Alissa Walker

Charles Phoenix gives a SoCal Modern architecture slideshow at the Getty's press event; Credit: Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging

A Diary of the Getty's Big, New Exploration of L.A. Architecture

Alissa Walker
"The San Andreas is not Los Angeles' only fault," cracked architectural historian Thomas Hines at the kickoff to Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A.. Hines didn't really mean it -- he was quoting a joke that people from, say, San Francisco might make -- but the quip hit......
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Catherine Opie Discusses Her Three L.A. Art Exhibits

Alissa Walker
Photographer Catherine Opie is perhaps best known for her portraits featuring the heavily pierced and tattooed bodies of the LGBT community, or the sweaty, clear-eyed optimism of high school football players. She has captured frozen landscapes littered with pastel-colored ice-fishing cabins and fluid ones bobbing with surfers awaiting their next......
Still from Moby's video for the Getty's upcoming architecture initiative

Moby: L.A. Architecture's New Mascot

Alissa Walker
See also: *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Those hoping for Moby to launch into the lyrics from "Extreme Ways" in this video might have been surprised to see......
Alex Fraser's shot of the Santa Monica Pier on Instagram; Credit: @urbanpirahnatwo

Why Are L.A. Places So Popular on Instagram?

Alissa Walker
See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best City in America Just before the end of Instagram's wild year — bought by Facebook for $1 billion, publicly eviscerated by its community for new privacy......
Sam Erenberg's artwork at the Roscoe station; Credit: Metro

How Do You Capture the San Fernando Valley Through Art?

Alissa Walker
See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. The Expo Line's opening last spring may have snagged all the headlines, but a few months later,......
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Why Are Angelenos So Good at Designing Human-Powered Transportation?

Alissa Walker
The streets of Venice Beach whir with the crunchy hum of skateboards, the utterly '80s rhythm of Rollerblades, the impossible physics of a surfer pedaling a beach cruiser barefoot, one arm slung around a board. A new design exhibition on Abbot Kinney that focuses on human-powered movement is almost ridiculously......