The mechanics of defining what is and isn’t art has tendered an ongoing debate since the discovery of drawings in caveman dwellings. How much do we as humans have to manipulate something before it ...

On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will finally open its latest "destination artwork," Levitated Mass. That's the name bestowed on the 340-ton boulder transported from a quarry in ...

LOS ANGELES —There’s a giant rock in town. If you live in Los Angeles, it’s almost impossible to ignore this fact. Part of that is because the rock — Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” — blocked ...

Documentary filmmaker Doug Pray will be on hand Friday and Saturday at the Roxy Theater to talk about "Levitated Mass," his chronicle of a massive public art project in Los Angeles. "Massive" isn't an ...

As the rock was making its way through Carson at 5 mph, some tree branches got in its way, and the boulder got stuck. Crews had to chop away at the branches before the rock could continue on. Check ...

The 340-ton boulder that is now an art object at LACMA called “Levitated Mass” first had to travel 106 miles, very slowly, to get to its final destination. It took several years to get it there, and ...

Directed and edited by Doug Pray, this documentary about the title artwork—a 340-ton slab of granite suspended over a 15-foot ditch in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—plays like ...