Design and Architecture
Downtown dog owners; Soul of a Nation
Almost every residential development in downtown aims to attract pet owners, and doggie businesses outnumber those aimed at children. We’ll hear how dogs helped bring DTLA to life and are now impacting the design of buildings.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenAlmost every residential development in downtown aims to attract pet owners, and doggie businesses outnumber those aimed at children. We’ll hear how dogs helped bring DTLA to life and are now impacting the design of buildings. Art from the black power era comes to the Broad, bringing Kool Aid-colored paintings, assemblage, Byzantine-styled portraiture, raised fists, and a room devoted to Betye Saar. The curators tell DnA their powerful exhibition is aimed at filling the “lacunae” in people’s understanding of the visual arts in the era of civil rights and soul.
In this episode
2 storiesIt's a dog's life in DTLA
The creation of place is as much about the social experience as the physical, especially when it comes to home. And home to many means the company of a pet.
Read the story11 minKool-Aid colors, assemblage, and a raised fist: art of black America comes to The Broad
The civil rights movement and its aftermath produced activism, music, fashion, and visual art.
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