“The Bronx Comes to Los Angeles” presents Ahearn’s and Torres’s works side by side, and it is ultimately Torres’s sculptures that stand out.
Author Archives: Angella d'Avignon
Angella d'Avignon is a writer in Brooklyn, by way of Los Angeles. She is a CSULB graduate.
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Inspired by the Story of a Women’s Sanitarium, a Book Explores Mental Health as a Feminist Issue
The personal essays in this luminous anthology, published by Which Witch LA, pair the interiors of the sanitarium’s rooms with the inner lives of women.
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Union at Cal State Long Beach Leaks Email from Fired Museum Director, Revealing Divisive Perspectives
The email, which the union cites as an example of Kimberli Meyer’s “problematic management,” discusses how the museum should address visitors to an exhibition on police violence.
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Los Angeles Gallery Takes Down One of Two Exhibitions After Anti-Gentrification Protest [UPDATED]
After artists featured in a Chimento Contemporary exhibition engaged with protesters outside, their show was pressured to shut down.
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Neighbors Converge and Share Their Memories Around a Public Art Project in LA
Together the neighbors have built an incomplete history of the empty lot where Tanya Brodsky installed her sculpture earlier this summer.
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A Concise Guide to LA’s Outdoor Art Spaces, from a Pool to a Garage
Experimental exhibitions flourish in backyards, gardens, garages, and parking lots in ways other cities can’t afford.