Sharon Mizota

Sharon Mizota is an art critic and archivist whose writing appears regularly in the Los Angeles Times. In 2011-12 she reviewed all 69 official “Pacific Standard Time” exhibitions in the series “PST: A to Z.” She has also written for Artforum, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, ARTNews and other publications. She is a recipient of a Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers' Grant and a coauthor of the award-winning book, "Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art." Photo credit: Oliver Wang.

Irving Browne, Iconoclasm and Whitewash. New York, 1886. Illustrated by the author. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Article

Artbound

Everything is Illuminated: Extra-Illustrated Books at The Huntington

The Huntington Library's extra-illustrated books are treasure troves of art, their pages filled with original watercolors, prints, and illustrations from as early as the 18th century.

Article

Artbound

Sam Durant's Social Media Movement: What #isamuseum?

Sam Durant elevates the conversation about a museum's role in society to today's digital age, asking social media users to post their opinions online.

Article

Artbound

Community's the Thing: Susan Silton Examines the Power of Names

L.A. artist Susan Silton's "Who's in a Name?" looks at rituals of history, celebrity, and death by investigating how we acknowledge and commemorate one another.

Article

Artbound

Once More, With Feeling: Stephen Prina's History Paintings

At LACMA, Stephen Prina displays 28 hot pink plywood replicas.

Article

Artbound

Trisha Brown: Dance in the Museum

What if dance could be any movement, executed by anybody, anywhere? Trisha Brown blurrs the boundary between dance and the rhythms and movements of everyday life.

Article

Artbound

Catherine Opie: From the Outside In

Catherine Opie's images are distinguished by her ability to merge references to photographic history with the stuff of contemporary life.

Article

Artbound

Art Meets Literature in L.A.'s Indie Presses

Independent publishing companies in L.A. are growing and blurring the distinction between literature and art.

Article

Artbound

Ken Gonzales-Day Re-Examines Violence, Race, and Identity

Ken Gonzales-Day brings a grim forgotten California history to life in the present day and addresses art history and its troubled relationship to the representation of race.

Article

Artbound

Ken Price's Fantastic, Idiosyncratic Blobs

Until recently, Ken Price was one of L.A.'s most overlooked masters. The exhibition, Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective at LACMA features an array of work completed by the artist throughout his career.