by October Gallery
Chris Vargas, New Museum in MOTHA drag, 2018, digital image. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND NEW MUSEUM, NEW YORK In an open letter released on Friday, a group of artists and…
Luhring Augustine’s booth, with work by Oscar Tuazon and Lygia Clark, at FOG Art+Design. COURTESY LUHRING AUGSTINE As San Francisco weathered two very minor earthquakes and braced against voracious rain…
Marinus van der Maarel (ca. 1880–ca. 1912), Portrait of the Art Dealer E.J. van Wisselingh. RIJKSMUSEUM The Talent: Market Dealer Sarah Watson has joined Los Angeles gallery Kayne Griffin Corcoran…
Long Beach-based artist Pippa Garner cruising down the block in one of her custom-made pedal cars. Was there ever a more heartfelt ode to the car than that of Ed…
April Gornik, Approaching Night, 2001. COURTESY THE ARTIST Artist April Gornik has joined the roster of New York’s Miles McEnery Gallery, which also shows work by Beverly Fishman, Hans Hofmann,…
Howardena Pindell. KATHERINE MCMAHON The College Art Association has revealed the winners of its 2019 awards for distinction, with Howardena Pindell being named the 2019 Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime…
Carey Lovelace. PEDRO ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ The Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York has named art journalist, curator, and playwright Carey Lovelace as the third honoree for its 2019…
Installation view of “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.,” 2017, at MOCA Pacific Design Center. ZAK KELLEY/COURTESY THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES The Museum of Contemporary Art…
Kenturah Davis, A Surreal Presence for Every Possible State, 2018. COURTESY MATTHEW BROWN The Los Angeles art world is adding a gallery. Matthew Brown, an independent curator who’s formerly worked…
Young Joon Kwak, Marvin Astorga (Xina Xurner) and Drew Arriola-Sands (Trap Girl) in the stairwell of the former site of Los Angeles’ first punk club, The Masque (now World of…