Louis Hock tackles fear, racism and hatred of immigrants with temporary barrier at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Directors share insights into the food revolution close to home—and their favourite dishes

Surprises await visitors to an exhibition of contemporary art in the city’s new gallery complex Minnesota Street Project

Imposing concrete shelter in Echo Park incorporates debris and residue gathered at homicide scenes

The dealer and author Richard Polsky explains why he is brave enough to authenticate works by Haring and Basquiat

How Los Angeles dealer Douglas Chrismas leveraged his property to attract artists, reassure clients, and generate income—even while facing financial disaster

Diaries and film describe how the minimalist lauded by LeWitt was plagued by self-doubt and anxiety

New research leads curators to rip up the rulebook ahead of the Getty’s ambitious PST: LA/LA event

The popular public installation is due to be turned off temporarily—but will soon shine again with a new paint job

And their inaugural sculpture show goes beyond the oversized trophies of Modern art, says our LA correspondent Jori Finkel

Galleries like Sprüth Magers and Hauser Wirth & Schimmel quietly but fiercely compete for the city's artists

This scrappy young event is dog-friendly, kid-friendly and artist-friendly

But the event delivers for local curators and collectors looking for some of the city’s best artists and galleries

Manuscripts are part of a table of contents from the Zeyt’un Gospels, a Medieval Armenian bible

The Berkeley Art Museum, which reopens this month, joins host of institutions looking to cross disciplinary boundaries

Ana Prvacki finds a more “sustainable and minimal” form of appropriation art

The Hammer Museum names one artist in its upcoming 2016 biennial—who names the biennial itself

Artist reveals how Yosemite Falls inspired her biggest public art project so far

Intimately related bronze figures are on show together for the first time

Art-world figures including Larry Gagosian and Benedikt Taschen among sitters

Lacma’s Michael Govan has adopted Heizer’s vast City complex in the Nevada desert

But why the reluctance to call the nine-minute piece a “music video”?

Grants of $500m will focus on fairness, president says

Cars, cowboys and Hollywood shape exhibitition planned for 2016 at the De Young

The 1980s art world was devastated by HIV/Aids, but artists made era-defining work even as their peers were dying from the disease. Now, US institutions are recognising the extent of their legacy, with numerous shows planned

Lacma plans to put on show artist's 40-ft-long airship, his last project, this week