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Hollywood Myths and Latinx Art Histories at LA's Frieze Projects
“The city is global, and we wanted to bring in the Americas,” says Rita Gonzalez, one of the curators of Frieze Projects, staged in the studios’ New York City-themed backlot.
Matt Stromberg
Matt Stromberg is a freelance visual arts writer based in Los Angeles. He is a frequent contributor to Hyperallergic and is also an associate instructor in Art at Mt. San Jacinto College.
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A Chance to Revisit the Music, Art, and Theater of the Weimar Era
This month, the LA Philharmonic, REDCAT, Hauser & Wirth, and other spaces will stage events celebrating the Weimar Era.
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The Bizarre Story Behind the Newspaper Ads Criticizing LACMA’s Expansion Plan
On Sunday, full-page ads appeared in both the New York and Los Angeles Times with the slogan “saveLACMA FROM TANKING.”
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Learn to Make a Sustainable Artist Handbook and Prepare for Existential Crisis
At Navel, community-led learning groups investigate specific topics, from wealth redistribution, to sustainable art-making, to Black ethics in rap.
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Nayland Blake Hosts a “Gender Discard Party”
The artist's 21+ event will feature an irreverent “Gender Reveal Party,” party games, a makeover station, and more.
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Learn About the History and Value of Black Americana Collectibles
In tandem with its Making Mammy exhibition, the California African American Museum is hosting a conversation around the value of important, but difficult pieces of American history.
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Looking at California and Mexico From Indigenous Perspectives
As the MexiCali Biennial comes to a close, artists, scholars, and educators will contemplate the myth of Calafia and “the indigenous land that diverse groups now share.”
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Three Holiday Art Events in Los Angeles
For art lovers in LA, we have some solid suggestions to end or start your year off right.
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An Art-Filled Holiday Event at the Underground Museum
The centerpiece will be a performance from 7NMS, while guests can get last-minute holiday shopping done courtesy of the Crenshaw Skate Club, Free Black Women's Library, Kids of Immigrants, and the Reparations Club.
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A Poetic Response to Shirin Neshat’s Photographs
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Broad has organized The Logic of Poetry and Dreams, a series of talks and readings with poets, scholars, and artists who will reflect upon Neshat’s work.
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In Surprising Development, MOCA LA Voluntarily Recognizes Employee Union
This will make MOCA only the second museum in Los Angeles after the Museum of Tolerance to have a union.
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A Film Festival Illuminates the Experimental Edge of Appropriation Cinema
Although its roots go back more than half a century, in an era of “fake news” and “deep fakes,” appropriation cinema can be seen as a critical voice of resistance.