This piece explores a night where films, zines, and photographs from LA’s underground rose above the noise, offering a raw, necessary vision of the city that museums and film festivals continue to overlook.

Why Now More Than Ever Collectors Need to Meet the Artists Why Now More Than Ever Collectors Need to Meet the Artists By Liz Wallen In an...

Until we stop pretending it is one cohesive space and start acknowledging its many layers, artists and collectors alike will keep losing faith in the system. And maybe that is the real cost of all this vagueness. It keeps people out who might have actually cared.

What Orange County is experiencing now isn’t just a cultural revival. It’s a long overdue recognition. The infrastructure is growing. The energy is building. The curtain is lifting. And for the first time in a long time, the region’s creative voice isn’t just echoing off gallery walls. It’s starting to resonate far beyond them.

The art world has a bad habit of showing up late to its own revolutions. Years from now, institutions will no doubt mount retrospectives on collectives and artists who got their start on Superchief’s walls. They’ll be lionized as pioneers, visionaries, disruptors. But right now, they’re being ignored—because Superchief doesn’t play the game.

Why Connection Through the Arts Matters: The Power of Bringing Artists, Patrons, Collectors, and the Curious Together Why Connection...