Los Angeles
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
John Lennon drawing coming up at auction in California
The sale at Analogr in Glendale features an original work by the late Beatle, which has a note from his widow, the artist Yoko Ono, on the back
Five years on, Frieze Los Angeles has grown up without growing old
Long doubted, the fair proves it is here to stay with its latest edition
Winning by a whisker: the rodents of Sharif Farrag’s Rat Race face off at Frieze Los Angeles
Stuffed-animal bodies sporting ceramic heads, hubcaps and their own licence plates roam Frieze
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
Frieze Los Angeles Diary: slam-dunk stars, out-of-this-world shoes and hole-y dough
Plus: critters clash in clay and visitors take home dirt bags
‘Largest Black public art project in the US’ to launch in Los Angeles this spring
Conceived as an outdoor museum, with murals and sculptures by artists both world-renowned and locally beloved, Destination Crenshaw aims to preserve a close-knit community
Santa Monica Art Bank and California African American Museum make opening-day acquisitions at Frieze Los Angeles
Sculpture by Mustafa Ali Clayton and textile Gary Tyler enter collections
Frieze Los Angeles diary: A-listers abound, Koh’s coffee break and Bowers’s champagne moment
Plus: dreamy Fellini drawings and opulent parties
How artist-run gallery The Pit is helping to form a new art district in Los Angeles
The founders are breaking the mould by moving into the Eastside neighbourhood Atwater Village—with others soon to follow
Meet the next generation of Los Angeles galleries
Even as out-of-town dealers open outposts in Hollywood and Melrose Hill, a fast-rising cohort of local artists, gallerists and curators is experimenting and thriving
Giving Los Angeles back its lungs: PST Art exhibitions will uncover the links between art, water and ecology
California’s water crisis is the backdrop to several hard-hitting shows, which will open across the state in September
Aiming for the stars: PST Art exhibitions will show what happens when scientists and artists mix
In the highly speculative and experimental fields of rocket science and astrophysics that ushered in the space age, artists and scientists ended up inspiring each other
‘The things we make are time machines’: Cannupa Hanska Luger on his PST Art exhibitions
In three exhibitions in Southern California this September the artist imagines future worlds for Indigenous peoples — and allows children to create their own world with Velcro
Colour visions: PST Art shows how technology and art have shaped cinema
Several of the exhibitions in PST Art in Los Angeles this September will tell the history of the film industry while also looking to the future
'The biggest arts project in the US': PST Art to bring dozens of exhibitions to Los Angeles and Southern California this September
The third PST Art, presented by the Getty, will be focused on the connections between art and science
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
30 archaeological artefacts returned to Mexican authorities in Los Angeles ceremony
Objects ranging from the 1st century to the 15th century were handed over at the Mexican consulate in Los Angeles earlier this month
Divisive Los Angeles dealer Stefan Simchowitz runs for US Senate
Once dubbed “the art world’s patron satan”, the gallerist is hoping to take the Californian seat formerly held by the late Dianne Feinstein
From Paris to LA: what exhibitions to see in the world's great art cities in 2024
The shows to visit in London, New York, Los Angeles, Basel and Paris
Art Basel in Miami Beach Diary: George Clinton is in the pink, Alex Israel chills out, and life models draw a (drawing) crowd
Plus: a million reasons to score at basketball, Hew Locke's golden opportunity, and your chance to win a koala
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
The 'world's first art amusement park' rides again
With attractions by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sonia Delaunay, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein and others, the resurrected Luna Luna opens in Los Angeles this month
Mark Bradford wins $500,000 Getty Prize
As stipulated in the award's new rules, the Los Angeles-based abstract artist will donate the money to a non-profit of his choosing
‘One of the great museum directors of her generation’: Ann Philbin to retire after 25 years leading the Hammer Museum
Philbin transformed the University of California, Los Angeles's campus museum (originally built to house an oil magnate's Old Masters) into a world-class contemporary art institution
In the latest Made in LA biennial, art and life are one
The latest edition of the Hammer Museum’s closely-watched biennial takes its title, “Acts of Living”, from a comment by revered Southern California assemblage sculptor Noah Purifoy
New 3D documentary tells the multidimensional story of American artist H.C. Westermann
Westermann’s hand-carved wooden sculptures pop off cinema screens in Los Angeles and Chicago this month
$1.5m bronze Buddha statue stolen from Los Angeles gallery
A single thief allegedly maneuvered the 250-pound sculpture, dating from Japan’s Edo Period, out of the Barakat Gallery’s backyard and into a rental truck
An environmental art festival in Los Angeles seeks to counteract climate despair and inspire action
The organisers of Earth Edition, a new festival at CalArts, are seeking to showcase “what is being done that’s positive, that’s solutions-oriented”
South African gallery Southern Guild opening a permanent space in Los Angeles
The Cape Town-based art and design gallery will inaugurate its Los Angeles location in February of 2024