your head as you walk...
“fullmoon” is a bit of a homecoming for Adam Alessi. The artist has been averaging around one solo show a year since his sudden art world ascent about five or six years ago, but with the last two having taken place in Italy and New York, Los Angeles has rarely seen...