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Giant Prisms Shine Their Multicolored Light on a Pasadena Park
The art and science AxS Festival culminates with a collaboration between artist Liliane Lijn and UC Berkeley astrophysicist John Vallerga.
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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Performance Scores and Instructions for the Midterm Elections
Los Angeles artists perform in anticipation of next week's elections, and, if we're lucky, there may be a special appearance by Pigasus, a 145-pound pig.
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Ahead of Midterm Elections, the Art Community Responds to Zoe Leonard’s “I Want a President”
Participants include artists Edgar Arceneaux and Edgar Heap of Birds, curators Helen Molesworth and Kimberli Meyer, and students from a Prison BA Program at California State Prison, Lancaster.
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Aria Dean Searches for an “Ontology of Blackness”
In Dean's works, we shuttle between experiences as personally lived and the sweeping generalizations of the media and historical modernism.
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A Surreal Halloween at LA’s Oldest Puppet Theater
Before the Bob Baker Marionette Theater closes next month, it is staging a "Hallow's Eve Artists Maze" featuring an array of Angeleno performers.
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A David Wojnarowicz Performance from 1989 Is Released on Vinyl
"ITSOFOMO: In The Shadow of Forward Motion" features Wojnarowicz's haunting spoken-word vocals and composer Ben Neill's ambient soundscapes.
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A Rare Screening of Videos by Trans Artist and Activist Chris E. Vargas
Dirty Looks presents the first-ever West Coast survey of Vargas's early works.
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A Peculiar Los Angeles Sculpture Is Brought Back to Life After Decades
The six-story public artwork known as the "Triforium" was erected in 1975 and will finally be re-activated during three evenings of performance.
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An Aztec Opera Beautifully Relays the Birth of Two Volcanoes
LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes debuts a new production that offers a contemporary twist on this centuries-old story.
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Considering Adrian Piper’s Art Alongside 50 Years of Social Change
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Hammer Museum hosts a day-long symposium on Piper's vital work.
News
Forum at Cal State Long Beach Provides Few Answers on Museum Director’s Firing
In an attempt to provide some clarity, the university held a question-and-answer session for students and faculty earlier this week.
Art
A Drive-In Theater for Artist Films
The France Los Angeles Exchange has invited artists to screen their work alongside films by other artists with whom they find a resonance or kinship.