The first work you saw when you entered Barbara T. Smith’s “Words, Sentences & Signs,” at the Box in downtown Los Angeles (September 17–October 29), acted like a beacon. It’s a small drawing…
Artist Walead Beshty previews the new show he curated for Petzel Gallery, featuring work by Francis Picabia, Christopher Williams, Lee Lozano, Dan Flavin, and more
Relative to the artistic movements of the 1960s and 1980s, Californiaart of the '70s remains, historically speaking, uncharted terrain. Thediverse practices pioneered by West Coast artists were ofteni…