James Franco's New Years Eve Party at Gia Coppola's Hollywood Home

January 5, 2016

Photographs by Kevin Hayeland

Mel Shimkovitz Hosts A New Year's Eve Bash At The Ace Hotel Los Angeles Rooftop

January 4, 2016

photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper

ART / FASHION/ CULTURE / MUSIC / FILM

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Marguerite Humeau’s Scintille Is A Cave of Relational Ontologies @ White Cube New York

about 18 hours ago

Read an Interview of Grimanesa Amorós on Her Light Installations @ Walt Disney Concert Hall and Printemps in Manhattan's Financial District

about 2 days ago

From Shaker Celibacy to Circus Unicorns: Read an Interview of Jodi Wille on the Utopian Ideals & Sex Practices of the Occult

about 3 days ago

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Mexico’s last living surrealist Pedro Friedeberg who was known for his fantastical geometric paintings and sculptures has died at the age of 90. For our Spring/Summer 2019 issue, artist @arianapapademetropoulos visit Friedeberg’s studio in Mexico City to discuss dreams, geometry and the state of contemporary art. #pedrofriedeberg #arianapapademetropoulos #surrealism

CALLING ALL ANGELENOS: “What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,” presented by the Berlin-based Julia Stoschek Foundation (@juliastoschekfoundation) and edited (not curated) by Udo Kittelmann, is in its final weeks—spanning early cinematic experiments and silent film to contemporary video works by artists working today from Walt Disney to Marina Abramović (@abramovicinstitute). Through March 20, 2026, experience the “Audiovisual Poem” at the Venetian-inspired Variety Arts Theater in Los Angeles—a phrase chosen by Kittelmann for its emotional immediacy — where a dream, and perhaps a little glimmer of hope, flickers within the raw remnants of this historic space. 🎟️ UPCOMING PUBLIC PROGRAMMING includes a screening this Sunday by Douglas Gordon (@douglasgordonart) of the artist’s feature film “1999” followed by next week’s lecture led by Dean Kissick (@deankissick), accompanied by Gideon Jacobs (@gideon___jacobs) and David Rudnick (@ex_terra), entitled “The End of Images,” discussing the counterpoint—the future of images. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD: AN AUDIOVISUAL POEM | THROUGH MARCH 20 WEDNESDAY – SUNDAY | EXPERIENCED AFTER DARK | 5 P.M UNTIL MIDNIGHT 🍸FULL BAR SERVICE (21+) | 🍿COMPLIMENTARY POPCORN + SCREENING SNACKS RSVP at WWW.JSF.LA Sunday Events require RSVP | General Admission is always free, and no ticket is required to visit. However, reserving a ticket guarantees entry and access during your selected time. #jsfla

It’s hard to ignore the crushing weight of the world’s violent instability—and the soft powers we are endlessly entangled in—while wading through the feverishly panting crowd of an art fair. Mega art-world events like Frieze, which reverberate across a region for a few days or a week before receding to a low tide against the shore, offer the mirage of a city’s comeback or resurgence. The next fair, the next fashion week, the next sporting event moves restlessly across the globe in a constant race for fresh attention. Cities have become backlots for cultural production, the last bastion of unregulated, tax-discounted corporate ambition dressed up as institutional support. Nothing is sacred; there are no sides; nothing is definitively won or lost. It’s not lost on us that we play the game as the game plays us. As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “We beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” We chase history’s obliterating high while the present flattens into a shapeshifting now and the future burns along the horizon. And yet, amid all of this, artists continue to work—to labor in studios, to produce and produce again. Art matters because of the artists and the ideas they offer about this strange new world. Those ideas can be alchemical, brilliantly unreasonable, sometimes even revolutionary. It makes little rational sense why art seduces us so completely, but it does. The imagination of artists remains endlessly compelling. Here are some highlights from Frieze Los Angeles. #friezela #friezela2026

LESS THAN THREE WEEKS LEFT: Don’t miss the Julia Stoschek Foundation’s (@juliastoschekfoundation) first U.S. presentation, “What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,” edited by Udo Kittelmann, through March 20, 2026, at the Variety Arts Theater, Los Angeles. Made to be seen and reseen, this must-see spectacle, where rare early cinema meets contemporary time-based art, unfolds across the multi-storied labyrinth of the historic Variety Arts Theater—an iconic Venetian-inspired Los Angeles landmark echoing the glamour of Old Hollywood. FEATURING 45 ARTISTS: from Doug Aitken (@dougaitkenworkship), Marina Abramović (@abramovicinstitute), Arthur Jafa (@anamibia), Jesper Just (@jesperjust), Paul McCarthy (@paulmccarthyyy), Ana Mendieta (@anamendietaartist), Precious Okoyomon (@devilintraining_), Jon Rafman (@jonrafman), Bunny Rogers (@bunrogers), Lu Yang (@luyangasia), and others, alongside early cinema by filmmakers such as Luis Buñuel, Maya Deren, Walt Disney, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Georges Méliès. UPCOMING PUBLIC PROGRAMMING includes a screening by Douglas Gordon (@douglasgordonart) of the artist’s feature film “1999” and a lecture led by Dean Kissick (@deankissick), accompanied by Gideon Jacobs (@gideon___jacobs) and David Rudnick (@ex_terra), entitled “The End of Images,” discussing the counterpoint—the future of images. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD: AN AUDIOVISUAL POEM | THROUGH MARCH 20 WEDNESDAY – SUNDAY | EXPERIENCED AFTER DARK | 5 P.M UNTIL MIDNIGHT FULL BAR SERVICE (21+), complimentary popcorn. Screening snacks available on site. RSVP at WWW.JSF.LA Sunday Events require RSVP | General Admission is always free, and no ticket is required to visit. However, reserving a ticket guarantees entry and access during your selected time. #JSFLA

Today, Gus Van Sant’s FIRST monograph Paintings launches today at @arcanabooks an achronological exploration of the filmmaker’s painting practice #gusvansant #paintings #cinema #booklaunch

Autre Magazine and Jeffrey Deitch Gallery continued their annual tradition of launching Frieze Week in Los Angeles with an intimate dinner at the @wehoedition , supported by @vince . A cross-disciplinary mix of guests—including Sharon Stone, Gus Van Sant, Nadia Lee Cohen, Saturn Risin9, Julia Stoschek, Beck, Eric Wareheim, Kendalle Getty, Vince creative director Caroline Belhumeur and others—gathered for a family-style dinner curated by @ardorweho set amid rare tree specimens presented by botanical gallery @serpentinelosangeles . The evening also placed a focused spotlight on @performanyc and commissioned artist Diane Severin Nguyen, who is featured in Autre’s Fall/Winter 2025 issue, underscoring the publication’s continued commitment to ambitious, time-based practices and international dialogue. Photographs by Oliver Kupper #friezeweek #autre #editionhotel #vince

Last night, Autre Magazine and Jeffrey Deitch Gallery continued their annual tradition of launching Frieze Week in Los Angeles with an intimate dinner at the @wehoedition , supported by @vince . A cross-disciplinary mix of guests—including Sharon Stone, Gus Van Sant, Nadia Lee Cohen, Saturn Risin9, Julia Stoschek, Beck, Eric Wareheim, Vince creative director Caroline Belhumeur and others—gathered for a family-style dinner curated by @ardorweho set amid rare tree specimens presented by botanical gallery @serpentinelosangeles . The evening also placed a focused spotlight on @performanyc and commissioned artist Diane Severin Nguyen, who is featured in Autre’s Fall/Winter 2025 issue, underscoring the publication’s continued commitment to ambitious, time-based practices and international dialogue. Photographs by Oliver Kupper #friezeweek #autre #nightlife #dinner

Last night, Autre Magazine and Jeffrey Deitch Gallery continued their annual tradition of launching Frieze Week in Los Angeles with an intimate dinner at the @wehoedition , supported by Vince. A cross-disciplinary mix of guests—including Sharon Stone, Gus Van Sant, Nadia Lee Cohen, Saturn Risin9, Julia Stoschek, Beck, Eric Wareheim, Vince creative director Caroline Belhumeur and others—gathered for a family-style dinner curated by @ardorweho , set amid rare tree specimens presented by botanical gallery @serpentinelosangeles . The evening also placed a focused spotlight on @performanyc and commissioned artist Diane Severin Nguyen, who is featured in Autre’s Fall/Winter 2025 issue, underscoring the publication’s continued commitment to ambitious, time-based practices and international dialogue. #autremagazine #vince #friezeartfair #jeffreydeitch

The birth of one of the greatest ad campaigns of all time—a testament to the legacy and longevity of one of the most exciting eyewear brands. On the occasion of @laeyeworks Frieze week exhibition of unpublished photographs of legendary Southern California cool school artist Ed Ruscha, we look back at a conversation between the late founder of laEyeworks Gai Gherardi and @greggormanphoto from Autre’s SS20 Edge Of Chaos issue where we celebrated the brand’s 40th anniversary with 40 pages of achives and ephemera. DUOLOGUE: Greg Gorman and Ed Ruscha opening reception February 25, 2pm to 6pm. On view until February 28 at laEyeworks, 900 N Fairfax #laeyeworks #edruscha #johnwaters #divine

Happy Year Of The Horse 🏇 Maurizio Cattelan “The Ballad Of Trotsky” (1996) #mauriziocattelan #yearofthehorse #chinesenewyear

Bruce Connor RECORDING ANGEL opens Feb 21 at @marcianoartfoundation This is maybe one of the first music videos, Breakaway (1966), Toni Basil before Hey Mickey. Dennis Hopper on lights. #bruceconner #recordingangel

Now on AUTRE.LOVE - read an interview with @juliastoschek and curator Udo Kittelmann Inside the raw remains of Downtown LA’s historic Variety Arts Theater, a haunting history of cinema flickers across every floor. Presented by Julia Stoschek and her Berlin-based foundation for time-based media, What A Wonderful World isn’t an exhibition or retrospective—it’s an audiovisual poem. Edited (not curated) by Udo Kittelmann, it moves from silent-era experiments to contemporary video works, tracing the evolution of visual storytelling in mesmerizing form. Also visit What A Wonderful World this Sunday evening for @hardtoread by @fifidunks - staged throughout the Variety Arts Theater with PERFORMANCES by Bunny Rogers, Lexee Smith, Barbara T. Smith, Patty Chang, Harmony Holiday, Alicia Novella Vasquez x Maya Martinez, Matt Hilvers, The War Pigs, and NEW YORK #whatawonderfulworld #juliastoschekcollection #hardtoread #fionaduncan

Emma Stern (@lava_baby ) CHAMPAGNE DREAMS on view at @dirimart in Istanbul #champagne #dreams

FROM BERLIN TO LOS ANGELES: The Julia Stoschek Foundation (@juliastoschekfoundation) presents “What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,” edited by Udo Kittelmann, now open every Wednesday–Sunday, 5 P.M. UNTIL MIDNIGHT through March 20, 2026, at the Variety Arts Theater, Los Angeles. RSVP at WWW.JSF.LA to experience this must-see spectacle, where rare early cinema meets contemporary time-based art. FEATURING WORKS BY 45 ARTISTS: Marina Abramović (@abramovicinstitute), Arthur Jafa (@anamibia), Cyprien Gaillard, Lu Yang (@luyangasia), and others, alongside early cinema by filmmakers such as Alice Guy-Blaché, Georges Méliès, and Walt Disney, “What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem” unfolds across six expansive floors of the historic Variety Arts Theater – resurrected especially for this groundbreaking immersive presentation. A series of public programming will unfold almost every Sunday including rare screenings, readings, performances, and other immersive experiences debuting in LA for the first time from Doug Aitken (@dougaitkenworkship), Fiona Alison Duncan (@fifidunks), Douglas Gordon (@douglasgordonart), Arthur Jafa (@anamibia), Dean Kissick (@deankissick), NEW YORK (@_n_e_w__y_o_r_k_), Bunny Rogers, Lexee Smith (@lexeesmith), Barbara T. Smith, Alicia Novella Vasquez (@lightlicker), among others. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD: AN AUDIOVISUAL POEM FEBRUARY 6–MARCH 20, 2026 WEDNESDAY – SUNDAY VARIETY ARTS THEATER, LOS ANGELES EXPERIENCED AFTER DARK | 5 P.M. UNTIL MIDNIGHT FULL BAR SERVICE (21+) complimentary popcorn. Screening snacks available on site. Admission is always free, and no ticket is required to visit. However, reserving a ticket guarantees entry and access during your selected time. #JSFLA

“After doing this stuff for fifty years now, I’m so fed up with the rules.” @abramovicinstitute in conversation with @miles.greenberg for Autre SS23 The Utopia Issue. This year, Abramović’s 4 hour epic of eroticism and grief Balkan Epic will see two major exhibitions—at @gropiusbau in April and a North American premiere at the @parkavearmory in December #marinaabramović #balkanepic