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Art as the Mother of Invention
No Prior Art at the Los Angeles Public Library shows off inventions and patents from unlikely creators and allows audiences to become inventors.
Renée Reizman
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3B Collective Honors the Grittier Side of Los Angeles
The group exemplifies what a decolonial art practice can be: honoring all contributors rather than crediting one artist with sole authorship of a work.
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The Chicanx and Latinx Artists Who Made the Border a Connection Point
Suturing the Border shows how an international group of artists built relationships along this nebulous zone dividing Mexico and the United States.
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Lauren Lee McCarthy Swaps Stories of Saliva and Surveillance
Bodily Autonomy takes advantage of humor and hyperbole to demonstrate a very real world in which biosurveillance is prevalent overtly and covertly.
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Machines Cannot Replace Human Boredom
Katherine Behar’s automated office machines simply pantomime labor, just like many bored office workers after they’ve fulfilled their daily email quota.
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FotoFest Houston’s Power Lies in What Remains Unseen
For some artists, erasure is a way to restore dignity.
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VALIE EXPORT Insists on Taking Up Space
EXPORT’s urban interventions in her exhibition Embodied alert us to the risks of being read as femme in a highly visible, public space.
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Paintings That Capture the Full Force of Nature
There’s nothing still in Melinda Braathen’s still lifes, which are lush and alive, growing, pulsing, vibrating.
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Getting Cozy at Felix, LA's Art Fair Underdog
The dizzying hallways and poolside cabanas of Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel come alive with art that leans into the lowbrow.
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LA’s Cat Art Show Is Back Fur More
The exhibition brings together feline-loving artists from around the world to raise money for cat charities.
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When Feminism Ruled CalArts
The Feminist Art Program at CalArts produced some of the most well-known second-wave feminist artists and a diverse third-wave movement.
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Yoshie Sakai Goes Clubbin’ With Grandma
Her spotlight on elderly women’s sexuality and energy challenges the images society often projects onto grandmothers as feeble and non-sexual.