Tanja M. Laden

The Armory Center for the Arts prioritizes inclusion and diversity with its bounty of free offerings. Located roughly two blocks north of Colorado Boulevard in...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which is taking over the iconic May Company at Wilshire and Fairfax, won't open for another year or so, but officials have revealed plans for the 300,000-square-foot space, including its inaugural exhibitions, both long-term and temporary....

Even though it's already been around for a while, XR is still in its emergent stages. Whether it's accessed through one of countless all-encompassing headsets or smartphone apps (think Pokemon Go), it's all part of a new digital frontier that affords limitless possibilities for artists and audiences alike. With this in mind, Pasadena-based ad agency the Ayzenberg Group is hosting "Spatial Reality: Artists Explore the Future of XR," curated by XR guru Jesse Damiani....

As a way to provide context to its newly acquired, 13th-century Rothschild Pentateuch, the department of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum has chosen to display the Medieval Torah with a Christian Bible from the Middle Ages written in Latin and a 9th-century Qur'an, effectively highlighting the similarities between Judaism, Christianity and Islam by emphasizing their common origin: Abraham....

Here in the City of Angels, we have art fairs galore, from the L.A. Art Show and Art Los Angeles Contemporary to the time-tested photo l.a. But how many focus exclusively on women, who make up more than half the world's population? Not many, and that's where Art Women Art Week comes in. A weeklong series of screenings, discussions and installations by female visual artists, AWAW is curated by the leading online arts gallery, Saatchi Art....

A new monthly public tour from L.A.-based Cartwheel Art lets audiences learn firsthand about the differences between writers and taggers, throw-ups and rollers, pieces versus slap-tags and more. And since a walking tour tends to work up an appetite, this one conveniently comes with a side of beef — that's why it's called the Graffiti and BBQ tour....

SoCal has an abundance of colleges and universities that take arts education so seriously that they've invested in impressive art galleries for the benefit of students and the public alike. In fact, we had some trouble narrowing the list of excellent on-campus art galleries to 15 — but we wanted to focus on not just the best but the more hidden gems that folks are least likely to know about....

Tucked into the historic community of Leimert Park, you'll find Eso Won Bookstore, a captivating independent shop that not only serves the local African-American community but also represents it by selling works by African-American authors....

What makes a sculpture with words on it different from a sculpture made from a book? What distinguishes a painting with text on it from a painting on printed paper? Currently on view at the Getty Research Institute (GRI), "Artists and Their Books/Books and Their Artists" raises these types of questions and more....

Richard Bruland used to run Reseda's Bebop Records and its tiny performance space, until he got busted by the cops. But that hasn't stopped his artistic practice. He used to make all the band posters for shows at Bebop; now he's showing at Lora Schlesinger Gallery....