Stacey Ravel Abarbanel
Stacey Ravel Abarbanel writes about art, culture, and history and is a consultant for museums and other cultural organizations. From 2002–14 she was director of external affairs for the Fowler Museum at UCLA, after ten years in arts-related publishing at Getty Publications and Architectural Digest. Her recent writings have appeared in Alta, Tablet, and UCLA Magazine.
How a Masonic Center in Koreatown Became a Home for Modern Art
A massive, mysterious former Freemasons’ temple in L.A. is transformed into a museum of immersive environments, light installations, and other works of contemporary art.
A Museum with a Bunker Mentality
Los Angeles’ Wende Museum offers an intriguing look at a vast collection of Cold War artifacts, on display in an ideal space
Burning Creativity
For the artists of Burning Man, the desert presents a vast, interesting canvas
Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors works are rooms full of nearly psychedelic art experiences—the perfect art for an age when artistic success is increasingly measured by how good the art looks in selfies with visitors.