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10 Must-See LA Exhibitions in 2019: Julie Mehretu, Nayland Blake, Beatriz Cortez, and More
2019 brings a plethora of new art to the Los Angeles area, and here are some exhibitions not to miss out on.
Matt Stromberg
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Women’s Center for Creative Work Plans to Diversify the Subjects of Stock Photos
When the Women’s Center for Creative Work realized the minimal representation for people of color, women, genderqueer, and disabled folks in stock photos, they launched the WCCW Stock Photo Project.
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Three Art-Filled Holiday Events in Los Angeles
Here are a few arts-oriented holiday events to tide you over until the new year brings a flood of new exhibitions, performances, screenings, and talks.
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After Shepard Fairey Halts Whitewashing of “Offensive” LA Mural, Art Community Responds
While some decried the decision of removing the mural as censorship, others in the LA art community have appreciated the pain that the imagery could produce.
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What Does It Mean to Be an LA Artist Today?
Artists from all over the world have flocked to the city, raising the question of what exactly it means to be an "Angeleno artist."
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A Student of Manny Farber Organizes a Film Series in His Honor
Blame the Audience presents cinematic works that resonate with Farber's teachings.
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A Couple's Years-Long Mail Art Correspondence Leads to a Workshop
Over the past six years, artist David Horvitz has sent hundreds of pieces of mail art to his wife, the curator Zanna Gilbert, at the museums she's worked at.
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A Movie Tells LA’s 237-Year-Old History
A new film explores the transformation and disruption of LA through interviews with writers, artists, and historians.
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A 1920s Polish Play Is Reimagined for the California Desert
A new play at CalArts sets Witkacy's The Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf in the unending landscape of Death Valley.
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As the Getty Digitizes the Archives of the Woman’s Building, Artists Remember Its History
Suzanne Lacy and others remember the Woman's Building, whose history is being preserved by the Getty Research Institute thanks to a recent grant.
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Kellie Jones on the Rise of Performance Art in the 1970s
Jones discusses the role that performance played in the work of Latin American and African American artists.
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Remembering Las Mariposas, the Sisters Who Resisted a Violent Dictatorship
The sisters formed a political group, the Movement of the Fourteenth of June, in opposition to the violent dictatorship of the Dominican Republic. They were assassinated in 1960.