Matt Stromberg

Frieze LA Meets the Real World Intentionally or not, this year’s edition brought issues of class, labor, and immigration into the fair tent.

I tried to make sense of Frieze LA 2026 and the role that art fairs play (not sure I succeeded) for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/frieze-la-me...

Your Guide to Fairs and Shows This LA Frieze Week In true Angeleno fashion, a slew of local exhibitions and art events act as a counterbalance to this year’s eight fairs — or more, depending on how you define them.

My concise @hyperallergic.com guide for the LA art fairs this week, plus a few non-fair events! #friezeLA #Felix #PostFair hyperallergic.com/your-guide-t...

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

Omg how did I not know this!

Kinda reminds me of Saul Bass’ poster design for “the man with the golden arm” (but less artful obvs)

Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's “Ponyo” A new exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles conveys the film’s whimsy and wonder through interactive elements.

New show exploring Hayao Miyazaki's visionary animated film "Ponyo" opens at the Academy Museum tomorrow, via
@hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/step-into-th...

Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89 His experimental photo-sculptures and inventive portraits of artists like Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha pushed the boundaries of photography.

You may not know Jerry McMillan's name, but you've certainly seen his photos. The preeminent chronicler of the freewheeling LA art scene of the 1960s and 70s passed away on Monday at the age of 89. My obit for @hyperallergic.com #jerrymcmillan hyperallergic.com/jerry-mcmill...

15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring Arshile Gorky’s road trip with Isamu Noguchi, Steve Arnold’s queer baroque aesthetics, Chicano photography, photography in the Black Arts Movement, and more.

my @hyperallergic.com picks for 15 LA shows to see this spring! hyperallergic.com/15-art-shows...

I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
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There are raids going all over Los Angeles. I just saw video of ICE chasing some guy through the parking lot of my local supermarket.

It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day

Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have

I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

Just cause someone gives you their trophy, doesn’t mean you actually received the award.

Little Frog stands next to his father, a strapping bullfrog. From "The Corner" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

“When I was small, not much bigger than a pollywog,” said Frog, “my father said to me, “Son, this is a cold, gray day but spring is just around the corner.”

From our pal, the amazing @laloalcaraz.bsky.social

can someone explain to me how ice goons could possibly have blanket immunity when cops and soldiers don't? like i understand the current admin isn't big on the law, but is there any legal basis for this?

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This January Olga de Amaral’s refined material spectrum, Marianne Vitale’s tainted minimalism, Marina Stern’s architectural precision, and much more.

happy new year world. here's my first list for 2026 of ten LA shows to see this month, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...

Yeah I’m doing dry January…dry martini January!

Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.

If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States

Zolan Kanno-Youngs Jan. 3, 2026, 12:34 p.m. ET3 minutes ago Zolan Kanno-YoungsWhite House reporter Trump has made various comments during this news conference showing that this military operation was at least in part about gaining more access to oil in Venezuela.

Was the clue when he said we were going to occupy Venezuela for years to make sure we took their oil

Pluribus spoiler: it was just a prank bro.

The Best Art Shows Around the World in 2025 Nan Goldin’s fearless photos, Noah Davis’s enchantments of ordinary life, Stan Douglas’s historical visions, and Yoko Ono’s musical mind were just some of our favorites.

i contributed 2 blurbs to @hyperallergic.com's
list of the best shows around the world in 2025: "Nadya Tolokonnikova: Police State" at MOCA Geffen and "Temporary Home" curated by Beatriz Cortez at the Galka Scheyer House / Blue Heights Arts & Culture Residency hyperallergic.com/the-best-art...

LACMA Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize A whopping 96% of staff at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art voted in favor of a union, calling for higher pay and “increased transparency.”

LACMA workers vote to unionize, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/lacma-worker...

been watching the indiana jones films with my kid and it struck me that there are no jewish characters, even though the nazis are the big baddies in 3 of the 5 films. that's weird right? (yes, i realize spielberg and ford are jewish, and indy could be seen as "jewish-coded")

Hey fam, I’ll be in conversation with the LA Creeps - Liz Walsh and Kim Weller - at LAST Projects this Sunday Dec 14 at 6pm on the closing day of their show “mirror, mirror” come thru!

Lucas Museum Chief Curator’s Sudden Exit Raises Questions The news of Pilar Tompkins Rivas's departure is the latest shakeup at the $1 billion LA institution.

Pilar Tompkins Rivas's exit from the Lucas is the latest shakeup at the $1 billion museum, following May's layoffs of much of the education team, via @hyperallergic.com
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Big “this is fine dog in burning house” gif energy.

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This December Daniel T. Gaitor-Lomack’s odes to the detritus of LA, Nancy Lupo’s supernatural benches, Alan Luna’s erotic metates, 200 artists against normative sexuality, and more.

my picks for 10 LA shows to see this month, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...