Paul McCarthy Makes a Mess

From Graham Little’s meditations on beauty to Marie Watt’s expansive material exploration in her first travelling retrospective

At the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the late artist’s conceptual practice exists in the polarity between obsessive documentation and rigorous anti-interpretation

The LA-based musician played an exclusive gig at Frieze Los Angeles 2024 and gave this interview where she talks about the pressure of creating and performing on her own

Three of the artist’s projects are presented at Santa Monica Airport—including a little-seen ’zine—exploring physical appearance, gender-hacking and consumer culture

Drawing on the themes of this year’s Frieze Projects Los Angeles, the photographer reflects on the seduction of the cosmetic image and very Hollywood constructions of allure, artifice and illusion

Recently appointed at the Hammer Museum, the curator enjoys studio visits, Taiwanese food and getting lost

The Sunset Strip seduces Kim Gordon, while Chris Kraus prefers MacArthur Park

At 52 Walker, New York, the artist honours the poet by bridging her writing and her beloved Los Angeles

The artist, who has a solo presentation in this year’s Focus section, discusses LA landscapes and her work inspired by Haitian myth, childhood memories and the invisible