The drawings, taken from ledger books made by Native people imprisoned in the 19th century, were sold at auction in 2022 against tribal members' wishes.

The group asked for the ability to modify or remove their works and for the SF institution to divest from “Israeli governmental and pro-Zionist foundation funding.”

Assembly Bill 2867 was inspired by a recent ruling in the dispute over a Pissarro painting that was looted from a Jewish family during World War II.

Elizabeth Glaessner’s dreamlike worlds, Merrick Morton’s candid portraiture, Costa Rican artists on the body and identity, Sargent Claude Johnson, and more.

An artist and scholar duo hosted community meals with dishes made from water, tree ash, and clay from across the country, now on view at the Skirball Center.

The new Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University holds over 5,000 works that plumb the rich history of the Golden State.

LA artist Malado Francine is just beginning to make sense of the loss after a blaze consumed decades of work — and she is far from the only one.

After a three-year-long restoration project, Lucas the Elder’s iconic 16th-century panels are back on view at the Los Angeles museum.

Take-home bags of dirt and worms, a “Rat Race” on a soccer field, and other surprises broke with the business-as-usual vibe of this year’s fair.

SWANA women artists, Dorothy Hood’s unsung surrealism, Jennifer West’s cosmological spider webs, queer Chicanx borderlands, and more.

Additional funds were set aside to install fencing, remove scaffolding, and hire security services for the luxury development that was tagged in early February.

Performances, listening parties, exhibitions, and art bars provide a much-needed break from the market-driven frenzy.

Despite some out-of-touch-uncle vibes, LA’s longest-running fair has a robust non-commercial section, affordably priced prints, and other delights.

Crenshaw Dairy Mart's inaugural film festival this weekend features documentaries, music videos, works in progress, and more.

“Shit is a skyscraper playground,” said one artist who helped tag at least 27 stories of an unfinished luxury development.

Judithe Hernández, Joey Terrill, as well as group shows dedicated to art from Iran, Tijuana, and by Asian-American artists. 

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art canceled Three American Painters: Then and Now months before the opening and terminated its chief curator.

The UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills allegedly told participants that they could not address Palestine or Gaza in their artist statements.

The discovery of panels from a mural by ASCO founding member Willie Herrón has added another chapter of intrigue to the art collective’s evolving legacy.

Catherine Opie’s candid views of queer intimacy, artist-designed writing systems, Native artists reframe a colonial route into a path of resistance, and more.

Of the 30 largest US cities, Las Vegas is the only one without a standalone art museum.

Dining With the Sultan at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art examines food and culinary customs in 250 works from Southwest Asia, North Africa, and beyond.

Rodrigo Valenzuela’s recent project engages with the dreams and realities of 20th-century modernism and the possibilities of public housing.

Dyani White Hawk’s beaded paintings, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio's rubber casts, Tidawhitney Lek’s portraits of life in Long Beach's Cambodia Town, and more.

Outside of the blue-chip art world, some galleries and nonprofits are speaking out freely and publicly against Israel’s attacks.

The latest episode features a copycat of artist Doug Aitken’s mirrored house and Emma Stone as a misguided White woman experiencing Native art.

The Cultural Treasures of South Los Angeles does not simply record a list of places, but also traces evolving narratives of cultural expression and exchange.

Museum donors Lynda and Stewart Resnick’s orchards in California’s Central Valley reportedly use more water than all the homes in LA combined.

KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell takes readers on a vibrant tour through the life of the filmmaker, activist, and transmedia futurist. 

This month: Hélio Oiticica, Rick Castro, Rosemary Mayer, the Virgen de Guadalupe photographed across the city, and more.

An exhibition at LA’s Skirball Cultural Center chronicles three women’s decades-long struggle to reclaim a family painting seized by the Nazis.

Artists Susy Bielak and Fred Schmalz sifted through archives and interviewed community members to tell a more complete and complex story of the region.

This month: Dan Levenson, Rachel Martin, Sonia Romero, responses to the Feminist Art Program of the 1970s, and more.

The 39 artists and collectives in the sixth edition of the Hammer Museum’s show call LA home but make visible legacies of migration that have built and shaped the city.

Betye Saar, Barbara T. Smith, Teddy Sandoval, emerging talents, and much more.

The news came just as the Hollywood screenwriters’ guild reached a strike-ending deal with studios.

The gesture popularized by Estevan Oriol’s iconic 1995 photo inspired two sculptures by Glenn Kaino to be installed on either end of the new 6th Street bridge.

Tropical Storm Hilary forced the LA museum to close just weeks after it had reopened following a $5 million upgrade.

Through adaptive reuse, environmental artist Lauren Bon is diverting water from the river and distributing it to the Los Angeles State Historic Park.

A series of exhibitions offers historical perspectives on the still-active LA organization’s cultural and social resonance.

This month, Teresa Baker mixes paint and artificial turf, John Waters takes on the Academy Museum, Steve McQueen’s newest film installation, and more.

It is his maximalist messiness — his embrace of difference, however awkward or confounding — that connects Pittman’s paintings to the beauty of Los Angeles.

Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair, Suchitra Mattai’s textiles, an exhibition of artworks found in storage, and much more.

The area misleadingly dubbed “Melrose Hill,” where many art spaces are opening new outposts, is exceptionally diverse and notably dense. 

Mary Boo Anderson and Zoë Blair-Schlagenhauf started the unofficial program to "capitalize on this mecca of capitalism for more creative, authentic pursuits."

The programs, often considered a foundation for a career in the arts in the US, are still popular, but many are questioning whether they can be sustainable.

This month: Martha Alf, Kenzi Shiokava, Pedro Reyes, Hélio Melo with Alison Saar, and more.

The city comes alive this summer with insightful and fun art events, including Alice Neel, Keith Haring, Myrlande Constant, historic panoramas, and more.

Cloe Hakakian’s “The Common Thread" in Pico-Robertson is the first of five anti-hate murals commissioned by the LA County Commission on Human Relations.

Mortality has long been a theme for the irreverent artist, but his most recent show at California’s ArtCenter College of Design deals with specific losses and loves.