Artists across the issue model how new stories can be made from the remnants of the old ones—the familiar moving past the prosaic to become a starting place for reinvention. Articles on Niki de Saint Phalle's new (auto)biography, "Witch Hunt" at ICA LA and the Hammer, Black abstraction, and Pipilotti Rist's expansive video practice. Plus, a conversation with Haena Yoo about how she uses scent as a material in her recent show at Murmurs, and portraits of L.A.'s art community during lockdown from photographer Ian Byers-Gamer's car window. Reviews of Devin Troy Strother, Katherina Olschbaur, Sam Richardson, Umar Rashid, and Ser Serpas.