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The Curator of LA's New ICA on Opening Up the Insular Art World
Despite her unorthodox path, Jamillah James has established herself as a curator to watch.
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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LA Artists and Activists Clash at a Political Action Meeting in Boyle Heights
When the Artists' Political Action Network held its first public meeting, it was met by protesters from the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement.
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LA Art Book Fair 2017 Launches with 300-Plus Presses and Performances
Organized by longtime purveyor of art books and ephemera Printer Matter, the LA Art Book Fair returns to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA this weekend for its fifth annual edition.
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An Artist Describes the Apocalypse According to Busta Rhymes
Aria Dean's upcoming lecture at Machine Project, "Busta Rhymes at the End of the World," will focus on apocalyptic themes in the rapper's oeuvre.
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Boyle Heights Art Space Closes, Blaming Anti-Gentrification Activists
After months of protests, a Boyle Heights art nonprofit has decided to leave the contested neighborhood that activists say is being gentrified with the help of the art community.
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An Exhibition Examines the Executive Order that Interned Thousands of Japanese Americans
Instructions to All Persons at the Japanese American National Museum looks back at Executive Order 9066, which was signed by President Roosevelt 75 years ago.
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Thousands of 1960s Architecture Slides Go on View at LAXART
In the late 1960s the West Coast media collective Environmental Communications shot hundreds of thousands of slides of the everyday and alternative architectures around them.
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Betye and Alison Saar Talk Art at the California African American Museum
In their mother-daughter conversation, Betye and Alison Saar will talk about their art, collaborations, and shared experiences as family.
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Organize with the Artists’ Political Action Network in LA
The Artists' Political Action Network, led by artists Kathryn Andrews, Andrea Fraser, Charles Gaines, and others, will be hosting an organizing meeting at 356 Mission this Sunday.
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An Exhibition Mines the History of SoCal's Gay Motorcycle Clubs
An exhibition at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives restages performances and displays ephemera from Southern California's gay motorcycle clubs of the 1960s and '70s.
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#HyperPicks: Manipulating the News Cycle
In the exhibition News Wheel, current headlines from nine print publications are rearranged while the cacophony of multiple news radio stations blasts around you.
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ArtRx LA
This week, cultural critic Hilton Als gives a talk in Pasadena, the Los Angeles Fine Print Fair returns to Hollywood, an immersive installation by Edgar Arceneaux opens at the Main Museum, and more.