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, 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.
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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.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, the Hammer Museum hosts a game festival, celebrated cabaret singer Joey Arias brings his Billie Holiday tribute to REDCAT, the mini-golf course is reimagined as a site for art, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, the Museum of Contemporary Art screens rare Viennese Actionist films, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) hosts a performance of an early work from influential choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Jeremy Everett explores the nature of the ephemeral at Wildi
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This week, an exhibition reexamines the influence of European art movement Cobra, painter Rosson Crow shows her first film, the opening of a show of work by Drake favorite James Turrell, and more.
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This week, Self Help Graphics & Art throws a Día de los Muertos celebration, over 100 artists take over a vacant building by the airport, the Craft & Folk Art Museum hosts an explosive pumpkin carving workshop, and more.