Juliana Halpert Rates the Los Angeles Art Scene’s Tricks and Treats So Far This Fall

Juliana Halpert | Cultured | 15th October 2025

Made in LA is the seventh biennial celebration of art in that city. After spending a year choosing artists to feature, the curators decided not to have a unifying theme. Various critics mention a few artist they think deserve more recognition, but the whole thing seems flat. The curators “assembled a biennial so meatless that I’m wondering whether it’s even worth biting into. ‘Made in L.A.’ needs active curation like a novel needs a protagonist.”