The violent, provoking, groundbreaking performance and duration works by Chris Burden in the 1970s didn’t simply redefine the direction of art (although it did just that by questioning the role of the artist, where art was held, how dangerous it could get, and if viewers were really innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire).  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/15/10

In the 21st century, Los Angeles can no longer be called a single-industry town. Today there are new artists and art movements sweeping from Topanga to Silver Lake. Here is a showing of the creators, legends, radicals, collectors, gallerists, leaders, loners, and visionaries who are turning the city at the center of the entertainment world into the next capital of contemporary art.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/14/10

Jiri Kovanda has been overlooked in the United States for the past 30 years. This summer the Czech Actionist gets his due, with three concurrent gallery shows.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 07/17/09