Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Guide for April 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including Lee Alexander McQueen, Troy Montes-Michie, and more.
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Art
A Family of Artists Finds a Home in Graphic Arts
“Kalli” means home in Nahuatl, and that theme guides much of the work by Adriana Carranza and Alfonso Aceves's Kalli Arte Collective.
Books
Can Poetry Make a Difference?
Contemporary politically committed poets have made a cottage industry of agonizing over the question of whether their Leftist bona fides actually make any difference.
Opinion
Why We Must Challenge the Typical Museum Narrative Regarding Ancient Egypt
For museums to truly grasp their colonial history, self-examination must go beyond questioning how they built their collections to how they interpret them.
News
European Parliament “Strongly Condemns” Azerbaijan’s Destruction of Armenian Heritage
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan attacked several Artsakh villages and reportedly cut off gas from inhabitants in below-freezing temperatures.
News
Oh No, Jeff Koons Sculptures Are Going to the Moon
And, yes, you guessed it right: on earth, they will be sold as NFTs.
News
London’s Goldsmiths College Threatens to Slash Queer and Black History Studies
Students have been involved in a tuition strike in response to the school's “compulsory redundancies” plan.
News
These Ramen Bowls Are a Feast for the Eyes
A new exhibition at Japan House Los Angeles indulges its viewers in the visual gratification of looking at artisanally designed ramen bowls.
Art
Why Is a Virtual Veronese Artwork at a Physical Museum?
To play devil’s advocate, you could argue that eventually technology will be so good that everyone will have VR, and there is no need to travel to the National Gallery at all to see art.
Art
Brad Kahlhamer and the Amalgamations of Existence
Relationships, not isolation, inform Kahlhamer’s ideas of identity
Art
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza Blends Mexican Food, Art, and Culture
The chef’s Barrio Café in Metro Phoenix is home to the bold and the beautiful.
Art
Unmasking a History of Colonial Violence in a German Museum
At Leipzig’s Grassi Museum, a Tanzanian-German artist collaboration is reimagining the removal of a plinth as sculptural gesture in its own right.