Art in Los Angeles

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.