Lea Lion

'The Lords & The New Creatures' at Nye+Brown: How Jim Morrison's Poetry Book Inspired an L.A. Art Show About Cars

Lea LionOctober 10, 2011

"Modern life is a journey by car." This sentence could have been written yesterday, but it actually appeared in The Lords and the New Creatures, Jim Morrison's first book of published poetry in 1971. Forty years later, little has changed: The car is still king in Los Angeles. Now, a......

Scarlett Lacey's Secret Paintings in 'Concealed/Revealed' Show: How a Blacklight Turns Landscapes Into Boobs

Lea LionSeptember 22, 2011

On a recent hot and sticky afternoon in Los Angeles, an artist and a reporter met in a building on the edge of Skid Row. They were on a mission to view secret paintings. The introductions went something like this: Reporter: Hello, my name is Lea Lion. Artist: Cool name......

DJ Turntables Become Art in Pop-Up Gallery Outside MOCA's 'Art in the Streets'

Lea LionJuly 28, 2011

Thanks to the rise of hip hop, the turntable transcended its status as an electronic device, emerged as the instrument of our time -- and gained a whole lotta respect in the process. Recently an exhibit titled "Art Mix" paid homage to the turntable as another art form: A blank......

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

Lea LionJuly 8, 2011

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 some painting/sculpture/etc. and -- presto! -- it's an insta-art show. That is, unless the show is......

Canlove Answers the Question: Where Do Street Artists' Spray Paint Cans Go to Die?

Lea LionMay 24, 2011

When the mysterious British street artist Banksy left an image of a young boy holding a paint can next to the words "I remember when all this was trees" on the abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit last year, some fans interpreted it as an environmentally minded statement. But if the......

Let Them Eat Cupcakes: Elizabeth Tobias' Cupcake Installation Art

Lea LionMarch 11, 2011

When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another variation: "Let them eat cupcakes." In her piece, "Let Them Eat Cupcakes," Tobias......

News

Nearly $1 Billion In Federal Funding Going Toward Prep For 2028 Olympics

Beverly Hills Students Expelled For Creating Explicit AI Content Of Classmates

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Rally At The Academy Awards

Food

What’s Popping Up? Cherry Blossom and Tamale Festivals

Historic Dinah’s Family Restaurant Moves To A New Culver City Location

Michael’s Santa Monica Celebrates 45 Years Of California Cuisine

Music

Kanach of Kanak feels the Raw, Unfiltered Emotions of ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’

Fresh Nugs of Bel Air

Molly Miller revels in Prince

Entertainment

In ‘The Films of Lee Chang-dong’ the Korean director takes-no-prisoners

Review: ‘Stress Positions’ Squeezes Wit From a Social Bubble as Tight as a Habitrail

Review: There’s a Bad ‘Moon’ Rising in ‘The Scargiver’

Arts

The Jewish Culture of Hollywoodland Gets A Permanent home at The Academy Museum

‘Candyland’: Callum Walker Hutchinson Delivers High Camp Brilliance

The Art Of Tarot: BUST Tarotscopes For Spring

Culture

Los Angeles’ Stylist Witch Shares Her Secrets

The Synanon Fix: The Rise And Fall Of LA’s First Drug Rehab

The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels

Cannabis

JOINT EFFORT: YOUR 420 GUIDE TO THE BEST LA DISPENSARIES AND DELIVERY SERVICES

420 GOOD VIBES ONLY: 2024’s 12 BEST CBD GUMMIES & BEVERAGE BRANDS

ELEVATE YOUR 420 EXPERIENCE: TOP 11 CBD & HEMP -DERIVED ESSENTIALS

Lea Lion

'The Lords & The New Creatures' at Nye+Brown: How Jim Morrison's Poetry Book Inspired an L.A. Art Show About Cars

Scarlett Lacey's Secret Paintings in 'Concealed/Revealed' Show: How a Blacklight Turns Landscapes Into Boobs

DJ Turntables Become Art in Pop-Up Gallery Outside MOCA's 'Art in the Streets'

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

Canlove Answers the Question: Where Do Street Artists' Spray Paint Cans Go to Die?

Let Them Eat Cupcakes: Elizabeth Tobias' Cupcake Installation Art

laweekly