Announcement
Japan House Los Angeles Presents "Japan Cuts Hollywood"
This three-day festival celebrates contemporary Japanese cinema, taking place November 1-3, 2019.
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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.
Art
The Allure of Crystals in Art Across Time
Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today pulls together over 75 objects from multiple eras and continents for this millennia-spanning survey on artists' use of crystals.
Poetry
One Poem by Catherine Chen
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Catherine Chen for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
In Brief
Notre-Dame and Machu Picchu Join List of World’s Most Endangered Monuments
The World Monuments Watch includes 25 at-risk sites facing encroaching urbanization, political turmoil, natural disaster, and violent conflicts.
Opinion
Parsing Trump’s Latest Photo Op (aka the Killing of al-Baghdadi)
Donald Trump tries to reinvent another seminal Obama moment in his own image. But did it work?