On Latinx Art / Pacific Standard Time
Every few years, the Getty embarks on something called Pacific Standard Time (PST), a bat-signal to Los Angeles’s institutions, galleries…
LA Talks
Shearing away the Railings / Erika Vogt
In his memoir Close to the Knives, David Wojnarowicz recalls the despair and bliss of his dying — his thick,…
Depths Plumbed / Julien Nguyen
Julien Nguyen makes paintings that are at once referential and intensely personal, employing subject matter that ranges from Renaissance architecture…
Going to Berlin / Casey Jane Ellison
She’s wickedly funny, often at the expense of the art world. Los Angeles–based artist Casey Jane Ellison’s performances, videos and…
Après-ski in Beverly Hills
Karma International was founded in Zurich by Karolina Dankow and Marina Olsen. Last February they opened a temporary project space…
Oral Exams / Bernhard Willhelm
I recently exchanged a series of e-mails with German fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm in hopes of discussing his recent studio…
Controlled Disruption / Jeremy Everett
Born in Colorado in 1979, artist Jeremy Everett lived in Paris and recently moved to Los Angeles. Darren Flook talks…
Donuts for Christmas / Tangerine
As it happens, “LA Talks” could well have been a working title for Sean Baker’s magnificent Tangerine, and not just…
Archive Fever / ROGERS
Opened in October 2014, ROGERS is a storefront art space in Cypress Park, a neighborhood on the Eastside of Los…
The Villa Plays Itself
Steven Warwick is a British artist and musician based in Berlin. He combines objects and media to produce immersive environments,…
Deskilling / Jérôme Bel
Throughout his career started in 1994 with Nom donné par l’auteur, choreographer and philosopher Jérôme Bel has challenged theatrical conventions…
Staging the Ambivalence / Gisèle Vienne
At the end of September 2013, Flash Art invited Gisèle Vienne to present the performance Jerk at MOCA Grand Avenue,…
I disappear, again / Sarah Cain
On the occasion of her upcoming solo exhibition “freedom is a prime number” at Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles, Flash…