Articles
ART DAMAGED
STAYING SANE(ish) WITH DR. TRAINWRECK Essay
I am about to get married. Maybe. Probably. And as a part of this whole thing, I find myself spending hours—hours—discussing the particulars of what this marriage is going to look like. What rules are we going to have? How are we going to keep each other safe and make one another feel chosen, loved, and special? How indeed. How, when I know for a fact that he is going to stick his dick in other...
ROLL CALL
LUDOLOGY
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...
World AIDS Day 2025: Artists and Activism Panel Discussion at the Broad (Photo Recap)
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...
Reviews
DUELLING REVIEWS: MARILYN MINTER at Regen Projects
R. CRUMB at David Zwirner
R. Crumb’s “tales” (even filtered through psychedelics and cannabinoids) weren’t always so paranoid—though they were frequently calamitous. The street-hip graphic domain Crumb freely improvised during the 1960s and 1970s across densely cross-hatched black-andwhite...
MOSIE ROMNEY at Sebastian Gladstone
I felt dizzy at mosie romney’s show “every Spiral has its law” at Sebastian Gladstone. I could chalk it up to external factors (fatigue, harsh gallery lighting), but I suspect that the work itself was the incubator of disorientation. My previous visits to the space,...
TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK & PHILIP GUSTON at Skirball Cultural Center
Entrusted to the sprawling Skirball Cultural Center in Brentwood by New York’s Jewish Museum, “Draw Them In, Paint Them Out” presents a handful of Philip Guston’s depictions of cowled Ku Klux Klan figures, alongside Trenton Doyle Hancock’s ambitious, mixed media...
MONUMENTS at MOCA Geffen & The Brick
150 years after the Civil War, it seems American art institutions are finally ready to discuss Confederate statuary. Seizing this opportunity, curator Hamza Walker (along with co-curators Bennett Simpson and Kara Walker) has gone to unusual lengths in his sprawling...