• The Weekly Read: November 19, 2019

    Steve Lichtman reviews the week in politics and culture.

    Three Questions: Talking with Jonathan Shapiro about “Sisters in Law” (Sep. 18 – Oct. 13, Wallis Annenberg Center)

    Laurie Winer interviews playwright Jonathan Shapiro about his new play "Sisters in Law" about Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sandra Day O'Connor.

    From Dystopia to Absurdity: On Being a Chicano Writer in the Age of Trump

    Daniel Olivas discusses the absurdism of the Trump age and his inspiration for retelling Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."

    “The greatness of a great nation cannot come only from missiles”: Lung Yingtai on the Hong Kong Protests

    Lung Yingtai speaks of the resolve of Hong Kong protesters against mainland Chinese political interference.

    Visionary Systems: Charles Gaines’s Palm Trees and Other Works at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles

    Alexandre Saden reviews the Charles Gaines exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles (September 14, 2019 – January 5, 2020).

    Pain and Resilience: Philip Guston at the Crossroads

    Scott Timberg talks with Musa Mayer, daughter of Philip Guston, about her new book about her father and a September 22, 2019 signing at Hauser & Wirth.

    Reporter’s Notebook: Argentina on the Eve of Elections

    Sara Ono reports on the tempestuous upcoming Argentine election.

    Resistant Growths: Hande Sever’s When the Geraniums Bloom at the Visitor Welcome Center (July 13 – August 17th, 2019)

    Alexandre Saden inspects Hande Sever’s exhibition "When the Geraniums Bloom," on display July 13–August 17 at the Visitor Welcome Center in LA's Koreatown.

    At This Moment, Everyone Is a Revolution: The Poems of Tammy Ho Lai-Ming and the Hong Kong Crisis

    Andrea Lingenfelter discusses the recent protests and police violence in Hong Kong, and the poetry of Tammy Ho Lai-Ming in response.