From the first-ever L.A. museum exhibition of Keith Haring’s work to a three-day LGBTQ+ music festival, here are all the artsy ways to celebrate Pride.
LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, the LA art world converged on Western Avenue just south of Melrose among a strip of futon stores, smoke shops, and gas stations to witness the unveiling of David Zwirner’s new outpost. The block was mobbed as I arrived with the artist Larry Johnson. “Oh my god,” he whimpered with incredulity. “This is where it is? I spent my whole life on Western Avenue . . .”Located at the conflux of Hollywood (a few blocks from the Paramount Lot) and Koreatown, this stretch of Western was once a hotbed for seedy gay bars (Larry favored the Black Lite) and still is for sex work (it’s not