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Jeffrey Wolin
In two bodies of photographs, Jeffrey Wolin visits and then revisits residents of the Pigeon Hill housing projects in Bloomington, Indiana. They are a candid and compassionate portrait of working class America that is both optimistic and tragic. More...


A Talent for Talent
The late curator Walter Hopps, "elusive, unpredictable, outlandish in his range, jagged in his vision, heedless of rules," was as responsible for the emergence of L.A's 1960s avant garde as any one individual. A new book on Hopps helps explain why. More...


“A New Look”
“A New Look” is a fresh take on current figurative art in which the relationship of the figure to art history is only a sliver of the complex contents that these seven artists engage. More...


Jenny Trinks and Norwood Viviano
"Suspended Time" presents Trinks' photographs of buildings changed by changing light; and glass sculptures by Viviano. More...


Jason Rhoades
Jason Rhoades earned a reputation as a "bad boy" artist who broke conventions in hard to navigate installations, seemingly chaotic agglomerations of objects, but he managed to produce meaning from too much stuff. More...


“Eclipse”
This mix of art and science revolves around the August 21st solar eclipse, both celebrating the phenomenon and using it as a point of departure. More...


Steve Yazzie
Native American artist Steve Yazzie takes indigenous culture as his point of departure to arrive at a video installation that is both immersive and elusive. What he brings back from the remote areas he visits provides a connection we would never likely achieve for ourselves. More...


Jacqueline Ehlis
Tucked away from the main gallery, Jacqueline Ehlis little hybrids form the most incongruous whole, invigorating to the verge of the frenetic. More...


Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach may not be a prophetic doomsayer, but his photographic images convey decipherable signs of incipient collapse. And the recent environmental damage report is summarized in this series of ruined houses. More...


Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz
The political assemblage and installations of Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz remain amazingly timely. More...


Artists of Coenties Slip
For a decade during the 1950s, a tiny slice of lower Manhattan sheltered artists who separated from prevailing artistic orthodoxy. More...


“2017 California-Pacific Triennial”
The 25 artists included in the "2017 California-Pacific Triennial" were selected in part for their response to the notion of a permanent built environment and their personal connections to architecture. More...


Betye Saar
The core of Betye Saar's "Keepin' It Clean" is a series of washboard assemblages that delight the eye while conveying historical pain. More...


“Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now”
A selection of "Lines of Thought," sketches by historical masters from the collection of the British Museum, take us on a zig-zag journey across five centuries. More...


Sono Osato
In "Submergence" Sono Osato's flat layers of transparent space in which are suspended silhouettes--but of what? More...


The Eclipse is Coming
The August 21st full solar eclipse crosses the U.S., offering a unique visual experience to millions in approximately two minute intervals. Bill Lasarow takes a look at how that visualization has impacted global culture over millennia. More...


Candida Alvarez
Candida Alvarez' artistic trajectory has been anything but linear, her use of abstract and symbolic elements coming and going. More...


Rafael Soriano
A career survey traces Cuban expatriate Rafael Soriano's transition from bright but stark geometric abstraction to an organic and luminous style full of mystery and spiritual energy. More...


Tom and James Franco
Assemblagist Tom Franco and his brother, actor James, present a series of sewer pipe pillars altered by prodigious carving and painting. More...


Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken's immersive video installations, as seen here, consistently expand expressive possibilities of the media. The well-conceived installation serves to compound its immersive quality using multiple screens. More...

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