Art, architecture and travel in Los Angeles
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Los Angeles - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Los Angeles.
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Crime, corruption, and sin: the dark underbelly of Los Angeles in the 1920s-1950s
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Omission control: Tavares Strachan is reinstating the invisible heroes of history
Fusing creativity and science, conceptual artist Tavares Strachan is reinserting disappeared people of colour into the historical narrative. This article will feature in the October 2020 issue of Wallpaper* (W*258), on newsstands from 17 September
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Kelly Wearstler designs California-style gingerbread house for Flamingo Estate
In collaboration with LA's Flamingo Estate, Kelly Wearstler designs a limited-edition gingerbread house in her signature California Modernist style
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Trousdale Estate modernism revamped in this Carla Ridge house
Surrounded by a rippling infinity pool, this art- and design-filled Beverly Hills villa by design studio Lucas is already making waves
By Tilly Macalister-Smith Last updated
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'Made in LA': Hammer Museum's 2016 biennial explores history and myth
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Sculpture series: Liz Glynn pays tribute to Rodin at LACMA
Ungentle is a fictional journey through 20th-century Britain, exploring the relationship between espionage and male homosexuality. A collaboration between Huw Lemmey and Onyeka Igwe, the film is on view at London’s Studio Voltaire in September
By Brook Mason Last updated
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Frieze LA festivities kick off with a celebration of handcrafted vessels
To have and to hold: the vessel takes centre stage in a new show in Los Angeles, which also highlights the art of ikebana
By Tilly Macalister-Smith Last updated
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Colour defines LA ceramics studio and showroom of Bari Ziperstein
Step inside the multifunctional ceramics studio, office and showroom of designer and artist Bari Ziperstein, designed by local firm Foss Hildreth
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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A woman’s right to pleasure: the LA exhibition rewriting the history of female sexuality
Artists including Nan Goldin, Tracey Emin and Reka Nyari take part in ‘BlackBook Presents: A Woman’s Right to Pleasure’ at Sotheby’s LA
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Last chance to see: Marta Los Angeles exhibition pays tribute to New Mexico
‘Tino’s White Horses’ by sculptor-designer Ross Hansen at Marta Los Angeles (until 6 August 2022) explore the desert landscapes of Ojo Caliente, New Mexico
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Italian craftsmanship comes to Los Angeles in this eclectic Venice Canals apartment
Boffi Los Angeles celebrates a juxtaposition of texture throughout a waterside bolthole
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Julian Schnabel finds his thread
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Take a first peek inside the Mandarin Oriental Residences, Beverly Hills
We reveal the first look inside Beverly Hills’ new Mandarin Oriental Residences by 1508 London
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Sixth Street Viaduct’s graceful shapes dance to Los Angeles’ tunes
Sixth Street Viaduct by Michael Maltzan Architecture is completed in Los Angeles, a modern, flowing and ambitious piece of infrastructure architecture
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Skylights add playfulness to this minimalist Los Angeles home
Architects Annie Barrett and Hye-Young Chung design Centered Home, a reimagined Los Angeles Spanish-style house
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Food for thought: chef Vinny Dotolo brings together two worlds at M+B, LA
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Industrial elements are imbued with elegance in Holly Hunt’s new Los Angeles showroom
Holly Hunt and architects Johnston Marklee have created a warm and tactile space in a 1940s building
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Leading female artists to celebrate 250 years of Veuve Clicquot in LA show
Opening on 26 October in Los Angeles, a new Veuve Clicquot exhibition will see contemporary female artists – including Yayoi Kusama, Sheila Hicks and Tacita Dean – respond to the champagne house’s free-spirited history
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Objects of desire: the seductive exchange between fine art and advertising photography
At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) ‘Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising’ explores how contemporary artists have imitated, appropriated and exploited the language of commercial photography
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Go west: LA’s design scene takes the spotlight at Austere
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Star gazing: Aaron Curry's new solo show at David Kordansky Gallery, LA
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Girl talk: Betty Tompkins unveils 1,000 text-based paintings at Gavlak LA
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Concrete futures: French artist-designer Frédérick Gautier sets his sights on LA
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Crown prince: LA artist Onik Agaronyan’s copper creations are a right royal success
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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Self service: LA's Hammer Museum showcases the works of writer/artist Frances Stark
By Arnie Cooper Last updated
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Pipe dreams: Oscar Tuazon emulates LA’s aqueducts in his latest body of work
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Knoll nods to Moorish architecture in new LA store by Johnston Marklee
By Alexandra Pechman Last updated