Peter Frank

10 Best Reasons to Visit Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley (Besides Coachella)

The Coachella Valley was once known as a fantastic spot for a getaway from L.A., especially during its high season in winter, when it features almost-certain sunshine and better temperatures. In recent years, Coachella has become synonymous with just one thing: Coachella. But this year, the music f ... More >>

Larry Bell Gets a Restaurant, Larry's, Where the Opening was a Pacific Standard Time Reunion

Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice​ Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>

L.A. Weekly Critics' Choices

Highlights from the fall season

Jim Lutes' Visual Rants, Laddie John Dill's Monumental Materialism

On view at Kinkead and L.A. Contemporary

Chaos Theorizing

Matthew Barney, “Big Bang and other origins”

Referential Treatments

Barbara T. Smith, Kaucyila Brooke

Deconstruction Zones

Gordon Wagner, Wallace Berman

Skeptics' Society: Sandow Birk, Jeffrey Vallance

Evidence Rooms

Glenn Ligon at Regen II, “The ­Seventies Revisited” at dnj

Just Can't Get Enough

André Masson, Bruce Conner

The Ideal and the Real

Micol Hebron, Dave Kinsey

Modern Mysticism

Alexei von Jawlensky at Norton Simon ­Museum

Composition Lessons

William Swanson; Alexis Weidig

Truths Told

Florian Meier-Aichen and Reza Derakshani

Mid-Century Modernists

Jules Engel, Connor Everts

Reflected Glories

Fred McDarrah, Renée Petropoulos

Words, and Worlds, Gone Mad

Alexandra Grant and Robin Kandel

Still Waters and Restless Currents

Erenberg, Mitchell and Alexander; “Migration Study”

Playtime

Chris Burden at Gagosian, Marion Lane at BLK/MRKT

Points of View

Internal and external landscapes at Griffin and Helfen galleries

Marie Thibeault, Leigh Salgado

Daniel Kaufman, Antonio Adriano Puleo

Describing the results of Kaufman’s work-intensive technique as “butterfly wings on acid” only begs the question: Who’s tripping, you or the butterfly?

John Mason, John M. Miller

Jan. 26, 2007

The End of Murder by David Zahniser

Fair Games

Skin, Kaz Oshiro and Dan Douke

Coleen Sterritt, Jeff Soto

Llyn Foulkes, Robert Dean Stockwell, Katy Stone

John Stezaker, Sarah Charlesworth

James Brooks, Fumiko Amano

Michael Mazur, Merion Estes

Claire Falkenstein, James Turrell

Suzan Woodruff, ernest Silva

Put Subhead Here

David Reed, Eli Langer

Stepping Into the Light

Steve Tobin, Hagop Hagopian

Ruth Weisberg, Kristian von Hornsleth

Raul Guerrero, Hannah Wilke

Don Sorenson, Queen of the Night

The Zeitlist

Our annual compendium of politics, culture and ephemera

Stanley Dorfman, Timothy Isham

Roy Dowell, Lee Mullican

Friday, Jan. 27

Picks for Saturday, February 11

Picks for Sunday, February 12

Sunday, February 12

State of the Art ’05

A field guide to artists, gallerists, curators et al, from Aitken to Zittel. Part 1: The Rev. Ethan Acres to Mark Grotjahn

Merging Artists

75 years of California highways and byways

Summer Calendar

Body and Soul

A love rain from Jill Scott

Critical Mass

From Johanna Went to Madame Tussaud: 20 years of arts coverage