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Wages at Museums are Rising, But So Too is Inflation

As institutions implement their federal grants, it's essential that they continue to keep workers in mind. 
By Helen Holmes

Conversations with Sam Pollard and Lyle Ashton Harris on HBO’s ‘Black Art’

Sam Pollard’s newest documentary, "Black Art: In the Absence of Light" highlights the late David Driskell’s legacy as an artist and curator.
By Nia Tucker

LACMA Will No Longer Provide Its Director with Housing, Setting a New Precedent

Museums have been considering deaccessioning artwork to raise funds, but perks for executives aren't necessary expenditures.
By Helen Holmes
The Sheats-Goldstein residence in Beverly Crest, California.

Iconic House Featured in ‘The Big Lebowski’ Gifted to LACMA

By Parker Richards
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782.

Museums’ Social Media Campaign Sheds Light on Overlooked Women in Art History

By Alanna Martinez
The 2015 ALAC. (Photo: Courtesy of Instagram and Gina Clyne)

5 Must-See Booths at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair

By Ryan Steadman
Opening of The Met Breuer, Madison Avenue and 75th Street, New York City, March 2016. (The Met Breuer. Photo: Courtesy of Wiki Commons)

10 Museum Exhibitions You’ll Be Talking About This Winter

By Ryan Steadman
LACMA’s new prize: Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward & Victor (1900-01) by John Singer Sargent. (Photo: Promised gift of Barbra Streisand in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary)

Barbra Streisand’s Birthday Present to an LA Museum, and Other Big Donor Deals

By Daniel Grant
Jorge M. Perez partying with Wyclef Jean. (Photo: Franklin Sirmans, @mfsirmans, via Instagram)

Perez Museum Dinner Honors…Perez

By Guelda Voien
Michael Govan, Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), poses on April 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, in front of 'Red Concave Circle' by DeWain Valentine on exhibit at the museum for its 50th anniversary. AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN "MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST DEWAIN VALENTINE UPON PUBLICATION" (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

The Man Who Wants to Make NY’s Art World Obsolete

By Alanna Martinez
Michael Govan==The Director's Circle of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Supports Midcentury California Design Acquisitions for LACMA==The Buck House, Los Angeles, CA==June 02, 2010==©2010 Patrick McMullan==Photo - DAVID CROTTY/patrickmcmullan.com== ==

LACMA’s Michael Govan, in NY for Coveted Leo Award, Talks Future of Curatorial Field

By Alanna Martinez
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: A guided tour group listens to a Metropolitan Museum of Art curator, 2nd right, December 13, 2011 as she explains one of the century's old Iranian carpets on view at the Nature of Islamic Art exhibit in New York City. The carpet, made in the 1550's, once decorated one of the residences of the Habsburg emperors. The Metropolitan Museum reopened and reinstalled the Islamic Art section in a 19,000 square foot wing after eight years of reconstruction. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

LACMA’s Michael Govan Says ‘Curatorial Studies’ Degrees Are a Waste of Time

By Alanna Martinez
New Perez Art Museum director Franklin Sirmans. (Photo:  2013 Museum Associates/LACMA)

Miami’s Pérez Art Museum Ushers in Changes With New Director Franklin Sirmans

By Alanna Martinez
Leonora Carrington, Self-Portrait, (1937–38). (Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Online, © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)

Women Surrealists Recognized (Almost a Century Late) in Sotheby’s Selling Show

By Alanna Martinez

Internet Memes and Classical Art Merge Via LA Museum’s Hit Snapchat Account

By Alanna Martinez
An aerial view of The Getty Center. (Photo: blogs.getty.edu/iris/)

As the California Drought Persists, LA Museums Get Creative With Water Conservation

By Alanna Martinez
Artist John Altoon in his studio. (Photo: courtesy Pacific Standard Time at the Getty, via the blogs.getty.edu)

LA’s Kohn Gallery to Represent the Estate of Artist John Altoon

By Alanna Martinez
Barbra Streisand. (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC)

Barbra Streisand Gifts LACMA a John Singer Sargent Painting for Its 50th Birthday

By Alanna Martinez
Chris Burden, still from TV Hijack, 1972. (Photo: G. Beydler. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery, © Chris Burden)

Experimental Performance Artist and Sculptor Chris Burden Dead at 69

By Alanna Martinez

Art as Biosphere: A Walk Through Pierre Huyghe’s LACMA Survey

By Janelle Zara
Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol, by Billy Name.

Art World Abstracts: Warhol’s Go-To Factory Photographer Gets a Show, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Michael Govan, A. Jerrold Perenchio. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA)

Jerry Perenchio On His Massive $500M Gift to LACMA, the Museum’s Biggest Ever

By Nate Freeman
Sir Nicholas Serota. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Art World Abstracts: The Most Powerful Person in the Art World Revealed, And More!

By Nate Freeman
An Elliott Arkin garden gnome. (Courtesy Amherst College)

Morning Links: Garden Gnome Edition

By Nate Freeman
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