A Film Festival Illuminates the Experimental Edge of Appropriation Cinema

Although its roots go back more than half a century, in an era of “fake news” and “deep fakes,” appropriation cinema can be seen as a critical voice of resistance.

Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian   |   Sunday, December 8, 7:30pm

A Photographer Shows Deference For Sublime, Endangered Coastlines

Thomas Joshua Cooper has feverishly circumnavigated the globe in an effort to chart the Atlantic basin. His recent photos of the California coast, subject to wildfires and drilling, feel all the more poignant.

Dana Ostrander   |   LACMA, through February 2, and Hauser & Wirth, through January 19

Meet LA’s Art Community: Adam Piron Says Art Was “Never Something Separate” From Life

An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.

Elisa Wouk Almino

An Art Film Created With Middle Schoolers in Mind

Artist Nicole Miller sees her film To the Stars as being about potential: “I want the kids to feel like they are part of the narrative of what it means to be an astronaut or a brilliant thinker.”

Emily Wilson   |   San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, through 2020

Artists of the Darkness and Light

While Tatsumi Hijikata and Eikoh Hosoe reflected the countercultural mood of Japan’s postwar avant-garde, the trauma of World War II is inscribed in both artists’ aesthetics.

Natalie Haddad   |   Nonaka-Hill

Turner Prize Will Be Split Between All Four Nominees, at Their Request

A Long-Lost de Kooning Is Being Restored, But Will Always Bear the Scars of Its Theft

Danish Court Stops Watchmakers From Cutting Up An Artist’s Work to Create Timepieces