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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a launch party for a new art magazine, a Sister Corita-style happening, a punk provocateur's exhibit, and more.
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.
Art
Gallery Uses Augmented Reality to Exhibit Modern Art
LOS ANGELES — At galleries and museums, art is increasingly competing for attention with the needy screens of visitors’ cell phones, but at the Echo Park storefront gallery Smart Objects, staring at your cell phone is the only way to appreciate the art.
Art
Independent Art Spaces Thrive in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — In the mid '90s, a small group of project- and artist-run spaces emerged in Mexico, attracting international recognition for the artists involved and kickstarting the boom in contemporary Mexican art.
Art
ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, a Santa Monica mainstay re-opens on the east side, a Chicago performance artist makes his first appearance in LA, Richard Kraft unleashes "100 Walkers" on West Hollywood, and more.
Art
ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a talk on data-based feminist art, a walkthrough of the first retrospective of photographer Brian Weil, group shows inspired by Sartre and string theory, and more.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week, there are conversations with Charles Gaines and David Adjaye, a screening of wildly successful fast food commercials, the West Coast premiere of a media arts pioneer, and more.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week, there are two chances to see art in the desert, an evening of spiritualist mediumship, an internet chat room performance, and more.
Art
ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week there's an Iranian New Year's celebration at LACMA, a performance festival at Bergamot Station, a 24-hour queer pornography marathon, and more.
Opinion
The Fate of LA Googie Landmark in Hands of Developer and Snobby Architect
LOS ANGELES — When we last reported on Norms Coffee Shop in January, the new owner of the Southern California chain had just been issued a demolition permit for the building, leading to a massive outcry from architectural preservationists.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a discussion on LA art in the '90s, an evening of art and performance in Pasadena, a collaborative group show at David Kordansky, and more!
News
New LA Art Space with a Mission Opens in Leimert Park
LOS ANGELES — The mood was festive last Saturday as throngs flocked to Art + Practice, a new hybrid art space in Leimert Park, for the opening of their inaugural exhibition.
Art
ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, a show on LA's 100-year-old aqueduct opens, it's the last chance to see Helen Johnson's schizophrenic hanging canvases, there's a zine release party for photographer Tod Seelie, and more!