Christopher Knight

A 1963 collective of Black artists resisted the stereotypes of mass media. The power of their image-making is on exhibition in L.A. for a limited time.

The 1986 Mercedes-Benz commission of Andy Warhol paintings of its cars finally gets its U.S. debut, at Los Angeles’ Petersen Automotive Museum.

Temporary shows that come through Southern California art institutions get a lot of the attention, but permanent collections are every museum’s core. Art critic Christopher Knight selects 17 works from permanent collections at the Huntington, LACMA, the Getty and more that he returns to again and again.

Art culture, not pop culture, was the subject of Claes Oldenburg’s often witty sculptures.

‘The Condition of Being Addressable,’ a new ICA L.A. show featuring works by queer artists, women and artists of color, probes the idea that marginalized people are often invisible or hyper-visible — which can distort perception.

A 25-year survey of the L.A. artist speaks to our conflicted moment.

Ed Kienholz’s assemblage ‘The Illegal Operation,’ on view at LACMA, muses on back-alley abortions.

The Washington, D.C., artist Sam Gilliam, who died at age 88 over the weekend, crossed painting and sculpture in draped canvases.

The recently opened Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture is an essential repository of recent art history.

LACMA has built an impressive permanent collection of Spanish American art in just 16 years.