Three tons, $2.1 million in artwork burglarized from warehouse
The two towering sculptures comprising thousands of pounds of bronze and stainless steel took artist and filmmaker Sir Daniel Winn more than a year to…
Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud
LONDON — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters. Deezer, based in…
Kane Rodriguez talks TikTok fame, his rise in música Mexicana
Música Mexicana rising star Kane Rodriguez spoke with The Times about finding his way in the music scene and his success on TikTok. Born and…
19 charged in alleged Mexican Mafia conspiracy to kill L.A. rap artist
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Wednesday charged 19 people with conspiring to murder a rapper who allegedly angered a member of the Mexican Mafia, a…
Britney, Taylor and Beyoncé defined the 2000s and changed pop culture
On the Shelf Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyoncé, and the Women Who Built Pop's Shiniest Decade By Nora PrinciottiBallantine Books: 240 pages, $29If you buy…
‘Noah Davis’ at UCLA Hammer Museum reveals artist’s brilliance
The modest but pungent survey of paintings by Noah Davis at the UCLA Hammer Museum is a welcome event. It goes a long way toward…
Protester killed at Utah ‘No Kings’ rally was fashion designer from ‘Project Runway’
SALT LAKE CITY — The 39-year-old man shot and killed at a weekend “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was a successful fashion designer and former…
Art for art's sake, or the president's?
The Trump administration's decision to rescind or terminate National Endowment for the Arts grants is not only a threat to the survival of arts organizations.…
Heartbreak for Roger Teal as Lead Artist runs down Dancing Gemini in dying strides of Lockinge
LEAD ARTIST wore down Dancing Gemini in the final strides to deny Roger Teal a fairytale Lockinge win at Newbury.Teal's well-backed 2-1 favourite headed the…
Netflix’s ‘Forever’ features artwork of Black L.A. artists
L.A. has long been a beacon for the arts. So it’s only fitting that “Forever,” the Netflix series that showrunner Mara Brock Akil envisioned as…
Lord Buffalo cancels European tour, citing immigration issues
Texas psych-Americana band Lord Buffalo has canceled its upcoming European tour after it claims that drummer Yamal Said was taken off a plane by border…
UCLA, LACO, South Coast Repertory: Trump cuts NEA grants
South Coast Repertory was celebrating the opening night of a play it had commissioned and spent years developing when it received the notification: The $20,000…
Artist Jeffrey Gibson brings Venice Biennale show to the Broad
In 2019, Jeffrey Gibson received a MacArthur Fellowship, the $625,000 award commonly called “the genius grant” that buys recipients the freedom to follow their dreams.Gibson…
New LACMA building preview event stars Kamasi Washington
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries will become a sonic vessel in late June when Grammy-nominated composer and jazz musician Kamasi…
Dodgers extend merch collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami
A month ago Dodgers gear festooned with colorful flowers in the unmistakable designs of acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami sold out in minutes at a…
Don Bachardy portraits at the Huntington: profoundly moving
At some point in the mid-1960s, artist Don Bachardy began to make a regular practice of having the sitter for a portrait-drawing sign and date…
‘Art for Everybody’ review: Exposing ‘Painter of Light’ Kinkade’s dark side
If you think you’ve never seen a painting by Thomas Kinkade, think again. The late artist, who is said to have sold more canvases than…
Geffen Playhouse’s 2025-26 season has Athol Fugard and Pearl Cleage plays
So far, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s inaugural season at the helm of the Geffen Playhouse has spanned a muscular revival of “The Brothers Size,” a co-production…
Artists in LACMA’s “Imagining Black Diasporas” gather for a photograph
This special group portrait in commemoration of LACMA’s momentous exhibition “Imagining Black Diasporas” will be printed in Image’s forthcoming April issue. Scroll through for a…
Madonna, Elton John end longtime feud: ‘Buried the hatchet’
Elton John has had a lot to say about Madonna over the years, but recently he offered the fellow pop icon two simple words: “Forgive…