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In his first L.A. solo exhibition, Good Morning Los Angeles, How Are You?, artist Paul Flores wrestles with the uneasy relationship between nostalgia and change. Opening at CONTROL GALLERY, the show sidesteps a “love letter to the city” approach, instead offering a layered reflection on LA in perpetual flux.Flores, a native Angeleno, doesn't romanticize the skyline or the sun-drenched boulevards. Instead, his sculptural paintings stitch together fleeting moments: the hum of a neighborhood in transition, the scent of grilled meat drifting down the street, the ghostly imprint of places that no longer exist. His work evokes the feeling of walking through a city that’s both familiar and unrecognizable. “These pieces are about the people, places, and experiences that have shaped my life here,” ...

In 1985, anonymous feminist-activist collective Guerrilla Girls shook the art world with just one question: “When Racism And Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable, How Much Will Your Art Collection Be Worth?” Figured in the group’s bold, graphic signature, the poster challenged the art world’s “mega-buck prices” spent on the likes of a single white male artist, ignoring the works of many artists of color and women artists.Now, the iconic collective brings their explosive posters to Hannah Traore Gallery with Discrimin-NATION: Guerrilla Girls on Bias, Money and Art, making their return to the Lower East Side, where it all began. Showcasing their street-smart critique and distinctive visual flair, the show traces four decades of “behaving badly,” shining a light on enduring inequities across race...

What if a single mask could capture centuries of cultures? This question lays at the heart of En Iwamura’s latest solo exhibition at Ross + Kramer Gallery in New York, now on view through March 22, 2025.  Drawing inspiration from childhood memories and global influences, Mask showcases over 20 ceramic sculptures, including some of Iwamura’s first wall-hanging sculptures, each imbued with a sense of discovery and wonder.In this latest body of work, the Japanese artist explores the role of masks across time and cultures, recalling the enchanting mystery and curiosity he felt upon visiting museums in Osaka as a child. While examining the historical weight of the mask, Iwamura reflects on their significance in a post-pandemic world.Ranging in shape, color and expression, this body of work is a...

Last week, 21-year-old Jack Gibson-Burrel, the accused creator of the infamous “Pam the Bird,” was arrested and charged with 50 offenses including criminal burglary, motor theft and around $100,000 worth of graffiti-related damage.Gibson-Burrel faced Melbourne Magistrate's Court following a string of cartoon-like murals that sprung up across Melbourne's cityscape over the last six months. Alongside him, 39-year-old Matthew Raoul White has also been charged for criminal damage linked to the “SROCK” tag often seen with the bird.Over the last several years, Pam the Bird gained a cult following on social media, rising to the status of a mascot in the city's western suburbs, with appearances sprawled across metro rails, road signs and towering landmarks, like the Channel Nine building, Flinders...

Jupiter Miami is set to unveil Serenity Now, a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Adam Himebauch, running from February 16 through March 20. For Serenity Now, Himebauch strips things down, presenting a series of monochromatic landscapes inspired by pre-urban Miami and a recent trip to Jamaica. It’s a stark departure from his usual theatrics, offering a quiet, meditative shift in his practice.Monochromatic landscapes aren’t entirely new territory for Himebauch. In 2020, the self-taught artist explored hyper-saturated, intricately rendered forest scenes as a way to challenge his own technical abilities. Those works later became integral to Back to the Future, a conceptual project that blended media and nostalgia, using a predominantly black-and-white Instagram feed punctuated by bursts...

Pioneer Works is currently showcasing a solo exhibition by American Artist inspired by the life and legacy of science fiction luminary Octavia E. Butler. With titular cues from her seminal, post-apocalyptic novel Parable of the Sower, Shaper of God circles similar ideas of climate change, unchecked power and corporate greed through a striking display of sculpture, installation, drawing and video.The exhibition interlaces Butler’s resonant, speculative worlds with intimate details of her life, tracing her radical, political imagination through lived experiences. In “Estella Butler’s Apple Valley Autonomy" (2024,) for example, Artist reimagines her grandmother’s chicken coop and explores how its burning gave rise to the prevalence of fire in her most famed stories. Complementing the sculptur...

Pioneer Works is currently showcasing a solo exhibition by American Artist inspired by the life and legacy of science fiction luminary Octavia E. Butler. With titular cues from her seminal, post-apocalyptic novel Parable of the Sower, Shaper of God circles similar ideas of climate change, unchecked power and corporate greed through a striking display of sculpture, installation, drawing and video.The exhibition interlaces Butler’s resonant, speculative worlds with intimate details of her life, tracing her radical, political imagination through lived experiences. In “Estella Butler’s Apple Valley Autonomy" (2024,) for example, Artist reimagines her grandmother’s chicken coop and explores how its burning gave rise to the prevalence of fire in her most famed stories. Complementing the sculptur...

The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has released the lineup for the highly anticipated Made in L.A. biennial running from October to early January 2026. Composed of 27 artists, the exhibition will shift its focus to those working in the greater LA area.For the seventh edition of the biennial, curators Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha pooled a group of multigenerational artists who work across a variety of mediums. Featured works include a presentation by esteemed conceptual artist John Knight, architectural explorations by Hood Century Modern founder Jerald Cooper, a choreographic composition by Will Rawls and a stage production by Leila Weinraub and avant-garde duo New Theater Hollywood (Max Pitegoff and Calla Henkel.)While this year’s theme has yet to be announced, the curators note that ...

The U.S. Copyright Office has just ruled that AI art created with text prompts, or "purely AI-generated material," cannot be copyrighted. The decision, detailed in a report published on January 29, offers some clarity in the murky legal territory surrounding AI within creative industries, emphasizing the dangers of “using AI as a stand-in for human creativity.”The report stems from an ongoing investigation into AI-generated works which began in 2023, and considered over 10,000 contributions from the public – including artists, performers, directors and musicians. The report notes that “prompts alone do not provide sufficient human control to make users of an A.I. system the authors of the output,” though works created using AI “assistance” are protected under copyright law, and even those ...

Japanese contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara has teamed up to create a line of merchandise and the official poster for FireAid, a benefit concert which was held on January 30 at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome and Kia Forum. Proceeds went to support communities recovering from the recent wildfires in LA as per ARTnews.Orchestrated by music industry titans alongside Live Nation and the LA Clippers, the concert boasts an all-star roster, including Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Nicks, Katy Perry and Joni Mitchell. Longtime fans of Nara’s work, the Azoffs brought him on board early with help from dealer Tim Blum, recognizing his history of involvement in humanitarian causes.Nara’s commitment to disaster relief—shaped by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami—...