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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The Del Hierro brothers craft their costumes from polyurethane foam, which they find in whatever city they happen to be in, tearing into discarded couches or mattresses and ripping out the "meat" inside.
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Dahn Gim and Alex Wand invite you on a march to the shore in their dance of mirrors, movement, and light.
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The artist Teresita de la Torre will discuss her exhibition antes muerta que sencilla at LA's Grand Central Art Center, as well as its context alongside the current issues at the border.
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A trove of pre-internet found footage and VHS-era memorabilia will be on offer at a new store from the Everything Is Terrible! collective, which will open this weekend with a party to celebrate.
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Self Help Graphics & Art has nurtured its community of artists for almost 50 years. This week, their prints go on sale at an event that also features free panel discussions and donation-based workshops.
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In the early '90s this collaged and photocopied zine a DIY aesthetic to celebrate a hairy, faerie queer community, and now it's back for one night.
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The ninth annual LA Design Festival will feature talks, installations, exhibitions, and events hailing the city's legacy in architecture, fashion, graphics, industrial design, and other disciplines.
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The Skirball Cultural Center in LA will host a performance of choreographer Bella Lewitzky’s 1976 dance piece Inscape as part of the exhibition Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich.
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York Chang and Daniel R. Small's "The Map Is the Territory" will discuss the implications of the government using A.I. to predict world events.
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Los Angeles's A Right to Defiance festival will feature performances, panels, and workshops that refute the notion that punk rock is a straight White man's genre.
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Artists will bring shadow puppetry, magic lantern animations, peepshows, and more to LA's Chinatown for Dissolving Sights II, the opening of Peephole Cinema.
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This year's Community Day is focused on youth affected by the homelessness crisis, which finds its most visible manifestation in the temporary shelters just blocks from the museum.