Film
Getting to the Heart of Laurie Anderson’s Dog Love
LOS ANGELES — The dogs were all fairly well-behaved until a collie started barking during a lull, almost as if on cue. “Give that dog a mic,” Anderson joked.
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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LOS ANGELES — This week, in addition to the Art Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair in Santa Monica, there are two independent art fairs happening, Dave Muller's peripatetic Three Day Weekend project, the chance to interact with Erwin Wurm's One Minute Sculptures, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, the Los Angeles Poverty Department mounts a retrospective at the Armory in Pasadena, Omar Pimienta offers free citizenship at the Museum of Latin American Art, the longest running photo fair on the West Coast celebrates its 25th anniversary, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, apartment gallery Laurel Doody plays Terry Allen's 1975 "conceptual country" record Juarez, Embassy opens a massive show of artist books, a group exhibition at the Loft at Liz's focuses on African-American artists from Watts, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, Thomas Kovachevich exhibits his minimal tape and plastic works at Tif Sigfrids, the J. Paul Getty Museum screens an Ed Ruscha film about salad, Cherry and Martin opens a show of Ericka Beckman's seminal video installation Cinderella, and more.
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This week, LACMA's Noah Purifoy retrospective closes, a new gallery opens a 24-hour-long show, it's the last chance to see the holiday lights at the Getty Center, and more.
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This week, there's a Christmas reading by the LA River, a drug- and bomb-sniffing dog demo at Rosamund Felsen, the last chance to see a spectacular show on postwar art movement Cobra at Blum & Poe, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, Jennifer Moon's show on designing revolution at Commonwealth and Council closes, Laurie Anderson performs a concert for dogs, you can help create a plastic float for the Rose Parade, and more.
News
University of Southern California BFA Students Speak Out and Burn Work in Solidarity with #USC7
LOS ANGELES — Since the entire first year MFA class at USC Roski School of Art and Design dropped out in May, the turbulence surrounding the program has been well documented, but little attention has been paid to the undergraduates.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, Union Station hosts a screening of classic LA film Killer of Sheep, Art + Practice opens a show of new work from assemblage art pioneer John Outterbridge, Charles Gaines sets political speeches to music at REDCAT, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, the Hammer Museum honors World AIDS Day, artist-designed billboards spring up all over the city, Machine Project opens a sports bar, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, over 20 institutions open their doors for Member Appreciation Days, Goethe-Institut presents a slideshow on German Christmas legend Krampus, influential philosopher Alain Badiou gives a talk at Art Center, and more.