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Roberto Del Hoyo and his Mobile Mural Lab uses public art to help communities see and feel what is important to them in their lives.
Pay Me I'm Yours: LACO's Public Pianos Auctioned Off on eBay
May 8, 2012 5:26 PM
LACO's public art project ends with six of the pianos being auctioned off on eBay.
Explore poetry in non-traditional spaces in L.A. from Long Beach to Highland Park.
Bunkado in Little Tokyo remains as a time capsule of a once-thriving record store.
Sonya Fe spotlights the work and philosophy of artist Silvana Jeyd Paredes.
Classically trained musician moonlights by night as a stealthy photographer of street art.
Crewest Gallery to Celebrate 10 years of Murals and Mayhem
by Ed Fuentes
April 2, 2012 3:15 PM
Commissioned mural for Metro Gold Line was just one of many from a prolific career of artist and gallery owner Man One.
Ed Fuentes, our resident mural and street art specialist, gets a nod in the L.A. Times.
Wondering what exhibits to see during this weekend's Museums Free-For-All? Here's a guide to our picks.
'The Great Wall of Los Angeles,' a Documentary by Donna Deitch
by Ed Fuentes
January 24, 2012 2:18 PM
Donna Deitch's stylish 1978 mini-documentary 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles' captures a moment in time when the community came together to create the landmark mural.
Muralists, Street Artists Chime in on City's Proposed Mural Ordinance
by Ed Fuentes
January 12, 2012 5:22 PM
Artists and others gathered Wednesday for another mural ordinance meeting.
What would a mixtape made in Highland Park in 1905 sound like? A large part of it would consist of recordings made by Charles Lummis.
Industrial Los Angeles: A Series of Photographic Essays
January 10, 2012 12:30 PM
Industrial Los Angeles is the manifestation to excavate its past and understand its present form through a series of photographic essays.
Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities in Art and Culture
January 9, 2012 5:30 PM
In the ever-changing cities of Berlin and Los Angeles, there exists an artistic and cultural relationship that may explain why they are considered Sister Cities.
Protest Preserved: City Seeks Caretaker for Occupy L.A. Mural
by Ed Fuentes
January 6, 2012 11:42 AM
Deemed as artifacts, the artworks painted on plywood panels built by the city to protect park monuments were removed after the encampment was evicted in November.
With L.A.'s Mural Code About to Change, the Code of the Streets Should Be Next
by Ed Fuentes
December 29, 2011 1:15 PM
It should be the starting point for a New Year's resolution: sending the word directly to the street that the official mural code now belongs to artists.
For a city with a moratorium on murals, the art form managed to be in the public eye in 2011.
KnitRiot, a secret group of knitters, strike their second target, PATHMall homeless shelter in Hollywood.
Early Moderns: Five Architectural Highlights in Los Angeles
by Justin Cram
December 15, 2011 4:57 PM
Five highlights of early modern architecture in Los Angeles that has shaped the "city of the future."
Artists Hillary Mushkin and Robby Herbst hosted a day of plein air (an act of painting outdoors) at the Los Angeles Air Foce Base.
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