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A Screening of Short Horror Films Celebrating Queerness
Scream Queen features artists who employ horror tropes or aesthetics to explore queerness.
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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Capturing the Untranslatable in a Performance of Many Languages
Artist Renée Petropoulos honors the intrinsic qualities of different languages in We Will Congregate, which features texts in English, Spanish, and the Zapotec language.
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Help Activate a Glittering Monument to a Historic Gay Bar
Sadie Barnette’s recreation of the New Eagle Creek Saloon at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, will be activated this Thursday night with talks, a performance, and a DJ set.
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Artists and Performers Celebrate Indigenous Pride
The Autry Museum will celebrate members of the Indigenous LGBTQPAI community with the second annual Indigenous Pride LA.
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15 Artists Address the Politics of Food in Whimsical and Weighty Ways
Current:LA Food will focus not only on the ways that food can define and expand our world, but also on global issues of food justice, accessibility, and equity.
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Performance and Video Artists Challenge Our Perceptions Around Femininity
Bitch Slap! presents an evening of performance and video art by several female and non-binary artists.
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A British Coworking Company's Awkward Foray Into LA's Art Scene
When it first opened, the pavilion was touted as a community space which would host public programs “focusing on the intersection of art, design, science, and nature.” However, only a few such events have taken place.
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Charles Gaines Designs an Art Lecture Series That's Open to the Public
Covering aesthetics and critical theory in art, the talks offer the public a chance to hear the artist discuss topics that are normally reserved for his classes at the California Institute of the Arts.
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The Decades-Long Cinematic Collaboration of an Architect and Painter
To honor Ricci Lucchi’s passing last year, REDCAT will be screening 50 of the pair’s films, with a special appearance by Yervant Gianikian via Skype from Milan.
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A Post-Capitalism Ball Imagines a Queer Future
The ball, presented as part of Lambda LitFest, brings a queer perspective to explore visions of society after the current economic system is dismantled.
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A Historic Marionette Theater in LA Lives On, and It’s Still Magical
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater — the country's longest-running puppet theater — has found a new space that seems like a natural fit.
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The State of Contemporary Art Writing in Los Angeles
Carolina Miranda, Lynell George, and Lindsay Preston Zappas discuss their careers and what they’ve learned along the way.