The death of alt weeklies — The responsibility of the writer — Creating inclusive news platforms for local communities — How do we make art writing accessible to a wide audience? Writer’s Room Lindsay is joined by Carla writer, Catherine Wagley, to discuss her recent Carla article “Accessible as Humanly Possible.” We discuss recent shifts in publishing platforms like LA Weekly, as well as the importance of accessibility and vulnerability in art writing. What is the changing role of the art critic, and how can writing be more inclusive to a wider audience ..read more

The role of Instagram in the art museum – should museums be adapting programming to appeal to the general public? – Highland Park gallery, Odd Ark LA, shares their story – We listen to some great music tracks by Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw (D’red D’warf) Writer’s Room This episode in the Writer’s Room, Lindsay and Aaron are joined by Carla writer Matt Stromberg to discuss institutional tends towards gearing exhibitions towards selfie culture. Should a trip to the museum be about entertainment or cultural enrichment? How has social media affect public engagement with art institutions, and how are ..read more

New trends in trash – artists’ and galleries’ roles within gentrifying neighborhoods in L.A. – Does the boom of artist-run spaces actually point to a lack of support for emerging artists?  Writer’s Room Lindsay is joined by assistant editor Aaron Horst and Carla writer Travis Diehl, to discuss Travis’s recent article, L.A. Povera, which articulates new trends of trash being used in artwork in gentrifying neighborhoods. We talk about what these trends point to, how some galleries are using architecture to broker their presence in a gentrifying neighborhood, and if artists play a role in ge ..read more

Conversations about the body, the ephemerality of performance, the marginalization of certain art histories, and how a teen art collective is engaging in the community. Writer’s Room Lindsay is joined by two Carla writers to discuss two seemingly unrelated articles. Ike Onyewuenyi discusses his recent article on EJ Hill, dealing with performance, the body, and labor, and Catherine Wagley introduces her recent inquiry into 4 influential female gallerists in the 1960s, and discusses why they were largely written out of art history. The three talk about the challenges of historicizing ephemeral a ..read more

This is a packed episode with conversations ranging from politics in art, all-women exhibitions, art fairs and alternative gallery structures, and the benefits (and hardships) of getting an MFA.  Writer’s Room Lindsay is joined by Carla contributing editor, Aaron Horst, to talk with Catherine Wagley about her recent Carla article, “Women on the Plinth.” We talk through issues of politics, gender, and war in art, in reference to Mai-Thu Perret’s exhibition, Feminaires, at David Kordansky Gallery. The conversation shifts into discussing some of the problematic aspects of all-women exhibitio ..read more

Audio book of Carla issue #31, published February 2023. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below. Read the full issue, access photos and more at contemporaryartreview.la/print. Read by Jessica Simmons-Reid. Purchase the issue or a 1-year subscription. Contents:  Letter from the Editor (1:33)  –Lindsay Preston Zappas The Scatological Disembodiment of Tala Madani’s Shit Mom (4:33) –Jessica Simmons-Reid The Power of Objects: On Afro-Atlantic Histories at LACMA (18:30) –Yxta Maya Murray Anachronism and Apocalypse: Notes on the Contemporary Medieval ..read more

Audio book of Carla issue #30, published November 2022. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below. Read the full issue, access photos and more at contemporaryartreview.la/print. Read by Julie Weitz. Purchase the issue or a 1-year subscription. Contents:  Letter from the Editor (2:22)  –Lindsay Preston Zappas Opacity and the Spill: The Photographs of Clifford Prince King, Shikeith, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya (4:58)  –Allison Noelle Conner Andrea Bowers: An Ethos of Resistance (15:58)  –Jessica Simmons-Reid Lumbung in Los Angeles (29:47) &nb ..read more

Audio book of Carla issue #29, published September 2022. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below. Read the full issue, access photos and more at contemporaryartreview.la/print. Read by Alitzah Oros. Purchase the issue or a 1-year subscription. Contents: Letter from the Editor  –Lindsay Preston Zappas Going Back: Kevin Beasley and the Power of Homecoming  –Allison Noelle Conner From Both Sides of the Lens: Ulysses Jenkins' Self-Reflexive Video Practice   –Neyat Yohannes Sara Cwynar and the Texture of Digital Pictures  –Erin F ..read more

Audio book of Carla issue #27, published Spring 2022. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below. Read the full issue, access photos and more at contemporaryartreview.la/print. Read by Lindsay Preston Zappas. Purchase the issue or a 1-year subscription. Contents:Letter from the Editor (2:51) –Lindsay Preston Zappas I Don't Think I Belong: On Niki de Saint Phalle's (Auto)biography (6:34) –Catherine Wagley Time After Time (21:00) –Melissa Lo Abundant Frequencies: Black Abstraction in Motion (36:58) –Nneka Jackson Dreaming the Neighborhood: The Communal Visions ..read more

Audio Book of Carla issue #26, published Winter 2021. Each individual article can be accessed on our new Carla Audio Books feed. Read the full issue and access photos and more at contemporaryartreview.la/print. Read by Lindsay Preston Zappas Purchase this magazine or buy a 1-year subscription. Contents:Letter from the Editor –Lindsay Preston Zappas Raul Guerrero’s Deflated Mythologies –Catherine Wagley How virtual care lab Builds Community in Online Spaces –Ceci Moss Artists Examining Themselves On Nao Bustamante’s Speculum –Neyat Yohannes Interview with L. Frank –Julie Weitz Exquisite L ..read more