Comics
A Black Woman With Tenure
"We filter Black women's voices. They're like mines full of gold. And if your stories ain't perfect? Then your stories ain't told."
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In Brief
Chile's Art World Joins Massive Santiago Protests
The Contemporary Art Fair of Chile has been postponed, galleries are temporarily shuttering, and an artist-led organization is crowdfunding for legal and medical aid for protesters.
News
Artist Hito Steyerl Rebukes German Institutions, Acting in Solidarity With Kurdish People
During a performance piece in Berlin, Steyerl demanded state-run art institutions stop showing her work as part of the country's "external cultural diplomacy" until the country changes its policy toward the Turkish invasion of Kurdish areas in northeast Syria.
Art
What It Means to Talk About the Food Deserts of LA
Projects in the Current:LA Food triennial point to the fact that the city funding the event has often contributed to food injustice through its unequal distribution of resources.
Announcement
Japan House Los Angeles Presents "Japan Cuts Hollywood"
This three-day festival celebrates contemporary Japanese cinema, taking place November 1-3, 2019.
Art
Free Events at Downtown LA Museums, From Voice Lessons to Film Screenings
This Saturday, a bevy of events, exhibitions, and performances will be free and open to the public as part of the fifth annual Grand Ave Arts: All Access.
Art
Artist-Led Community Meals Mostly Reject the Stuffiness of Art Dinners
Los Angeles’s city-funded triennial, Current:LA Food, has been hosting community meals that are open to the public throughout the city, though the events are still dominated by art world figures.
Film
Harriet Flips the Script on Depictions of Enslavement
Instead of that soul-crushing feeling I often experience after seeing a “Black struggle film,” Harriet sent me out of the theater feeling empowered.
News
100 Pieces of Tewa Pottery Returned to Their Ancestral Home in the Rio Grande Valley
“I think they’re very eager to return,” said Lonnie Vigil of Nambé Pueblo, “and so are we to have them back.”
News
Keith Haring’s Iconic East Harlem Mural, “Crack Is Wack,” Is Back
Moved by his friend Benny Soto’s struggles with addiction and riled by government inaction, Haring mobilized his boldly-outlined shapes and energetic figures to send a cautionary message.
News
Artist Phil Collins Withdraws From MoMA PS1 Exhibition in Solidarity With Prison Divestment
The video artist withdrew from Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011 days ahead of its public opening.
Announcement
Laguna Art Museum Presents Yorgo Alexopoulos’s 360° Azimuth, November 7–January 5, 2020
360° Azimuth is the seventh commissioned work of art for Art & Nature, a multidisciplinary exploration of art’s engagement with the natural world.