Metro is asking the city if it can tear down another 20,000 square feet of the Citizens Warehouse, the structure at 100 Center St. just off Santa Fe that was once a thriving cultural center and home to dozens of artists. The city purchased it a decade ago to rip off the south end to […]
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For Muralist Kent Twitchell, It’s Artwork Lost, Artwork Found
From LA Downtown News: by Richard Guzmán | Posted: Monday, March 26, 2021 6:15 am Kent Twitchell in front of the unfinished “Free Ballot,” one of three murals he is working on for the renovation of Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. The artworks will replace “lost” murals created by Helen Lundeberg in 1942. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES […]
Downtown Buildings Are Creating Art Spaces — and Some of the Art Comments on Downtown
By the end of this week, the new residential high-rise at Eighth and Hope streets downtown will have tintype portraits of its initial residents, and the construction workers who built it, in its collection. Artist Omar Lopez took these in a portable dark room he set up just outside the building, which is dubbed 8th + Hope. […]