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Focused on Residencies, the Main Museum Tests a Different Model in Downtown LA
Founded by two real estate developers, the Main Museum is a non-collecting institution concentrating on Los Angeles artists.
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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Steven Mnuchin, Trump's Treasury Secretary Pick, Resigns from LA Museum Board
The man that President-elect Donald Trump want to be his Treasury secretary just resigned from the MOCA board.
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This week, watch a play about Surrealist fistfights, hear a late masterwork from avant-garde composer Morton Feldman, attend a political sign-making workshop, and more.
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Boyle Heights Activists Question LAPD's Hate Crime Charge
After the words “Fuck White Art" were anonymously spray-painted on the roll-up gate of Nicodim Gallery, the LAPD said it would treat the act of vandalism as a hate crime.
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This week, Pieterspace hosts a discussion on making art during fascism, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive celebrates its new home, the Museum of Contemporary Art honors a Day With(out) Art with a film screening, and more.
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This week, discuss the election at an open forum, make textile-based works on Black Friday, see two important new films about race and civil rights, and more.
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Exhibition in Former Hospital Puts Both Art and Gentrification on Display
Human Condition features work by 80 artists spread over three floors of the former Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, which is planned for conversion into condos.
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This week, LA Louver opens an exhibition of influential street artists, LACE hosts an overnight happening, Human Resources presents a weekend-long festival of video art produced by LA women, and more.
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This week, Kohn Gallery screens a restored version of Bruce Conner's seminal 1958 film, Ace Gallery closes its Beverly Hills location, Lara Schnitger leads a street parade from the Hammer Museum, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, the J. Paul Getty Museum screens Derek Jarman's meditative movie Blue, Peter Blake opens a solo show of work by Light and Space pioneer Helen Pashgian, REDCAT presents a contemporary dance spectacle, and more.
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Three LA Shows Offer Visions of Horror and Fantasy
Three exhibitions currently on view in Los Angeles explore horror, dark fantasy, and the occult, which is perfect timing for this Halloween season.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, LA's newest museum, the Main Museum, has a soft opening, museums along Grand Ave. open their doors for free, a Día de los Muertos celebration kicks off in Grand Park, and more.