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Jordan Riefe

Jordan Riefe

With a background in filmmaking, Jordan Riefe worked in the industry in various capacities before becoming an entertainment reporter, covering for The Wrap and Reuters. Currently he serves as West Coast theater critic for 'The Hollywood Reporter,' and writes on culture, art and cinema for 'OC Register' and Truthdig.com.

A manuscript page with images of saints

At the Getty, the Beauty of Medieval Manuscripts Is in the Materials

By Jordan Riefe

While Some Traditional Fairs Scale Back, the Other Art Fair Keeps Growing

By Jordan Riefe
Black-and-white photograph of a Black woman being detained by two uniformed police officers on a city street.

The Nasher’s New Survey Treats Protest as an American Tradition

By Jordan Riefe
Close-up of a gilded ancient Egyptian face with blue-painted eyes and striped headdress.

The de Young’s New Egypt Show Draws From Two of the Past Century’s Biggest Discoveries

By Jordan Riefe

In DATALAND, Refik Anadol Has Built a Museum That Learns From Its Audience

By Jordan Riefe
Jasper John, Three Flags, 1958.

Why People Still Get Worked Up About Jasper Johns’s ‘Flag’ Painting

By Jordan Riefe
A black-and-white performance still shows a seated woman in a slip while another person uses scissors to cut fabric from her clothing.

Yoko Ono Has Outlasted the Scorn, the Caricatures and the Blame

By Jordan Riefe
An installation view shows a white gallery with a large red wall text work, three smaller red text panels, paintings on surrounding walls and a bright yellow sculptural exclamation mark on the floor.

Sprüth Magers Celebrates a Decade in Los Angeles With the Artists Who Helped Define a City

By Jordan Riefe
Red-painted museum building exterior with a small tree in front, a wooden door, and visitors walking by.

Two Houses, One Legend: A New Museum Shows Another Side of Frida Kahlo

By Jordan Riefe
A large red fire truck sculpture with an extended ladder is displayed inside a minimalist gallery space with exposed wooden ceiling beams.

At Jeffrey Deitch and Matthew Marks, Charles Ray Is Still Full of Surprises

By Jordan Riefe
A sweeping exterior view of the David Geffen Galleries building, its curved concrete façade lined with glass and punctuated by large bronze sculptures in the foreground.

LACMA’s Bold New Wing Can’t Quite Escape Its Own Contradictions

By Jordan Riefe
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