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The Standard's Sandy Relief Effort

Join us in lending a helping hand to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. More »
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So Jack in the Box, Big Bird & Bobby De Niro Walk into The Standard ...

There's nothing quite like Halloween in the City of Angels. Check out the costumed revery at the LA Standards. More »
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Halloween at The Standards

Black magic, superhero yoga, and all the traditional gore and glitter More »
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Election Season at The Standard

This month's installation pushes all the right buttons. More »
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Miranda July Wants to Auction Off Your Stuff

In her new interactive piece, The Auction, audience members offer up everyday items and the bidding begins. More »
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Artist Julia Chang Flicks Our Bic

This new lighter for sale at The Standard Shops in LA, Miami and New York is rather opinionated. What’s Julia Chiang suggesting exactly? More »
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Yoshimoto Nara's Adorable Doggy Radio

This bashful little guy is the work of Japanese artist Yoshimoto Nara. He’s a half breed: half art, half radio/bluetooth speaker. He loves it when you turn his glowing red noise to... More »
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Won't You Join Our Ping-Pong Club?

As you may have noticed over these last few months, our ping-pong persuasion has augmented considerably in anticipation for the big opening this November. More »
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The "Würst" Time of Year

For those who didn't make it into the tents in Munich, where better to get a taste of the back-slapping, fraulein-goosing tradition than at The Standard More »
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Mixing Art and Music with the Lovely Nite Jewel

Lo-fi-alterna-dance songstress and Noah Baumbach-approved musician, [Nite Jewel](http://nitejewel.com/) stopped by [The Standard, Downtown LA](http://www.standardhotels.com/downtown-la) last weekend for an intimate performance. More »
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The L.A. Art Wars Get Shirty!

We’re not one for taking sides in high-brow West Coast culture wars, but a mysterious package just arrived in our... More »
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A Chat with the Founders of Warby Parker

We sit down with the eyewear mavens who are changing how we see the world, one spectacle at a time. More »
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The 24/7 Projection Presents Pearl C. Hsiung

The Standard, Hollywood and The Standard, Downtown LA are pleased to present our next collaboration with Art Production Fund with LA native artist Pearl C Hsiung’s work ‘round the... More »
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Dzine Book Signing at The Standard, DTLA

As some of you may remember, last fall our very own Standard Press published Nailed, an amazing catalog documenting the most ornate nail art from around the world. In follow up, Dzine and a... More »
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Labor Day Weekend Poolside in Los Angeles

Labor Day, sure, the name sounds like a downer but the three day weekend is anything but!! We plan to make the most of it with pool parties galore at both The Standard, Hollywood and Standard,... More »
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Write Us a Short Story Inspired by The Dog Days of Summer

In these final weeks of summer, when the days are long, the sun is fat, and idleness blooms in the withering heat, we propose a challenge, something to do with those hot, restless hours.... More »
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The Cinefamily's Annual Everything Is Fest

LA is in the midst of a heatwave and it’s not fun. Seriously, if we’d wanted to experience humid 90 degree weather then we would have moved to New York! Well, this being tinseltown... More »
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The Artist Bendow Compares the Best of the Two Cities

When we saw Bendow’s (or Ben Waldow, as his parents called him) work on LA, I’m Yours, we couldn’t resist calling him up and enlist him as our next mural artist. He agreed... More »
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Monster Children, Chief & Pabst Take Over the DTLA Lobby

Last Thursday, our pals at Monster Children and Pabst came by to celebrate the art of Michael John with a live performance from the newly reunited Chief. Downtown LA artist Michael John had... More »