Two years ago, director Michael Govan said he'd close LACMA's historic film screening series—to no less opposition than that of Martin Scorsese. As of last month, Elvis Mitchell, esteemed critic, do…
When a studio fire nearly incinerated former designer Helmut Lang's archives in February 2010, the artist was inspired: Lang says, "I became intrigued by the idea of destroying it myself to use as r…