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She is the fifth person since 2008 to lead the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, an important institution that has faced a great deal of turmoil.

Journalist Charlotte Burns and art advisor Allan Schwartzman team up for "Hope & Dread," examining the turmoil affecting art and artists.

Julia Sherman looks back at a recent gathering at which she previewed recipes from ‘Arty Parties’ for friends — and shares tips on throwing a communal dinner of your own.

Ladies and gentleman, the weekend. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news — and art historical dog paintings. You down with NFT? A single living artist. A major auction house. A sale that represented “a bold challenge to an entrenched system of representation by prominent art dealers.” I’m not talking about last months’s auction at Christie’s, in which the artist known as Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) sol...

Subject: Foundation Embarks on New ‘Equitable’ Approach to Grant Making Foundation Giving By Alex Daniels The Kataly Foundation funds nonprofits in areas that have been shut out of the economic mainstream, makes sure investment returns stay in those neighborhoods, and builds relationships with small organizations led by people of color. Giving By Emily Haynes Historian Benjamin Soskis takes stoc...

Art Industry News: Top Curator Leaves LA MOCA, Saying Leadership Isn’t Ready to ‘Fully Embrace’ Diversity and Inclusion + Other Stories Plus, a painting at the center of an Old Master scandal must be returned to the Prince of Liechtenstein and an unwitting climber damages ancient petroglyphs. April 20, 2021 Mia Locks at the Whitney Biennial opening night in 2017. Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tiffany & Co. Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developmen...

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Danita Delimont/Alamy Stock Photo A senior curator and the director of human resources have resigned from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, citing differences with the institution’s management. The museum has wrestled frequently in recent years with staff management issues. The Los Angeles Times reported that Mia Locks, senior curator and head of new initiatives, resigned in March while complaining of res...

Frieze Los Angeles at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Photograph by Casey Kelbaugh. Every week, Artnet News brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops reported and written by Nate Freeman. If you have a tip, email Nate at [email protected]   After a year in which fairs got cancelled across the country, Frieze looks like the lone survivor. Come May, the fair company owned by Hollywood behemoth Shed, the fancy glass box at Hudson Yards with a terrifyingly expensive r...