The Bug That Had the World Seeing Red
A Mesoamerican insect once created a precious commodity.
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Open Art
An arts engagement project of Zócalo Public Square and the Getty.
What Diebenkorn and Matisse Taught Me about the Hard Work of Making Art
An artist remembers her time sharing a studio with Richard Diebenkorn.
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How the Skull Is an Ally in Art
Bone-covered crypts and skulls as art.
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Spinning the Story of the Wixárika Culture
Technicolor visions of the universe by Wixárika artists at the Fowler Museum.
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Coyote as Clown, Cowboy, and Creator
Artist Harry Fonseca transformed the Native American folk figure into a commentary on 20th-century culture.
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Life Lessons from John Outterbridge, South L.A.’s Most Influential “Rag Man”
Eight decades of assemblage art.
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My Internship in the Culture Wars
A fateful summer in Washington, D.C.
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Witty Mosaics Offer a Beautiful Solution to the Pothole Problem
An artist pioneers the street mosaic.
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Finding Inner Peace between Thin Black Lines
An exploration of painter Agnes Martin’s monochromatic art.
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Black and White Aren’t Opposites After All
How do our brains process light and dark?
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Catherine Opie Captures an Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor
An intimate portrait of a Hollywood legend, through her home.
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Is Photography a Method of Social Control?
A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores photography from mug shots to crime scene photos.
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