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.
Art
LOS ANGELES — This week, an exhibition of Chicano art opens, an essayistic documentary from filmmaker Chris Marker screens, a book signing brings together former Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello and photographer Catherine Opie, and more.
News
Last month, an unofficial blog set up by graduate students at USC’s Roski School of Art was quietly taken down.
Art
LOS ANGELES — This week, a show of seldom-seen work from legendary artist Jack Goldstein opens, an artist builds towers and walls out of his paintings, both the Pasadena Armory and the Torrance Art Museum are having art sales, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — Every city has its own characteristic architectural forms. For New York, it’s the skyscraper. San Francisco has the Victorian. But in Los Angeles, residential architecture is the defining element of the urban fabric.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, a group show tackles ocean pollution, a documentary on the photographer who shot Che screens, camp and kitsch comes to 356 Mission with the Seth Bogart Show, and more.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, hear the ethereal sounds of the glass armonica, take a spa day at Eastside International, visit the Museum of Contemporary Art's (MOCA) new project space, and more.
Art
LOS ANGELES — This week, the Architecture and Design Museum reopens in its new home, a cross-country art tour is captured on film, two teams of artists take turns tearing apart and reconstructing a vacant retail space, and more.
Art
LOS ANGELES — This week, there's an all-day performance festival in Chinatown, a discussion of a new book that explores how the internet has changed our lives, a documentary on an underappreciated jazz singer, and much more.
News
LOS ANGELES — Earlier this week, the USC Roski MFA class of 2015 submitted their petition to the University of Southern California (USC) administration calling for the removal of Dean Erica Muhl.
Art
LOS ANGELES — This week, artist Jeffrey Vallance tries to summon dead art critics, Various Small Fires holds a discussion about art outside the white cube, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art screens a rare film of a John Cage performance, and more.
Interview
Hyperallergic spoke with political cartoonist Ted Rall to get his view on his dismissal and on the state of political cartooning in general.
News
LOS ANGELES — Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times terminated its relationship with political cartoonist Ted Rall based on “serious questions about the accuracy” of a May 11 blog post by him