Downtown Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s was a city in flux. These 23 vintage photos that capture downtown LA in the 1960s-1970s perfectly give us a glimpse into that time. They capture not just ...

Pop Art -- a movement that challenged artistic convention in the 1960s -- is the focus of a major exhibition at the Museum of ...

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The recent spate of shootings, rising extremism, protests and counter-protests have left our society on edge. Police brutality against black Americans inspired Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson to ...

The first comprehensive survey of the African-American art scene in Los Angeles between 1960 and 1980 presents some 140 rarely seen artworks by 32 artists. Organized by curator Kellie Jones, “Now Dig ...

The 1960s are a decade that has been (to borrow a once-fashionable academic term) “reified” on both sides of the political spectrum: by the nostalgic left as a golden age of hope and idealism, by the ...

1960s Sitcom Star, 80, Looks Unrecognizable in Rare Los Angeles Outing originally appeared on Parade. Linda Kaye Henning, who made her name starring in hit sitcoms from the 1960s and on, made a rare ...

Exploring the vibrant, funk-fueled world of La Comparsa Universitaria de la Laguna, who first introduced Mexico to their ...

This story was originally published as part of Curbed’s transportation week, which was devoted to exploring how we get around cities. We ranked the public transportation projects that will transform ...

This article reconstructs the emergence of a counterculture in the early 1960s. In particular, it focuses on the New Solidarity Movement, which was created by a group of poets and writers, and ...

Tucked beneath a steep coastal bluff in La Jolla, the Mushroom House was once a bold experiment in futuristic architecture. Built in the 1960s as a private beach retreat, its unique shape and remote ...