Shelley Leopold

LA Weekly has the scoop on the much-anticipated artist list for the "Art in the Streets" exhibit at MOCA, which begins April 17. We can't wait. We figured you couldn't either. Look out for our feature on the exhibit, which will be posted tonight. (UPDATE: It's live. Read "Street Art......

Click here for L.A. Weekly's exclusive MOCA "Art in the Streets" roll call. Like many people, Jeffrey Deitch came to Los Angeles with a dream. Yes, the troubled Museum of Contemporary Art appointed him its director to help stave off financial ruin. And yes, Deitch had cutting-edge ideas on how......

While you were sleeping, or maybe it was just us, Retna and El Mac threw up another masterpiece in Westlake. The mural has been complete for over a week now, but LA Weekly was there as the first sketches went down at MacArthur Park Primary Center, courtesy of Procter and......

Peeking up between buildings on the corner of S. Olive and 8th , "Westsiiiide" represents on the east wall of the Bristol Hotel. Living in LA, we know the origins of this iconic hand sign. Have we been desensitized to the gang connotations over the years after seeing it in......

Read more about JR in "TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles." For locations of "The Wrinkles of the City" pieces, see our Google map. Silver Lake just added another hipster to the neighborhood in the form of an old, bearded, yelling guy......

The following story on JR is from the print edition of LA Weekly, out now. See our "JR in L.A." archive for more details and check out our Google map if you want to see JR's work in person. Maybe you've noticed that Los Angeles is a flurry of street......

Read more about JR in "TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles." For locations of "The Wrinkles of the City" pieces, see our Google map. JR has celebrated his birthday by giving LA a couple of gifts! The Poodle Parlor wall is finished......

Read more about JR in "TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles." For locations of "The Wrinkles of the City" pieces, see our Google map. JR heads back downtown and stages his most inventive composition yet on 3rd and Hewitt. Working amidst disgruntled......

Read more about JR in "TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles." For locations of "The Wrinkles of the City" pieces, see our Google map. A dark, wall-sized glare that assails passersby with an awkward eye, a handlebar mustache and pores as big......