The Broad Museum, LA

An impressive building housing incredible artwork from Basquiat to Barbara Kruger

Situated directly across from Frank Gehry’s masterful Walt Disney Concert Hall lies the latest addition to LA’s line-up of art institutions, The Broad (pronounced as “brode”). The 120,000-square-foot space was built from a $140 million gift by Eli and Edythe Broad to house their 2,000-piece collection of postwar and contemporary art—featuring works by Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtentstein and Cindy Sherman to …

Indie and Experimental Video Games at 2015 ArtCade Con

CultureHub’s one night only modern-day arcade, including games yet to be released

What a time to be alive—especially if you play video games. The interactive entertainment medium has never been more exciting, and from blockbuster narrative masterpieces to low-budget experimental gems, the limits of technology and creativity are constantly being pushed. And whether their purpose is to bring about pure fun for hours, or bring us to our knees and have us question whether choice has any …

Belarusian Journalist Svetlana Alexievich Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

After a remarkable career spent reporting on the Soviet Union, Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Through a combination of literature and journalism, Alexievich expertly highlighted the lives of female Russian soldiers in World War II, the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Soviet-Afghan War—among other critical events. The Nobel Prize committee acknowledges her for her “polyphonic …