Frieze L.A., The Sequel: Revenge of the White Patriarchy
Though diversity is a driving ethos of this year's event in Los Angeles, the art world is still deeply invested in sidelining people of color.
Though diversity is a driving ethos of this year's event in Los Angeles, the art world is still deeply invested in sidelining people of color.
An exhibition at Mercado La Paloma in South Central Los Angeles reminds viewers of the power of art to fuel change.
The tangible effects of political concerns, ranging from mass displacement to climate change, are unavoidable at the 58th Venice Biennale.
"Then They Came For Me," a traveling exhibit, reminds viewers how easily history can repeat itself.
The Los Angeles art fair raises questions about the effect gentrification is having on artists and collectors.
If the book, documentary or T-shirt isn’t enough, a new exhibit dedicated to the ever-popular Supreme Court justice gives admirers another outlet to express their enthusiasm.
Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and a "Guerrilla Girl" contemplate cultural representation amid scorched-earth capitalism, as artists like Jeff Koons (pictured) make bank in a speculative art market.
The trailblazing artist tells how she fused feminist sensibilities with production methods in works that were initially written off by male critics and peers—and are now being celebrated in retrospectives and salutes.
Fulton Leroy Washington turned to art to cope with an unjust federal sentence. The story of his path to freedom is worth remembering as Congress considers prison reform.
A new exhibition of political posters in Los Angeles puts a powerful spotlight on police abuses.
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