The Board of Directors of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles announced today the appointment of Anne Ellegood as the museum's next executive director. Ellegood is currently the senior curator at the Hammer Museum. She succeeds Elsa...

Michelangelo's magnificent drawing of The Three Crosses (1521-24) and 40 other original drawings and prints by Italian Renaissance artists will be coming to the University of San Diego's Hoehn Family Galleries this fall.Christ: Life, Death, and...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam today announced that members of the public will be invited to watch the restoration of The Night Watch, Rembrandt’s most celebrated masterpiece next year. The project will begin in July 2019 and the public will be...

— “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”These words were written by the Greek biographer and essayist Plutarch (46-120 AD) nearly two thousand years ago.  By definition, all the arts are sensual, meaning that they are...

Southern California cultural and scientific institutions will explore the intersection of art and science as part of the Getty’s next Pacific Standard Time initiative.  Opening in 2024, Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x LA will present an...

The Art Collectors' Council of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens funded the purchase of several notable American works at its annual meeting last month, signaling a commitment to grow and diversify The Huntington's...

Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) has announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by BidFair USA, an entity wholly owned by media and telecom entrepreneur as well as art collector, Patrick Drahi. Under the terms of the...

A winding gallery of what TimeOut calls "rainbow tunnels" arrives at La Brea Tar Pits this summer—when the Serpentine Pavilion opens for free daily visits and public events from June 28 to November 24, 2019. Thanks to a collaboration between the...

The Broad will present Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again opening October 19, 2019. The exhibition surveys 25 years of Neshat’s dynamic video works and photography, investigating the artist’s passionate engagement with ancient and recent...

The Getty Villa is modeled on the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, an ancient Roman villa buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Rediscovered in the 1750s and explored further in the 1990s and early 2000s, the Villa dei Papiri has...

The Hammer Museum announced today that trailblazing feminist artist Judy Chicago and filmmaker Jordan Peele will be honored at this year’s Gala in the Garden on Saturday, October 12, 2019. The annual celebration recognizes artists and innovators...

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced the exclusive West Coast presentation of the critically acclaimed exhibition, Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again on view from May 19 through September 2, 2019. Spanning the...

Hauser & Wirth has announced exclusive worldwide representation of the John Chamberlain Estate. The gallery's first collaboration with the Estate will be the unveiling of three never-before-exhibited sculptures at Art Basel in June 2019. A...

During The Museum of Contemporary Art’s Benefit on Saturday, May 18, 2019, MOCA Board of Trustees President Carolyn Clark Powers announced that she has pledged $10 million to fund free general admission to the museum. The museum will immediately...

Some 40 ancient carved gems and cameos brought more than $10.6 million, including buyer premiums, at Christie’s New York over a week ago, and the top lot was a Roman circa 130-138 A.D. chalcedony intaglio portrait that fetched more than $2...

The Autry Museum of the American West announced its debut solo exhibition drawn from its acquisition of the estate of renowned artist Harry Fonseca (Nisenan Maidu, Hawaiian, Portuguese, 1946–2006). Coyote Leaves the Res: The Art of Harry...

The Maya Angelou Mural Festival is set to completely transform South LA’s Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School from May 13 - 18. Over two dozen artists have been commissioned to create permanent murals across the massive campus, engaging...

Off the 405 returns this summer with six concerts featuring a bold selection of the best in new independent music. Consisting of local and global, emerging and established bands, the series embarks on an ambitious season by introducing new...

Tate Britain announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2019: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani. An exhibition of work by the four shortlisted artists will be held from 28 September...

18th Street Arts Center will hold their inaugural gala fundraiser event on May 9, 2019 at 7pm at La Residence de France in Beverly Hills, the home of the French Consulate General of Los Angeles. Honorees include 18th Street Arts Center current...