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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 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
A large sheet features an expressive abstract painting with thick, blended strokes of green, red, yellow, and blue spreading across the surface.

Cy Twombly’s Drawing and Discovery

By Jordan Riefe
A young girl in a sleeveless dress stands barefoot on grass at night, her head bowed and body illuminated against a dark wooded backdrop.

The World as Seen Through Yorgos Lanthimos’s Lens

By Jordan Riefe
A print of three palm trees of decreasing sizes

Gemini G.E.L.’s 60th Anniversary Show Is a Love Letter to L.A.

By Jordan Riefe
An image of a young boy in a suit with a bowl haircut and round glasses, sitting with arms crossed in front of a yellow striped background with a cup on a wooden cabinet.

Collector Jordan D. Schnitzer’s David Hockney Holdings Come Home to Portland

By Jordan Riefe
An overhead view of a busy art fair

Here’s What You Missed Off Frieze at Felix, BUTTER and Beyond

By Jordan Riefe
A towering white camel sculpture dominates a booth with patterned blue walls, while a visitor walks past holding a brochure in the exhibition space.

Early Sales at Frieze L.A. Signal Renewed Collector Confidence

By Jordan Riefe
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