Art
Hear Njideka Akunyili Crosby's Thoughts on Making Art
Akunyili Crosby will be giving a lecture at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, free and open to the public.
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 Pop-Up Alterations Shop Run by an Artist Considers the Cost of Labor
On Black Friday, textile artist and activist Carole Frances Lung will examine unseen networks of labor and capital in the garment industry.
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The Wende Museum of Cold War-Era Artifacts Reopens in LA
This weekend marks the opening of the museum's new home in the remodeled National Guard Armory Building in Culver City.
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The UCLA Game Art Festival Returns with a Whimsical, Political Selection
Now in its fifth year, the UCLA Game Art Festival at the Hammer Museum explores the boundaries of contemporary gaming.
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On Veterans Day, LA Artists Reflect on War in Unused Public Space
The Los Angeles Road Concerts invited 30-plus artists and collectives to make art reflecting on war, from ephemeral roadside gestures to an anti-war protest.
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Exploring Los Angeles's Actual and Figurative Undergrounds
Under LA, a program organized by the Huntington-USC Institute on California & the West, explores the life of the metropolis located underfoot.
In Brief
LACMA and the MFA Houston Go to Bat Over the World Series on Twitter
With the hashtag #WorldSeriesArtThrowdown, the two venerable institutions have taken to Twitter, trading rhyming barbs accompanied by images of work from their respective collections.
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In Honor of Laura Aguilar, Artists Consider the Role of Queer Art
Five artists talk about the ways in which gender, sexual identity, and culture play out in their work.
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Facing Displacement, Artists Host an “Eviction Parade” in Los Angeles
To raise awareness of gentrification and displacement, members of the LA Tenants Union are organizing an eviction parade, which will travel to various artist spaces and residences.
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Censored in 1970s Guatemala, a Hamlet-Inspired Play Is Restaged in LA
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa features five LA-based performers wearing costumes deigned by the artist and continues a tradition of theatrical resistance.
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Curators Illuminate a Show on Black Radical Women Artists
Opening this Wednesday at the California African American Museum, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 focuses on pioneering black female artists.
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An Art Gallery Hosts a Six-Hour Vigil for 185 Environmental Activists Killed in 2016
To mark the end of her exhibition at Commonwealth and Council, Carolina Caycedo is leading a six-hour vigil that remembers those killed in defending their land.