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Your Concise Guide to Los Angeles Frieze Week 2019
This week, Frieze makes its much-anticipated Los Angeles debut and will be joined by a selection of other fairs, ranging from the informal and local to the international and celebrity-laden.
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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Women Artists Shatter the Stereotype of the “Valley Girl”
Valley Girl Redefined aims to challenge that very limited depiction of women from “the Valley.”
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Hear from Judithe Hernández, a Crucial Figure of LA’s Chicano Arts Movement
Originally gaining prominence as a muralist, she became the fifth and only female member of the art collective Los Four.
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A Night of Martha Colburn’s Satirical, Surrealist Films
From a hand-painted critique of the evils of television to a humorous celebration of feline exhibitionists, Colburn's singular short films explore a range of themes.
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Hear Snippets of Independent Art Writing from Around the World
Fifteen artists, writers, and curators will each read a two-minute selection from the array of periodicals currently on display at the Pitzer College Art Galleries.
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This Weekend, Visit Various Southern California Museums for Free
This weekend's Annual Free-For-All Day offers a great opportunity to visit dozens of artistic, cultural, and scientific centers.
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Cal State LA Students Embark on Making Documentaries with Million Dollar Grant from Hauser & Wirth
This semester, students are making movies on LA art organizations that are incorporating social work. The grant will provide new equipment and funds to hire guest artists as mentors.
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A Project Gives Artists an Outlet to Scream
More than a response to contemporary political anxieties, the organizers were inspired by the Buddhist notion of the scream as a transformative act to achieve enlightenment and compassion.
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Make Silkscreens and Learn Danza Azteca at the Vincent Price Art Museum
A day of art workshops and performances will celebrate the museum's exhibition on Mexican and Chicanx activism in Los Angeles.
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A Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. at the California African American Museum
The day-long program of activities includes music performances, speech readings, and a children’s march.
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The Wide Span of John Berger’s Career in a New Biography
In honor of the book's release, this Saturday, Artbook at Hauser & Wirth will host a book signing and discussion between author Joshua Sperling and Hyperallergic editor Elisa Wouk Almino.
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Latinx Communities in SoCal Share Their Memories in a Collaborative Project
Guadalupe Rosales's project, which began with an Instagram account, presents images of Latinx communities that have been excluded from both popular and artistic media.