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Five Decades of SoCal Artists’ Books at the Craft and Folk Art Museum
On view through May 7, Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California is the first large-scale museum exhibition to focus on artist books in the region.
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The California-Pacific Triennial Spotlights Architecture’s Power Dynamics
The Orange County Museum of Art's second triennial of artists from the Pacific Rim, Building as Ever, focuses on architecture and related social issues like displacement and globalization
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The Hammer Museum Examines the Legacy of the LA Uprising
A series of panels, talks, and screenings — including Spike Lee's latest and the documentary Do Not Resist — marks the 25th anniversary of the uprising that followed the acquittal of four LAPD officers who beat Rodney King.
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A Searing Show Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the 1992 LA Uprising
Re-Imagine Justice at the Community Coalition takes a deeper look at the causes of the uprising while highlighting current issues of injustice and inequality.
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Watch a Female Animator’s Abstract Films from the Mid-20th Century
On April 30, the Cinefamily is presenting a selection of Mary Ellen Bute's films in which vibrant shapes dance across the screen to soundtracks by classical composers.
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Carroll Dunham’s Erotic Paintings of Male Nudes at Blum & Poe
Carroll Dunham's latest paintings of men acting out masculine rituals in his signature landscapes opens this Friday at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles.
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Mexican Artist Yoshua Okón Lectures at Otis College
Okón, who will deliver his talk on April 25, is a seminal figure in the cultural life of Mexico City.
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Artists Decolonize the History of the Americas at the Vincent Price Art Museum
A Decolonial Atlas: Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas features works by 18 contemporary artists and collectives from the US and Latin America, plus a selection of works by Native American artists from the museum's permanent collection
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Al Loving’s Rag Paper Collages from the 1980s Go on View
Spiral Play: Loving in the '80s opens this Saturday at Art + Practice and features 12 of Al Loving's three-dimensional collages.
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A Rendition of Macbeth Updated for Brazilian Politics
The latest incarnation of Shakespeare's tragedy, The Walking Forest by Christiane Jatahy makes its US debut later this week at REDCAT.
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Protesters Honor Ana Mendieta at LA Opening of Carl Andre Retrospective
Artists and activists gathered at MOCA Geffen to protest what they consider Mendieta’s erasure from the canon and the disassociation of her death from Andre’s story.
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Two Artists Perform a Conversation on Dismantling Whiteness
As part of their residencies at PAM, Thinh Nguyen and Skip Snow will present a piece of experimental, political theater on April 15 and 16.