Georg Baselitz, the German painter and sculptor whose inverted figures and raw, often unsettling imagery made him one of the most influential artists of the postwar era, died on April 30 at age 88. His death was announced by the gallery...

A new group exhibition in Culver City is bringing together artists from Altadena whose lives and work were disrupted by last year’s Eaton fire, offering a view of how creative practices continue in the aftermath of disaster. “Post-Fire 1,” on...

A new book and accompanying pop-up exhibition opening in Los Angeles next month will examine the construction of the Metro D Line Subway Extension, one of the region’s most ambitious transportation projects in decades. Titled Wilshire Subway:...

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, a painter whose candid, often darkly humorous depictions of American life examined subculture, politics, and identity with unflinching clarity, has died at 46. Her work, rooted in observation yet charged with allegory,...

The exhibition Roy Lichtenstein in the Studio at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, offers a revealing recalibration of an artist too often flattened by his own graphic clarity. Best known for his comic-strip appropriations and...

Pat Steir, an American painter whose cascading “waterfall” canvases merged abstraction with chance and control, died in 2026 at the age of 84. Over a career spanning more than five decades, Steir developed a distinctive visual language rooted in...

The New Museum reopened to the public Saturday, March 21, after a two-year closure, unveiling a major expansion that nearly doubles the institution’s size and signals a shift in how it presents contemporary art. Located on the Bowery in Lower...

Laguna Art Museum presents Andy Moses: Into the Light, an exhibition on view through September 20, 2026. The show brings together more than two decades of work by the Los Angeles–based painter, focusing on his exploration of light, perception,...

The exhibition “Catherine Opie: To Be Seen” at the National Portrait Gallery offers the first major museum survey of the American photographer in the United Kingdom, bringing together more than three decades of work that expands—and...

At Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, the exhibition “Destiny Is a Rose: The Eileen Harris Norton Collection” (26 February – 16 August 2026) offers a rare look inside one of the most thoughtful private collections assembled in Southern California....

Michael Philip Silverblatt, the literary broadcaster whose name became synonymous with the deepest and most devoted kind of reading, died on February 14, 2026, at his Los Angeles home. He was 73. His death came after struggling with various...

Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting (running 12 Feb–4 May 2026) is an ambitious and illuminating survey that upends familiar assumptions about one of the 20th century’s most influential figurative artists. Rather than prioritizing Freud’s...

The Felix Art Fair will return to the The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel from February 25 through March 1, 2026, marking the eighth edition of the Los Angeles-based contemporary art event. Founded in 2019, the fair takes place in guest rooms and...

A new group exhibition featuring 32 artists working at Santa Monica Studios 3026 will open February 22 at the Airport Arts Center in Santa Monica. Titled “Under One Roof,” the exhibition is curated by art critic and curator Peter Frank and will...

  Walking through Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia (on view through February 22, 2026) is like entering an alternate universe of color, imagination, and artistic audacity. Far more than a...

Marian Goodman, the formidable dealer who reshaped the landscape of postwar and contemporary art on both sides of the Atlantic, has died. Over a career spanning more than five decades, Goodman became synonymous with intellectual rigor, ethical...

    Sayre Gomez’s Precious Moments at David Kordansky Gallery offers a richly layered, quietly powerful exploration of Los Angeles’s urban fabric and the emotional terrains we navigate within it. Spanning the gallery’s three exhibition...

Scottish artist Nnena Kalu who was awarded the 2025 Turner Prize, Britain’s most prestigious contemporary art award, marks a watershed moment in the visual arts world. The 59-year-old artist, known for her vibrant and tactile sculptures and...

Joseph Cornell’s Studio Re-Created by Wes Anderson in Paris is less an exhibition than a reverie—an immersive, meticulous daydream in which two kindred imaginations meet across time. Installed with the fastidious care one expects from Anderson,...

The Museum of Modern Art’s latest presentation of Helen Frankenthaler’s work, A Grand Sweep, is a measured yet powerful distillation of one of postwar America’s most inventive painters. Occupying MoMA’s dramatic Marron Family Atrium, this...

Walking through Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product at MoMA PS1 is less a traditional exhibition visit and more a radical initiation into an unruly, heartfelt, and defiantly individual cosmos. This comprehensive retrospective immerses viewers in...

Marking its 31st year, the LA Art Show, Los Angeles’ largest art fair, returns to the LA Convention Center from January 7 to 11, 2026. Under the leadership of director and producer Kassandra Voyagis, the fair will feature over 90 exhibitors....

In December 2025, an ambitious new collaboration was unveiled between two of the world’s leading contemporary art institutions: FLAG Art Foundation (New York) and Serpentine Galleries (London). The newly created prize, the Serpentine × FLAG Art...

Frank Owen Gehry, the trailblazing architect whose improbable curves, shimmering titanium panels, and restless imagination reshaped skylines and the very language of contemporary architecture, is remembered today as one of the most influential...