The black walls of the tiny antechamber fold neatly around the spectator. The desolate notes of an invisible cello "“ the slashing of bow against strings "“ echo the whimsical words dancing in a sinister cursive up the right wall: "In Wonderland." Read more...

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“In Wonderland,” an exhibition currently shown at the LACMA features many female surrealist artists working in Mexico and the United States, such as Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Louise Bourgeois and Remedios Varo, among others. The above painting titled “The Chess Queens” is by Muriel Streeter.

Humans aren't equipped with many natural defenses. They don't blend into a wall or emit a cloud of smoke. They don't grow in size or produce spikes when frightened. Humans are incapable of these feats; that is, when they aren't wearing one of Amisha Gadani's many defensive dresses. Read more...

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Amisha Gadani shows off a porcupine dress, one of her designs. Gadani gets inspiration for dresses as she studies animals and their physiology in UCLA’s Alfaro Lab.