Jori Finkel
Five not-to-miss PST Art shows at Los Angeles galleries
From the atomic to the astronomic, and the natural to supernatural, these exhibitions make the most of the Getty’s sweeping science-meets-art agenda
Guests struck by debris from Cai Guo-Qiang’s fireworks at PST Art launch event
A Getty spokesperson confirms multiple people were injured
Bizarre optics at Cai Guo-Qiang’s fiery kick-off event for Getty’s PST Art initiative
Fireworks by the Chinese artist ran counter to the point of many PST Art projects
The 15-ton itch: truce reached in battle over giant Marilyn Monroe sculpture in Palm Springs
The city council has worked out a tentative agreement to move the lightning rod of a sculpture
Where is the big museum blockbuster on AI?
Even the science-themed PST Art exhibitions, opening in Los Angeles in September, avoid the tech revolutions of our day
Los Angeles non-profit LAXART prepares to re-open in new home with new name
The art space's first commission under its new name, the Brick, is a mural of Pope.L by the 3B Collective
In Tokyo, teamLab's giant new immersive space opens glittering portals of the imagination
The light-filled, interactive, spaces at teamLab Borderless offer “full-body joy” to the author's school-age children—as well as some cool selfies
Hammer Museum gala draws artists, celebrities and a faculty protest
Ann Philbin’s last pre-retirement bash also set a record for attendance and fundraising
Revisiting Jean-Michel Basquiat's Los Angeles breakthroughs
New show, co-curated by Larry Gagosian, includes works Basquiat made with dismantled fenceposts from the property in Venice that he used as a studio
Judy Baca turns Lacma into her studio as she charts the history of Los Angeles
The artist is working on sections of 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles' at the museum
Exhibition in Los Angeles unearths Gordon Matta-Clark’s ‘graffiti time capsule’
Around 200 largely unseen images that the artist created in the early 1970s are on show at Los Angeles's Control Gallery
After a surge in Los Angeles galleries, competition for staff heats up
From assistants to senior directors, the city is ripe with opportunity as the local art market continues to mature
Welcome to the funhouse: the revival of Luna Luna in Los Angeles reignites a tradition of art as carnival
A restored Hamburg theme park created by artists in the late 1980s is now on view in Los Angeles—but it was not the first. We take a ride through five historic artist-designed amusements
Blum Gallery looks back on three decades of bringing Japanese contemporary art to the US
The gallery’s 30th-anniversary show chronicles the Japanese art movements it has had a hand in popularising across the Pacific
13 shows to see in and around Los Angeles during Frieze
From important shows of Korean and Japanese contemporary art, to major surveys of Paul Pfeiffer and Joan Brown, and more
Michael Werner Gallery to open Los Angeles branch in May
The inaugural exhibition will feature the unlikely pairing of works by Markus Lüpertz and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
One of the biggest venues in the world for video art—Las Vegas’s Sphere delivers virtual reality (without the headset)
U2’s video programme melds contemporary art, animation and special effects into pure 'spectacle'
Akinsanya Kambon wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award
The prize, plus two others of $25,000 each, are given to artists participating in the museum’s “Made in LA” biennial
Survey of Camille Claudel explores the visionary French sculptor’s work on her own terms
The exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago will acknowledge—but not be beholden to—the shadow cast by her teacher, collaborator and lover Auguste Rodin
Elvis returns to Las Vegas in Marco Brambilla’s new video for the Sphere, created with AI
The King reclaims his throne in an immersive video that will play during U2’s concerts at the city’s new $2.3bn entertainment complex
California’s Desert X biennial to return in 2025 under Neville Wakefield and Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas
The curators previously worked together on a post-colonial landscape show
How a man from Ohio became one of Argentina’s greatest 20th-century photographers
The unlikely story of H.G. Olds and the photographer championing him
Gagosian to represent the photographer Francesca Woodman
Previously unseen photographs will be on show at Art Basel, while a new book will be published by her foundation in June
Artist Nancy Baker Cahill projects exploding uterus atop the US Supreme Court
The artist’s augmented-reality artwork addresses the evisceration of abortion rights in the US
The late conceptual artist Stanley Brouwn would not want you to read this article
The curators of his first US museum survey will not talk about the show, honouring his wishes not to interpret his artwork
Los Angeles museums are conducting the US’s biggest free admission experiment
Multiple free-admission policies have been introduced in the Los Angeles area—and early results are looking promising
Goodbye pink marble, farewell 1980s office vibe: inside the Hammer Museum’s 24-year transformation
A radical renovation and expansion overseen by director Ann Philbin and architect Michael Maltzan is just weeks from completion
Wheeling and dealing: Los Angeles galleries move into old car showrooms
Roberts Projects and Hauser & Wirth take over two of the city’s historic car showrooms, while Lisson slides into a former sex club
Clear the runway! Chris Burden Skyscraper lands at Frieze Los Angeles
The late artist's monumental metal sculpture, only exhibited once before, is a beacon at the fair's new Santa Monica Airport location
David Hockney’s latest floral iPad works to blossom at five different galleries, from Los Angeles to Paris
LA Louver, Gray, Pace, Annely Juda and Galerie Lelong team up to show the same works at more or less the same time in five different cities