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, 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.
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LOS ANGELES — While it's common to address fears about death and the afterlife, other fears remain outside of the standard seasonal fare, namely those surrounding gender and sexuality. These are precisely the fears confronted head-on by KillJoy's Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House.
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This week curate.la celebrates its birthday, Grand Avenue has a block party, Richard Hawkins opens a two-venue exhibition based on Antonin Artaud, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, a lesbian feminist haunted house opens in West Hollywood, Samita Sinha brings her enchanting vocals to REDCAT, there is a screening of films that explore the relationship between landscape and the body, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a screening of Lizzie Borden's feminist masterpiece Born in Flames, over 20 venues in Pasadena open their doors for a night of art, a show of work by legendary LA artist Charles Garabedian opens, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a surreal haunted house at Machine Project, a multivenue biennial that focuses on Latin America, a lecture by legendary feminist artist Faith Wilding, and more.