Carolina A. Miranda is a Los Angeles Times columnist focused on art and design, who also makes regular forays into other areas of culture, including performance, books and digital life. In her years at The Times, she has covered the ways in which communities are rethinking the nature of monuments, how architecture is shifting to accommodate a denser Los Angeles, the significance of political graphics in the post-Roe world and how narco-culture has permeated TV and the internet. She was a winner of the 2017 Rabkin Prize in Visual Arts Journalism and the 2021 Sigma Delta Chi Award presented by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Latest From This Author
A visually striking opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Plus the art of WWI and stained glass in honor of civil rights, in our weekly arts newsletter
Dec. 9, 2023
New stained glass by Marshall in honor of peaceful protest — along with a poem by Elizabeth Alexander — replace a 1950s tribute to Confederate generals
Dec. 7, 2023
The Hirshhorn presents work from Simone Leigh’s acclaimed Venice Biennale installation. Plus, Aubrey Plaza takes the stage off-Broadway, in our arts newsletter
Dec. 2, 2023
U.S. colonial exploits in Puerto Rico, Philippines and Hawaii mapped in art and objects. Plus, ‘Inherit the Wind’ in Pasadena, Tidawhitney Lek at Hammer and in Long Beach.
Nov. 11, 2023
Long Beach-born Cambodian American painter Tidawhitney Lek has canvases on view in the Hammer’s biennial and a solo show at the Long Beach Museum of Art.
Nov. 9, 2023
The Florentine Codex is online and searchable in three languages. Plus, “Spring Awakening” on stage and a painting reclaimed, in our weekly arts newsletter
Nov. 4, 2023
War in the Middle East upends cultural life in the U.S. Plus, ‘Uncle Vanya’ reimagined and an artist dwells in destruction, in our weekly arts newsletter.
Oct. 28, 2023
Mexican graphic design gets a broad overview. Plus, the murals of Santa Barbara and an artist takes on the L.A. River, in our weekly arts newsletter
Oct. 14, 2023
Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Postcard From Earth’ brings pieces of the planet to Vegas’ newest venue. It’s gorgeous — in a Disney amusement kind of way,
Oct. 12, 2023
‘Bending the River,’ a project by artist Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio, will draw water from the L.A. River to irrigate Los Angeles State Historic Park.
Oct. 11, 2023