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Murals:
Now that it's out, loopholes and concerns are surfacing.
Murals:
A major step towards reviving Los Angeles as the centerpiece for the contemporary urban mural movement, a draft ordinance that redefines murals was introduced today.
Murals:
Murals were banned for the most part in 2002 when the art form was wrapped into litigation surrounding the city's sign ordinance.
Murals:
A pile of trash surrounds a mural protesting a pile of cash.
Street Art:
A Los Angeles-based artist shows a very personal and artistic interpretation of Latino neighborhoods.
Murals:
A famous downtown Los Angeles mural is being restored.
Murals:
Before Facebook and Tweets rallied protesters to public space, murals occupied the walls.
Murals:
His short film, while covering what many Angelenos know about its own murals, deftly introduces the art issue to a larger audience.
Murals:
The first round of motions that will revive murals in Los Angeles, allowing ordinances to be drafted, were passed by the city council on Wednesday.
Murals:
A decade-old ban of murals, which when on private property are considered commercial signs under broad city codes, is likely headed for change.
Arts:
The California Art Club, one of the oldest and most active fine-arts organizations in California, wrapped up its Centennial Celebration with "Paint Out," an invitation to 25 club artists to paint "en plein air" (in the open air) the lush gardens surrounding La Casita, a Pasadena cultural landmark overlooking the Arroyo Seco.
Murals:
Muralists and art administrators are being invited to speak their mind, and stake their claim, in the ongoing overhaul of ordinances that block production of murals at a meeting on Wednesday.
Murals:
When the nonprofit Falling Whistles began installing a wheat paste on an Arts District wall last week, the political piece calling for the end of violence in the Congo also became a demonstration project on street art culture's unwritten rules.
LA River:
In any urban setting, it's hard not to notice the presence of signs.
Arts:
Hey, if you won't throw a party for yourself, then who will? After feeling ignored for decades by the more civilized art world, Los Angeles-based and other nearby cultural institutions have embarked on a much-anticipated, monumental, quasi-collaborative sorta self-retrospective....
Murals:
When the skies over Downtown Los Angeles on Monday were a clear blue canvas, conditions were perfect for an artist who was planning to send a message to a higher level.
LA River:
Every day should be Park(ing) Day.
Murals:
The hushed history of Los Angeles and the waterways that runs through it share a common experience. They were diverted and drained to a quiet trickle of a previous truth.
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