DAVID CRONENBERG — THE SHROUDS
It begins as a dream. A moth, incorporating its own light source, hovers over a form. A director—a hybrid “I” in a hall of mirrors—considering a body of work. A shroud—a curtain that descends and enfolds—is embedded with cameras. Once
WILL RAWLS — [SICCER] AT ICA LA AND REDCAT
As a corrective to a corrective, [siccer] utilizes choreographed movement, video installation, green screen, and stop-motion photography to plot paths by which Black performance can reject Western forms of classification without resolution—a state of continuous evolution and becoming.
ALAIN GUIRAUDIE —MISERICORDIA
The films of writer-director Alain Guiraudie—who exploded on the international scene with his 2013 feature Stranger by the Lake—take us to a place out of time, roughly reflecting the years of the filmmaker’s coming of age through his maturity without
L.A. ART WEEK 2025
In addition to the art fairs—Felix, The Other Art Fair, Frieze Los Angeles, and newcomer Post-Fair—local institutions, galleries, and alternative art spaces are presenting a wealth of special events, programs, and exhibitions.
BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY — MOMO
Ohad Naharin has described MOMO as two works running concurrently—70 minutes total—a bifurcation (or doubling) that plays with focus and distraction. Set mostly to the Hurricane Sandy-inspired album Landfall by Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet, an all-male quartet adopts
FAYE DRISCOLL — WEATHERING
“I think that when you feel connected and are not distracted, there is a greater increased possibility that you will feel joy.” And the possibilities of feeling joy are particularly desired right now in these harsh days of early 2025.
COMMUNITY FIRE RELIEF AND SUPPORT
Whether you are an artist, an activist, a cultural advocate—or all of the above—directly or indirectly impacted by the catastrophic fires that continue to burn in the Los Angeles area, there is relief you can seek and programs you can
I’M WITH PULP, ARE YOU?
“I was always a hoarder. One of my teenage best friends used to accuse me of buying records so that I could look through the holes. I was also an obsessive fan, attracted to the scraps of ephemera that had
READING KEVIN KILLIAN — SELECTED AMAZON REVIEWS LAUNCH
Dodie Bellamy, Semiotext(e), 2220 Arts + Archives, Small Press Traffic, and Giorno Poetry Systems have organized a series of events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City launching Kevin Killian’s highly anticipated collection SELECTED AMAZON REVIEWS.
PABLO LARRAÍN — MARIA
MARIA finds the soprano Maria Callas in the last week of her life, stalking her grand Paris apartment, dressed to the nines, humoring her butler and housemaid, hoarding and abusing Mandrax. Haunted by her final public performance three years prior, she