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2011 | Best Three-Dimensional Publication

I've grown used to reactionary magazines looking out into the world and drawing from what's on view -- nothing wrong with this time-honored act normally called "journalism." But I've a penchant for publications that push as much as they pull. The Museum of Public Fiction, a brick-and-mortar building, is also a publication, a project of proprietress Lauren Mackler, who wanted to take her graphic design training and push into something much more expansive: editorial, curatorial, musical... More »

Pacific Standard Time to Night Gallery: The Year in L.A. Art

By Andrew Berardini | Thu, December 22, 2011

This past year, Los Angeles has been haunted by dreams of itself. For years, I've passed the Olive Motel on Sunset in Silver Lake — such a strange stray dog of a building, eminently adoptable. I've thought of trying to buy it with nonexistent mone... More »
You Can Check Out Any Time You Like

By Catherine Wagley | Thu, September 22, 2011

There are plenty of places to watch artists work — open studios, artist colonies. But you can't watch them sleep. You can't exactly do that at Public Fiction, but the Highland Park alt art space now doubles as a minimal one-room "California Hotel,... More »
Night Gallery, Museum of Public Fiction and Other Eastside Experiments

By Andrew Berardini | Thu, August 25, 2011

The storefront is unmarked. Thick, white, metal grates hang from the windows. Tonight, just past midnight on a Tuesday, a crowd lingers out front, seemingly uninterested in the choice of Mexican restaurants doubled up on one side or the closed coi... More »
Jeffrey Deitch Goes Underground? MOCA Director Supports Launch of Art Publications Public Fiction and Night Papers

By Carol Cheh | Tue, August 9, 2011

I may have to change my mind about Jeffrey Deitch. I wrote some fairly nasty things about him on my blog, following a series of lamentable moves he made after getting hired as MOCA's director. His s... More »

2011 | Best Three-Dimensional Publication