IRA SACHS — PETER HUJAR’S DAY
On December 19, 1974, enlisted by writer Linda Rosenkrantz to describe the previous day for posterity, Peter Hujar accidentally captures an entire world in a few hours of considered recollection—now given elegiac, 76-minute form by Ira Sachs in his moving
KELLY REICHARDT — THE MASTERMIND
It’s family day at the Framingham art museum: Mom (Alana Haim), dad (Josh O’Connor), chatty precocious son Carl (Sterling Thompson) and his much quieter brother Tommy (Jasper Thompson). So far, so good, except dad is casing the joint. So begins
OLIVER HERMANUS — THE HISTORY OF SOUND
A note-perfect transference from page to screen, Oliver Hermanus’s new film “The History of Sound” concentrates the promise of its title into an aching minor key.
OLIVIER ASSAYAS — SUSPENDED TIME
With comedic precision, SUSPENDED TIME turns the stasis of the recent pandemic years into a time machine, detailing the customs, passions, and neuroses of a pair of brothers quarantined in semi-rural isolation.
EMOTIONAL BODIES — ANNA SEW HOY IN CONVERSATION WITH DOROTHÉE PERRET
“The show was about relationships, reflected in the spaces between the sculptures. The space between people is the space of relationship. This is where emotion evolves; it’s a magnetized and energetic space.” — Anna Sew Hoy
E.1027 — EILEEN GRAY AND THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
Eileen Gray recognized her good fortune. The fact that she was born into a rich family, she said, allowed her to become an artist. Allowed her the time to consider and develop, at her own pace, an aesthetic well suited
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.
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