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The Late Set. Grown Folks Only
schools · 6 min
Every Kid Gets a Stage in Lake Elsinore
Tanya Lee-Taylor named her free TK-8 charter school for her great-aunt, Kansas City blues queen Julia Lee. Now dance, choir, band, theatre and art are part of every child's school week.
studio · 3 min
The Art Market Grew Last Year. Mostly at the Top.
Global art sales rose 4 percent to $59.6 billion in 2025, according to the Art Basel and UBS report. The money moved at the high end while the under-$50,000 segment at auction slipped. Here is what that means if you make art or want to buy it.
studio · 3 min
Who Gets Paid When the Painting Sells Again
An artist sells a canvas for two thousand dollars. Twenty years later it sells at auction for two million. In the United States, the artist gets nothing from the second sale. A bill in Congress would change that. Here is how it would work, and why California already tried.
studio · 2 min
The Momentum Is Real. So Are the Numbers Under It.
Black American artists are on museum walls and auction covers like never before. The most complete count of the market says the share is still tiny. Both things are true, and knowing the numbers is how the momentum lasts.
studio · 3 min
The Artists Who Took the Machines to Court
In January 2023, a group of illustrators sued the companies behind three image generators for training on their work without asking. Nearly four years later the case is still moving. Here is where it stands, what the courts have said, and what any artist can do now.
studio · 2 min
Who Pays for the Wall
Most public art in Los Angeles is paid for by a quiet rule: one percent of construction. Federal arts money got a lot less dependable in 2025. Here is where the money for murals, sculptures and community art actually comes from, and how artists get to it.
studio · 3 min
Los Angeles Spent 2026 Building Rooms for Art
A new museum building over Wilshire, a fair at an airport, a landmark show of Black photography at the Getty. The city had one of its biggest art years. Here is what happened, and what it means for the artists who live here.
game · 3 min
Flag Football Is an Olympic Sport Now
The 2028 Games are in Los Angeles and flag football is on the program, which means a medal event is being built in this county, right now, out of players who are currently in middle school.
game · 3 min
The Concussion Rule Every Parent Should Know
Every state has a law about head injuries in youth sports. It is short, it is strict, and the people most likely to break it are the family in the car on the way home.
game · 3 min
The League Finally Has Leverage
Ratings, attendance, expansion and valuations all moved at once, and for the first time the players negotiating are arguing from a position of strength rather than gratitude.
game · 3 min
The Sports Careers That Are Not Playing
A tiny fraction of athletes go professional. A far larger number build careers inside the industry, and almost nobody is told those jobs exist while they still have time to aim at them.
game · 3 min
Travel Ball Costs More Than College
Youth sports became an industry that sells access, and the families paying the most are frequently the ones least able to. Here is what it actually costs and where the help is.
