Art
Video Artists Subvert and Pay Homage to the Hollywood Musical Genre
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions kicks off a series of screenings of video art and experimental cinema that will travel around the city.
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 New Documentary Looks Back on the Legacy of Second-Wave Feminism
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? looks back on an influential book's legacy and features new feminist voices to see how things have changed and what has frustratingly remained the same.
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A Net Artist Takes Over the Google Image Search of “Frieze Los Angeles”
Gretchen Andrew has ensured that her images will top the Google image search results for “Frieze Los Angeles.”
Guide
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.
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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.
News
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.