A history of the grotesque, the Burnham Plan at 100, and more …
LACMA
EXHIBIT "To every age its art and to art its freedom." This call was inscribed (in German) 111 years ago over the doors to the Secession building, an exhibition hall in Vienna for the reformist art and design movement of the same name. Rebel creatives were similarly engaged in the United States and England, bucking Victorian revivalism for the purity of arts and crafts. The Arts and Crafts Movement: Masterworks from the Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans Collection at LACMA features a selection from 45 promised gifts to the museum. The show includes usual American suspects (Wright windows and this Cube Chair designed by Harvey Ellis for Gustav Stickley) but also a few rarities from around the world. Through March 10. lacma.org
