The Brick

Until very recently known as LAXART, the Brick’s nonprofit status affords it the freedom to raise more questions than to provide answers about the way we look at our societal and political issues through art. Located in East Hollywood after years just to the west, the alternative art space has some of the most thrilling inquiry-driven showcases of multidisciplinary art forms. The Brick, under its former LAXART name, primarily showed sculptural works but also used the space to organize poetry readings, jazz performances and panel discussions around moving images. It’s a gallery that befits a simmering demographic of avant-garde thinkers and researchers who are fascinated by the city’s conceptual art scene.