It's rare for a rifle to be shot at an art event, Chris Burden notwithstanding. The mechanical violence of gunfire seems anathema to the presumed humanism of the arts. Yet the resurrection of French…
"Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945–1980," a monumental exhibition opening in part this weekend at the Getty Center, means to remind the world that Los Angeles was an unofficial center of art…
Young artists of Mexican American heritage are gaining visibility for work that often touches on their ethnic identity—along with other themes, from the conceptual to the formal. But they're…