It’s Not Such a Wonderful LifeRembrandt’s etchings of beggars and paupers were controversial in their time. Good thing our attitude... More >>

Going PostalAt Irvine Fine Arts, Mark Mothersbaugh’s huggable paranoia is amusing enough, but Arthur Taussig’s photography is truly... More >>

Make Love, Not WarcraftA few glimmers of hope, humanity and actual art stand out amid the orgy of fanboy boobs-and-bloodshed fetishization at... More >>

Prop(aganda) 8A critical eye on the unhappy marriage (opposite marriage?) of art and politics in the Proposition 8 debateWhen politics seduces... More >>

Different BrushstrokesLooks like it’ll be a busy summer inside the air-conditioned confines of OC art museums and galleriesThere... More >>

Thinking Inside the BoxHighlights of the short films on display in H Box, the portable movie theater now housed at OCMAIf you’re not... More >>

The Unkindest CutWait a minute . . . did Matisse ever really paint a chain saw?The story you are about to read is true. No names have been... More >>

Keep it Moving!The new ‘Moving Image’ show at OCMA is so big and mesmerizing you’ll be lost without this handy-dandy, essential... More >>

Inker ManagementThe flood of tattoo-artist submissions to ‘Viva Siempre’ overwhelms the Light Gallery, but don’t let that stop... More >>

The Postmodern PrometheusAs dazzling as CGI car crashes and critters may be, they can’t match the palpable appeal of the mechanical marvels... More >>