Paradise and Precarity Merge in Jessica Bellamy’s Paintings of Los Angeles Life
For Jessica Taylor Bellamy, juxtapositions, transparency, and layers shape a way of working that evokes her family history and notions of home and landscape. Born…
February 2025 Editor’s Letter | Architectural Record
As we were preparing to ship this issue to the printer in early January, the city of Los Angeles erupted in flames. At press time,…
NYC Art Events to Support LA Fire Survivors
Fundraising efforts have sprouted across the United States to support Angelenos displaced amid the unprecedented destruction from the devastating fires over the last 10 days….
How to Help Those Impacted by the L.A. Wildfires
✕ As of this writing, more than 170,000 Los Angeles County residents are under evacuation orders and warnings. The Palisades fire, the first and largest…
Comment | The end of Los Angeles as we know it
For many of us in Los Angeles, we have just had the worst week of sleep in our entire lives. Since 7 January, when multiple…
Pippa Garner, art and gender provocateur, has died, aged 82
The conceptual art trailblazer Philippa “Pippa” Venus Garner died on 30 December in Los Angeles from complications of lymphocytic lekeumia at age 82, according to…
A Running List of Resources to Help Artists Impacted by LA Fires
As multiple fires continue to ravage parts of Los Angeles County, cultural organizations and individual artists have kickstarted initiatives to offer support and resources for…
A 100-foot-tall Vertical Mausoleum Rises at L.A.’s Landmark Hollywood Forever Cemetery
✕ From the La Brea Tar Pitts to the Watts Towers to a venue that both cremates the deceased and offers outdoor screenings of Shrek…
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This December
This month’s shows span the aquatic, familial, and celestial to engage with tradition and history, tracing threads of connection in some cases and challenging the…
