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Lezley Saar Explores Gender Fluidity at Walter Maciel Gallery
Lezley Saar, who is part of one of the most prolific families in contemporary American art, has a new solo show titled Gender Renaissance opening this Saturday.
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 Month of Artworks and Performances Inspired by the Historic Woman’s Building in LA
Animating the Archives: The Woman's Building opens on May 13 at the Avenue 50 Studio, where a series of performances, talks, and workshops will take place throughout the month.
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Learn About the Origins of Museums Across Latin America
On May 11 and 12, the Getty Center is hosting a symposium on the beginnings of art, archaeology, and ethnography museums in Latin America.
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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.