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Jan 25, 2022 · While boundaries between what is traditional or mainstream and what is alternative are increasingly less discernable and less relevant, there are several innovative art spaces in Los Angeles...
- Best in Low
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: The Afterlife Experience
- Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology
- Ultra-Violet: New Light on Van Gogh’s Irises
- Latin Grammys 25: A Legacy of Musical Excellence
- Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema
- On The Red Carpet
- Lumen: The Art and Science of Light
- Reframing Dioramas: The Art of Preserving Wilderness
- Hybe: We Believe in Music
This new Petersen Museum exhibition takes us through the craft of lowrider culture, including paint, metal finishings, interiors, and hydraulics. Now that cruising bans have been lifted in California, lowriders are rolling into a new era on local streets. Learn all about the artistry and craftsmanship involved in creating these immaculate vehicles....
Beetlejuice fans have descended on local theaters to see Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. If you can’t get enough of this wild and wonderful universe, we’re lucky to have anofficially-licensed immersive experience right here in L.A. Explore 11,000 square feetof recreated sets, photo ops, goofy characters, and even themed f...
In this Getty Center exhibition, learn about a time when the moments of cosmic bodies were believed to influence personalities and seasonal conditions. Explore the twelve signs of the zodiac that we still use today in the context of theirintersections with medicine and life for medieval Europeans. Displayed works includethirteenth-century textsand ...
One of the Getty Center’s most coveted works is Irises by Vincent Van Gogh, which has been in the museum’s collection since 1990. This new exhibition delves into the science of conserving Van Gogh’s famous workthrough the use of special lights and analytical tools. Learn about how natural light has changed the painting over time, and how conservato...
The Latin GRAMMYs are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, and L.A.’s GRAMMY Museum will honor the prestigious event with a new showcase of red carpet looks, instruments, and other artifactsfrom the world’s most popular Latin stars. Look out for Celia Cruz’s famous blue-and-white wig, Juan Luis Guerra’s personal percussion instruments, an ...
Cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre centered on near-future scenarios, provides some of the most thought-provoking images and scenes in cinema. This new exhibition from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures presents artifacts from the industry’s most iconic cyberpunk films includingBlade Runner, Tron, and Ghost in the Shell.Writer-director Alex R...
See your favorite red carpet looks from the most recent GRAMMYs and Latin GRAMMYs at this brand new ongoing exhibition. Look out for Lizzo’s massive red rose gown from Dolce & Gabbana, Shania Twain’s black and white polka dot suit by Harris Reed, and Harry Styles’ colorful patchwork jumpsuitby Egonlab. Tickets: On The Red Carpetis viewable with gen...
This engaging new Getty Center exhibition examines how different authorities studied thescience of light during the “Long Middle Ages” (800-1600 CE). Compare the perspectives ofphilosophers, theologians, and artistslayered with their respective Christian, Muslim, and Jewish ideologies. In addition to ancient works from Western Europe, you’ll see se...
The Natural History Museum is famous for its life-size diorama halls, displaying over 75 different habitats representing global ecosystems including the Arctic tundra, the jungles of Tanzania, and the Great Plains of North America. To honor the100th anniversary of the dioramas, the NHM will reopen a diorama hall that has been closed for decades.See...
K-Pop fans are flocking to this interactive exhibition created in collaboration with HYBE, which chronicles the legacy of mega-popular groups including BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together, Enhypen, and Le Sserafim. See iconic outfits, accessories, and artifacts seen on stage and in music videos, and then rock out in the exhibition’s sing-along and ...
Nov 20, 2020 · Yet, in a testament to the deep resilience of the artists working today, many did. The 20 artists here tell us about the work they made this year and how the COVID-19 pandemic and social upheaval of 2020 affected them personally.
- Carmen Argote. Born in 1981, Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2010 Carmen Argote transplanted carpeting from her childhood home to Los Angeles Gallery G727. Titled 720 sq.
- Raul Baltazar. Born in 1972, Los Angeles, California. For the recent Pacific Standard Time Festival: Live Art LA/LA, Raul Baltazar staged Mi Sereno: Two Ritual Performances Honoring Our Past, Present, and Future Generations, a two-part performance meant to encourage intergenerational dialogue through its procession up and down Ascot Hills Park; it ended with a communal meal, which served as an offering to sacred spaces.
- Melissa Cody. Born in 1983, No Water Mesa, Arizona. Melissa Cody is a fourth-generation Navajo weaver and textile artist who melds traditional imagery and symbols with contemporary aesthetics and poetic texts.
- Janiva Ellis. Born in 1987, Oakland, California. Painter Janiva Ellis’s surreal tableaux often fix on figures with tensely contorted faces that look as if they are decomposing.
Jun 19, 2024 · Today, her works are held in the permanent collections of The Centre Pompidou in Paris; California’s Hammer Museum; the Institute of Contemporary art in Boston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and both the Whitney and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among many other institutions.
Jun 26, 2023 · In a consumerist society that for the most part ignores mortality, vanitas provides contemporary artists a way to describe the perplexing nature of our times, where the only chance at immortality might be the creative act itself. Browse available vanitas-inspired artworks in the collection “Contemporary Vanitas.”.
2 days ago · Exhibiting a wide collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present, with exhibitions and an extensive lending program to art museums and galleries worldwide. Established in 1979, the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art.
