Alexis Smith may have spent her working life in Los Angeles, but the conceptual and collage artist who passed away Tuesday at her home in L.A. also left an indelible mark in San Diego. Smith, who was ...

A conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” sold at auction last November for just over $6 million. The piece consisted of a banana duct-taped to the wall, along with installation instructions and a ...

During the late aughts and early 2010s, “Gulf Futurism,” a cultural concept articulated by artist Sophia Al-Maria, sought to articulate trends and changes affecting the region, where the advancement ...

Years ago, the artist Harry Gould Harvey IV came across a fallen black walnut tree in a friend’s yard. He experienced a moment of revelation and felt a sudden urge to make a frame for his drawings ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. LACMA has organized a show of 39 recent acquisitions of contemporary art, some shared with other L.A. museums.

Celia Álvarez Muñoz, "Petrocuatyl" (1988, performance c. 1981), cibachrome print, 20 x 16 inches framed, in Breaking the Binding at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (all images courtesy the ...

DETROIT — The rumors are true: Detroit’s contemporary art scene thrives. The rumors are also true: [insert standard boilerplate about Detroit’s struggles]. For my first article for Hyperallergic, I ...

CCA residencies are located in the historic Tashkent mahallas—Uzbek for “neighborhoods”—of Namuna and Khast Imom, in newly restored heritage sites. Photo by Andrey Arakelyan / Courtesy of the Centre ...