The Why Factory, a research group headed by architect Winy Maas, is asking another question: Why can’t artwork be big, beautiful, and help save the planet? The group has a new plan for Phuket, Thailand — and it involves a series of graceful [...]

As anyone who’s ever taken the 101 freeway knows, traffic in LA is a strange beast. Of the 50 most traffic-riddled metropolitan areas in the United States, Los Angeles is the worst. So it should come as no surprise that thinkers at Caltrans and the Van Alen Institute are hosting an exhibition about the potential [...]

Self Help Graphics, a nationally recognized center for Latino arts, announced the move to its new home this week. SHG’s mission is complex, but thorough: to develop and nurtures artists in printmaking, to advance Latino art broadly through programming, exhibitions and outreach to diverse audiences in East Los Angeles and beyond, and to identify and [...]