Design

Our Diary of the Getty's Architecture Project: Gehry's Back at MOCA, LACMA's Black Blob

This is the fifth installment of our Pacific Standard Time Presents diary, tracking modern architecture happenings all over the city during the Getty's big initiative. Check out our previous entries: *The Getty's Big, New Exploration of L.A. Architecture *SCI-Arc's Gala and a Concert at Jackie Treeh ... More >>

Our Diary of the Getty's Architecture Project: Where Are the Women?

This is the fourth installment of our Pacific Standard Time Presents diary, tracking modern architecture happenings all over the city. Check out our previous entries: *The Getty's Big, New Exploration of L.A. Architecture *SCI-Arc's Gala and a Concert at Jackie Treehorn's House *Everything Loose Wil ... More >>

Refik Anadol Does Fascinating Things With Art and Technology — Like His Plan to Project Video Onto Disney Hall

Fire in the neighborhood

Catherine Opie Discusses Her Three L.A. Art Exhibits

High-concept bird's nest

10 Best Finds at the Los Angeles Antiques Art Design Show, aka a Flea Market for Rich People

A peek inside this weekend's 17th annual Los Angeles Antiques Art Design Show, which runs through Sunday, should be enough to convince anyone that there really is such a thing as the 1 percent, because those of us covering the opening-night party at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar clearly weren't amo ... More >>

Does the Pacific Design Center Work as a Gallery Hub? Annie Wharton and John Espinosa Think So

Does someone live here?

Art that makes you feel small

Your body, yourself

Classical Music on Film

L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2012: Greece is the Word

Blending droll wit and broad farce, sketch-comedy troupe Lost Moon Radio hosted the 33rd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Monday night in a taut show at Avalon in Hollywood, handing out more than 30 awards in less than two hours. The "Lawees" honor the best stage work in theaters of 99 seats or le ... More >>

Top 5 Overlooked Architecture and Design Venues in L.A.

Courtesy of Materials & ApplicationsA view of the front yard: Food Pyramid (2010), by Didier Hess.​ Great architecture is everywhere in Los Angeles, even if you have to drive along the mostly unscenic 405 and past the run-down auto body stores in order to get there. Most Angelenos have a few t ... More >>

Fury over Plummer Park Historic Destruction

West Hollywood politicians set to destroy historic buildings for Jetsons look

A Field of Billboards for Farmers Field

Frank Gehry Insists He Didn't Design L.A. Disney Hall By Crumpling a Piece of Paper

It's perfect.​We thought it was just general, irrefutable knowledge by now that bigtime L.A. architect Frank Gehry designed downtown's Disney Hall by crumpling up a piece of paper and setting the welders to work. But, as Gehry revealed in a CNN interview on Sunday, it turns out that was proba ... More >>

Architecture and Design Museum's 'Come In! 2: Surf.Skate.Bike' Exhibit Let the Artists Run the Asylum. They Drew 'Boobies.'

Lea LionAshkahn Shahparnia with her work Anything at the Architecture and Design Museum​ Even in the art world, where breaking the rules is the golden rule, some things still follow an equation. Take, for example, the gallery opening. It's one part boxed wine, one part background jazz, add som ... More >>

Frank Gehry Calls Eli Broad a 'Control Freak' on National Television

Gehry's Disney Hall.​The star of the 60 Minutes feature on L.A.'s own billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad was ... architect Frank Gehry. Seems like he's the only person in town who had the balls to say what others have uttered off-the-record: That Broad, while infinitely generous, is a pain ... More >>

Huge Subsidy for Stadium Architect

Villaraigosa quietly plans to hand Gensler $1 million meant for the poor

Digitally Ad-Wrapped Skyscrapers Coming to L.A.?

Jan Perry opens a new front in the Los Angeles billboard wars

Later, L.A.

A Punk Rock Interview with Shepard Fairey, Featured Artist for Alternative Press Magazine's 25th Anniversary Exhibit

Shepard Fairey, the DJ​Although his most recognizable (and controversial) work is 2008's Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, influential street artist Shepard Fairey's biggest motivation comes from connecting with music, not making splashy headlines. Old school album art, flyers and T-shirts from band ... More >>

HOW GREEN WAS MY LADY

Eric Lynxwiler: Mr. Saturday Night

Stage Raw: LADCC Winners

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on gay politics in Halam Iran and Salam Shalom THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS coming March 29! Nominees RSVP now to (310) 574-7208. Public tickets available at http://laweekly.comTHE 41ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR ... More >>

Stage Raw: Ten to Life

Last week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; also, see this week's THEATER FEATURE on Kevin King's The Idea ManTEN TO LIFE"Hacienda Heights" (from Ten to Life) Photo by Nic Cha KimNEW REVIEW GO TEN TO LIFE Leave logic at the door  and you'll get ... More >>

Stage Raw: L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards recipients

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES 40TH ANNUAL L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS LAST NIGHT Vicki Lewis and Wenzel Jones co-hosted with considerable charm an awards show last night that was sweet, simple and too long -- probably due to ... More >>

Stage Raw: Grease

L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS TONIGHT AT EL PORTALL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REYPURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES GREASE at the PantagesGrease Photo by Joan MarcusNEW REVIEW GREASE Born of NBC's re ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Bruising for Besos, Dracula, Burn This

The Threepenny Opera, Laws of Sympathy, and more

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Emptier Than a Hummer Showroom When polling stations closed Tuesday night only 18.59 percent of L.A. County's eligible voters had "filled" them. At stake were critical state ballot measures and the City Attorney's race. Turnout was higher in the San Gabriel Valley's 32nd District Congressional race. ... More >>

Stage Raw: Broadway Cares

BROADWAY CARES This Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 10 p.m., the cast of Spring Awakening (currently at the Ahmanson ) will perform a special show at L.A.'s Upright Cabaret with proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and other local charities here in the southland. Mark’s Restau ... More >>

WORN OUT: The Hollywood Life Style Awards

Planning outfits for a night on the town can tough, but during Fashion Week in LA, it's especially treacherous. You wanna look good and somewhat "on-trend," but not like you're trying too hard. If you do go for the gold -i.e. glam it out and stand out- ya better make sure you're pulling off whatever ... More >>

A Night with the Glamour Girls

Exterior Decorator

Oscar-nominated stylist Arianne Phillips finds inspiration close to home

Kara Bartelt and Michael Chung

Fresh, crisp and green

Who Killed Dick Watson?

The 28th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Dead End Kids, Celebrity Air and Scandinavians — Especially Norwegians

Upwardly Mobile

Developer Dan Rosenfeld on the vertical future of Los Angeles

Graphic Artists Bite Back

Escape Artist

The triple life of Louis Kahn

Ring of Fans

Love is Blonde

Edited by Kateri Butler

Open Doors

SCI-Arc rediscovers itself — and the city — downtown

Points and Lines

Architecture and Orange Peels

Eames-scape

Charles and Ray, all over town

Print Ed

Ruscha’s Editions: 1959–1999 at LACMA

Artitecture

Building as installation: London’s Tate Modern

The Misfits

American Westerns through Polish eyes

The 20th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards