Henry Winkler helps Hammer Museum throws an art party for kids
The Hammer Museum raised $230,000 in support of its free Hammer Kids programs through the 15th Kids Art Museum Project (K.A.M.P.), held in the museum’s…
Olafur Eliasson: Can art inspire reflection amid world crises? | Arts and Culture
The Icelandic-Danish artist reclaims public spaces with Lifeworld, exploring art’s role in conflicts and crises.Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson’s latest work, Lifeworld, transforms public spaces, reclaiming…
Getty’s PST Art fireworks: Cai Guo-Qiang explains what went wrong
It wasn’t the experience many people had expected. The daytime fireworks show kicking off the Getty’s PST Art festival seemed to have suffered an explosive…
Jhayco talks ‘Le Clique: Vida Rockstar (X),’ Basquiat and making art
Over the past 17 years, the world has come to know Jhayco as one of the writers behind Cardi B’s chart-topping rap single “I Like…
Artist and mentor honored by National Endowment for the Arts
Fabian Debora believes art can be a lonely practice but can save you from a life of disrepair and gang violence. Debora, a muralist and…
Newsom signs law reviving a Jewish family’s claim to Nazi-looted art
California lawmakers have bucked one of the nation’s most powerful federal courts by enacting a new state law designed to reunite a Jewish family with…
But climate activists have a monopoly on art protest, for now
Eighteen months later, Anna Holland still can’t stomach the smell of tomato soup. “I can’t have a tin of it anymore,” said the climate activist,…
Indigenous Angelenos have found a home in this new community center
On a sweltering July afternoon in Echo Park, Miranda Due approached a table topped with a trio of flavored syrups and a spread of toppings:…
Dioramas at L.A.’s Museum of Natural History are stuffed with things to think about
As Sheryl Crow snarls her way through “If It Makes You Happy,” the music video for one of her most popular song shows her trapped…
ITV Art Attack future 'confirmed' as rumoured host Romesh Ranganathan breaks silence
After months of speculation, TV star Romesh Ranganathan has opened up on the popular children's show Art Attack, after it was reported that he would…
A curated guide to PST Art and all the museums open on Labor Day
It’s a new day for Essential Arts — or make that days, actually. I’m arts and culture writer Jessica Gelt, and starting today my colleague…
4 biggest mistakes people make with native plant gardens
Welcome to September, and what feels like our headlong rush to the Nov. 5 election. Are you registered to vote? Because the last day to…
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ winner tells own story in spectacular ‘Velour’
Rappelling on a giant pink boa that has descended from the heavens, the drag artist known as Sasha Velour makes a flying entrance worthy of…
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Isaac Psalm Escoto finds the intersection between L.A.’s art galleries and graffiti
“My car got impounded again. I am so sorry I’m late,” said Isaac Psalm Escoto, practically running into Jeffrey Deitch, a contemporary art gallery on…
L.A. artist Ed Ruscha on his plant board and love for plants
Ed Ruscha loves plants. If you know his art, this fact might come unexpected. He’s not a landscape artist. He’s never wanted to paint a…
Inside Andy Murray's stunning Scottish hotel with tennis court, art collection and its own chapel
Sir Andy Murray and his wife Kim have transformed Cromlix, a grand country house in Dunblane, Scotland, into a stylish, world-class hotel – and it's…
Estevan Oriol and Teen Angel art exhibit highlights L.A. Chicano art
Street photographer and artist Estevan Oriol, best known for his image of the “L.A. fingers,” remembers frequenting the corner of Fourth and Soto streets in…
Stephanie Dinkins Awarded the Ethic Award, Oscar Pomilio Blumm Forum: Art and AI Together to Help Inclusion
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‘Clue,’ Chaka Khan, the Mexican mystic art of Judithe Hernández
Judithe Hernández, “Santa Desconocida,” 2016, pastel on paper (Riverside Art Museum) Hello and welcome to another edition of Essential Arts. Yes, things are a bit…