Carolina A. Miranda
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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The excess — aesthetic and environmental — of the Vegas Sphere
Curb your enthusiasm for Vegas' Sphere. Plus, a musical inspired by 'Soul Train' and new leadership at the Geffen Playhouse, in our weekly arts newsletter → Read More
Sound at SoFi Stadium is bad. Arriving and departing is worse
Even with Beyoncé, the sound at SoFi Stadium needs help. Plus, Meredith Monk's post-nuclear space opera and MOCA's big rehang, in our weekly arts newsletter → Read More
Drag entertainment meets virtual words at Honor Fraser
A show at Honor Fraser explores drag and tech. Plus, the latest Broadway offerings and a sculpture that became a studio, in our weekly art newsletter → Read More
A sculpture shown at LACMA ended up on Craigslist. A DJ turned it into a sound studio
'Migrant Dubs' was created by Los Jaichackers and shown in the groundbreaking 'Phantom Sightings' in 2008. Now it's a sound studio for DJ Escuby → Read More
Artist Sacha Halona Baumann makes a portrait of downtown L.A. one (literal) step at a time
Sacha Halona Baumann photographed downtown on daily walks for eight years. Plus, 'Ava' casts a spell and the Hammer biennial announces its lineup. → Read More
Lygia Pape's Tecelares prints at Chicago's Art Institute
Lygia Pape's Tecelares at the Art Institute of Chicago are revelatory. Plus, a play inspired by pho and art inspired by techno. → Read More
The 14 best poems or poetry books about L.A.
The 14 most essential L.A. poems or poetry collections, including those by Wanda Coleman, Robin Coste Lewis, Sesshu Foster, Bukowski, Brecht and more. → Read More
The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Essays
The 13 most essential L.A. essays or essay collections, from Didion and Babitz and D.J. Waldie to Jan Morris, Jonathan Gold and a few rediscovered classics. → Read More
The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Nonfiction
The 14 most essential works of nonfiction include histories by Kevin Starr, Carey McWilliams, Reyner Banham and, ruling them all, Mike Davis' 'City of Quartz.' → Read More
The 14 best memoir and biography books about L.A.
The 14 essential L.A. life stories, from Hollywood tell-alls to immigrant sagas, hard lives (Luis Rodriguez) and spectacular flameouts (Freeway Rick Ross). → Read More
Hidden inside the Vincent Price Art Museum is a real-deal Spanish-language bookshop
Artist Pablo Helguera brings a Spanish bookstore to VPAM. Plus, Basquiat at the Grand L.A. and an immersive 'Tempest,' in our weekly arts newsletter. → Read More
L.A. author Carribean Fragoza wins prestigious $50,000 Whiting Award
Fragoza, acclaimed for a debut collection of vivid, surreal stories, 'Eat the Mouth that Feeds You,' talks about winning the Whiting Award for emerging writers. → Read More
How a coalition founded during the pandemic is helping small L.A. art organizations thrive
The LAVA Coalition, developed during the pandemic, announces grants for small arts groups. Plus: the Hammer's new spaces, in our weekly arts newsletter → Read More
With cars and kaiju, artists Umar Rashid and Frieda Toranzo Jaeger subvert American myth
Triptychs, BMWs, colonial art and comic books all figured into recent solo shows by Umar Rashid and Frieda Toranza Jaeger at MoMA PS1 → Read More
OCMA has fixed egregious construction problems; others remain
OCMA has reopened after shutting down to complete construction. Plus, Simone Forti at MOCA and a book on Richard Gilman, in our weekly arts newsletter → Read More
A tin of pancake makeup at the Academy Museum tells a story about the Black image in film
The Max Factor makeup called "Minstrel" and what banal objects reveal. Plus, "The Outsiders" on stage and art reality on TV, in our weekly arts newsletter → Read More
What did Monet, Goya and Matisse have in common? Their late work was among their best
'Last Light,' a recent book by former Time magazine critic Richard Lacayo, draws on six artists' lives to prove that younger isn't always better. → Read More
How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims
As mass shootings rise, with two in California in the last week alone, so do memorials that mark their memory — including a thoughtful new one in Tucson. → Read More
Six finalists chosen for memorial to L.A.’s 1871 Chinese Massacre
Monuments that draw from Chinese aesthetics and spiritual beliefs are among ideas being proposed. A public presentation will take place in February. → Read More
The punk feminists who helped shape the Mexican art scene get a retrospective in Monterrey
The pointed work of marcelaygina gets museum treatment in Monterrey. Plus: Mahler's Ninth and pre-gentrification Santa Monica, in our weekly arts newsletter → Read More