Deborah Vankin is an arts and culture writer for the Los Angeles Times. In what’s never a desk job, she has live-blogged her journey across Los Angeles with the L.A. County Museum of Art’s “big rock,” scaled downtown mural scaffolding with street artist Shepard Fairey, navigated the 101 freeway tracking the 1984 Olympic mural restorations and ridden Doug Aitken’s art train through the Barstow desert. Her award-winning interviews and profiles unearth the trends, issues and personalities in L.A.’s arts scene. Her work as a writer and editor has also appeared in Variety, LA Weekly and the New York Times, among other places. Originally from Philadelphia, she’s the author of the graphic novel “Poseurs.”
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Sept. 30, 2023
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Sept. 27, 2023
Craft Contemporary’s longtime executive director, Suzanne Isken, is retiring. The museum has named Rody N. López as her successor.
Sept. 21, 2023
Destination Crenshaw gets approval to reimagine the historic Crenshaw Wall in South L.A.
Sept. 13, 2023
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Sept. 1, 2023
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Sept. 1, 2023
Refik Anadol’s AI data sculpture, “Machine Hallucinations: Sphere,” will debut Sept. 1 on the exterior of the futuristic Sphere venue in Las Vegas.
Aug. 31, 2023
At MindTravel, hundreds of attendees enjoyed a live-to-headphones ‘silent’ piano concert meditation on Santa Monica Beach.
Aug. 26, 2023
The California African American Museum, which recently underwent a renovation, has temporarily shuttered its doors to assess issues following Tropical Storm Hilary.
Aug. 21, 2023
The California African American Museum, which has been closed since last year, will reopen this weekend with six new exhibitions and upgraded facilities.
Aug. 4, 2023