The arts of CicLAvia and some bikes, too
by The latest installment of the no-cars-on-streets bicycling event dubbed CicLAvia was held on L.A. streets stretching from Boyle Heights to Echo Park to Chinatown last …
Category: Art in Los Angeles
Shepard Fairey, skateboards, and plastic sugar skulls in Chinatown
On a shopping trip to Chinatown I stumbled across an art gallery called Eastern Projects that is participating in the Pacific Standard Time LA/LA exhibitions. The …
Five Lego men on benches in downtown Los Angeles
Brookfield Properties sponsors art installations around their investment properties across the U.S. Nice of them! And, in this case, fun, too! They’ve sponsored Nathan Sawaya’s …
See the extraordinary new murals at the Los Angeles Central Library: Oaxaca/LosAngeles
Neither my photos or words can convey the experience of seeing the new murals in the second floor rotunda at the Central Library. When I …
Actor Anthony Quinn reborn on a building in downtown Los Angeles
Old actors don’t always fade away into oblivion. Some get repainted or moved to a new home. For over 30 years, the Victor Clothing company …
Neon art goes wild at Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles
After disembarking from my first ride in years down the tiny Angels Flight railway, I crossed the street to Grand Central Market and was blown …
Color-filled crosswalks, massive mural and other art in downtown L.A.
I made a quick culture and photography tour along Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles to see what was new as well as look at …
Cuban film posters from the Castro era at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
(Note: Originally published in August 2017. The Pasadena Museum of California Art, PMCA, has closed permanently.) Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, the region-wide art exhibition sponsored …
Hockney at the Getty and some amazing furniture, too
(Originally published in 2017) The Getty Center decided to celebrate painter/photographer David Hockney’s 80th birthday with two galleries of his work. One contains self-portraits over …
The hidden artwork at the Del Mar Gold Line station in Pasadena
The Gold and Red Lines of the Los Angeles Metro should be designated as the “art and culture Metro Lines”. They were among the earliest …