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Medical Imaging and Art Meet in the Exhibition “Overexposed”
The concurrent emergence of cinema and X-ray technology radically transformed how we see and understand the human body.
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Art Review
I Wanted a Different Betty Parsons Exhibition
It might have made a more fascinating exhibition to explore her balancing act as a gallerist, but this show focuses on her less interesting art.
Daily Newsletter
Alexander Calder Erewhon Smoothie?
It’s the collaboration the art world deserves. Plus, we’re throwing a Halloween party!
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Las Vegas Teen Killed in Arts District Shooting
Two others were injured at the October iteration of the monthly First Fridays art festival.
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European Parliament Installs Gilded Nude Statue Mocking Trump
Danish artist Jens Galschiøt’s sculpture “The Orange Plague” depicts a naked Trump sitting on the shoulders of a man straining under his weight.
In Memoriam
Remembering Ingrid Wiener, Ian Berry, and Bob Masse
This week, we honor a Viennese Actionist, a journalist who captured Apartheid, and a poster designer for concerts and films.
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LACMA's Alexander Calder Erewhon Smoothie Is What the Art World Deserves
The artist’s mobile outside the LA museum is the inspiration for a new drink à la Hailey Bieber, but in concrete gray with blobs of Calderesque colors.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October
Roberta Gentry’s visions in orange and blue, Jordan Nassar’s tatreez puzzles, 12 Japanese women who shaped hard-edge abstraction, Susan Silton’s feminist conceptualism, and more.
Art Review
The Hellhounds of Genocide
In Ridikkuluz’s paintings, the irascible dog emerges as a symbol for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.
Opinion
The Museum Director as Gardener
Institutions are human creations. Building and reshaping them requires imagination, experimentation and a tolerance for uncertainty.
Books
Dorothea Tanning Beyond Max Ernst’s Shadow
A new biography attempts to make the case for Tanning’s independence and artistic strength in her own right, but remains frustratingly tethered to her husband.
Film
The Ongoing Experiment of Millennium Film Workshop
Celebrating 60 years, the avant-garde space remains a supportive home for a community of experimental and non-commercial filmmakers.