Arts + Culture

Fowler Museum at UCLA permanently returns cultural objects to Australia’s Warumungu community

July 24, 2024

The repatriated objects — including clubs, picks, knives, sheaths, adzes and a boomerang — will go back to their Aboriginal owners in the Northern Territory.

Film & Television Archive’s summer: Queer cinema, sci-fi, and film and TV gems of the past

July 9, 2024

Screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum are free and open to the public.

UCLA-led national workshop series to bridge technological innovation, culture and creativity

July 1, 2024

Gatherings will help shape a national conference at UCLA in December.

CAP UCLA’s 2024–25 season brings global artistry to Los Angeles

June 25, 2024

Artistic director Edgar Miramontes’ first-season lineup features more than 80 artists from around the world.

‘Our main work is about dialogue, which is not always comfortable’

June 21, 2024

Elya Aboutboul-Bilia found comfort, then confidence and value, in the discomfort of art.

Second annual competition honors creatives from the Class of 2024

June 10, 2024

Graduating students’ artistic achievements are recognized by the Chancellor’s Council on the Arts.

Berry Gordy, music trailblazer, visits UCLA

June 6, 2024

The new UCLA Berry Gordy Music Industry Center brings the music mogul’s commitment to artistic excellence and social justice to campus.

Q&A: Ananda Lima on her fiction debut, ‘Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil’

June 4, 2024

The UCLA alumna and celebrated poet discusses her writing journey and offers advice for aspiring authors.

Professor David Kim receives 2024 Gold Shield Faculty Prize

June 3, 2024

The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.

10 faculty projects awarded grants through Chancellor’s Arts Initiative

June 3, 2024

Projects centered on Joshua trees and Juneteenth are among those receiving funding through the program, which fosters arts and arts-related scholarship.

UCLA’s Celebration of Iranian Cinema centers moving stories about searching for identity

May 30, 2024

Screenings are free at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum between June 14 and 30.

Women, people of color drive viewer ratings for top streaming films

May 23, 2024

Part 2 of UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report on film studies the state of streaming as the industry looks to contract.

UCLA plays a pivotal role in Getty PST ART, the nation’s largest art event

May 22, 2024

UCLA Arts and UCLA Film & Television Archive bring seven projects to “Art & Science Collide” from July through May 2025.

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to receive $5 million gift to establish Berry Gordy Music Industry Center

May 21, 2024

The center will enrich the school’s music industry bachelor’s program with initiatives designed to support students as they pursue their careers.

UCLA storytellers use Grand Theft Auto as basis for films imagining L.A. in 2050

May 16, 2024

“Grand Theft Eco” considers the city’s environmental future, along with economic and social justice issues.

Film commissioned by UCLA professor earns spot at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes

May 7, 2024

The animated short was conceived and brought to fruition by Michael Emmerich, director of the Yanai Initiative.

Watch UCLA Library’s ‘L.A. Stories’: Inside the Richard Neutra architectural archive

April 17, 2024

Learn about the work of preserving the legacy of the Austrian-American architect who influenced modern architecture in Los Angeles and beyond.

Report lays out a path for theaters’ sustainability in post-pandemic world

April 1, 2024

Could practices adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic point the way to new audiences and more reliable funding?

UCLA Library announces new senior fellows cohort

March 27, 2024

Twenty academic librarians from across the U.S. will participate in a three-week session in July.

The power of more inclusive preservation

March 19, 2024

The Mellon Foundation invests $1 million in a UCLA cultural conservation program that’s helped increase diversity in the field.

Bringing Bella Baxter to life: Oscar–nominated costume designers discuss joys and challenges

March 11, 2024

‘Poor Things’ winner Holly Waddington, 5 other nominees joined annual ‘Sketch to Screen’ panel.

Diversity in demand: People of color, women – in audience and on the big screen – hold keys to industry survival

March 7, 2024

People of color also hit historic highs while women drop in key jobs, according to UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report.

UCLA Festival of Preservation celebrates moving image history on April 5–7

February 22, 2024

The 21st edition of the biennial event, at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater, is free.

Fowler Museum at UCLA permanently returns objects to Asante kingdom in Ghana

February 5, 2024

The items from the museum’s collections were personally handed over to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asante king, in Ghana on Feb. 5.

‘Art of the Benshi’ tour will showcase century-old Japanese film tradition

February 1, 2024

The UCLA-presented series will include stops in Chicago, L.A., New York, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.