Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for October 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including the Maya Codex of Mexico at the Getty, Beatrice Wood, Trenton Doyle Hancock, and more.
Matt Stromberg
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The Dazzling Local Arts Scene of Southeast Los Angeles
In the shadow of a planned $150 million cultural center designed by Frank Gehry, a number of grassroots arts organizations are thriving in the predominantly Latino region.
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The Real Story Behind Banksy’s “Parking” Mural in LA
Much coverage of the upcoming sale of the building that houses the mural portrays it as a covert intervention into the urban fabric, but the reality, like most things Banksy, is more complicated.
News
Otis College Expands Charles White Scholarship
The four-year Charles White Art and Design Scholarship will be given to two underrepresented artists from anywhere in the country.
Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for September 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including Dan Levenson, Lawrence Weiner, Kaari Upson, Ray Anthony Barrett, and more.
Art
Lisa Bowman’s Exquisite Corpse Makes Connections Through the Mail
Part of the fun of flipping through Bowman's book of exquisite corpse artworks is trying to guess who is responsible for each drawing.
News
Carole Caroompas, Whose Work Challenged the LA Art Scene, Dies at 76
“She dug into what she was fascinated by and obsessed with: things that existed on the periphery, people who didn’t follow the rules,” said one of her friends.
Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for August 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including Rae Klein, Blake Daniels, Margaret Garcia, Andrea Bowers, and more.
Art
Mika Rottenberg Mines the Banality and Allure of Spectacle
Despite themes of alienation, fragmentation, and “global domination,” there are indeed elements of lightness, wonder, and curiosity in Rottenberg’s work.
Art
Leonora Carrington’s Little-Known Explorations of Jewish Mysticism
In her designs for S. Ansky’s play The Dybbuk, the artist blends various visual and mythological strands of her European background with those of her adopted home of Mexico.
News
Lourdes Grobet, Iconic Mexican Photographer of Lucha Libre, Dies at 81
Her decades-long devotion to the world of wrestling is all the more noteworthy considering that her father forbade her from attending matches as a child, deeming them an inappropriate pastime for women.
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LA’s Academy Museum Voluntarily Recognizes Workers’ Union
The announcement comes less than two months after a group of museum employees declared their intention to unionize.