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A Tour Through Design and Social Activism in LA, From 1960s to Today
From the socially progressive prints of Sister Corita to the first major gay publication in the US.
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A 1970s Provocative Magazine That Fought Anti-Asian Sentiment
What started as a monthly paper in 1969 geared towards Asian American students at UCLA soon expanded to the greater Los Angeles community.
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Graphics: ✊🏽A History of Design and Activism in California 📐
This edition, produced in collaboration with KCET’s Artbound, celebrates the rich history of artist-activists in the Golden State.
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Required Reading
This week, a sad billionaire park, Paula Rego's abortion paintings, soap bubbles in art, aliens colonizing space, and more.
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Matthew Wong’s Indelible Impressions
Just three years after he first devoted himself to art, Wong assembled an abstract vocabulary to create an entire world that is parallel to ours.
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The Gallery Dealer as Tightrope Walker
Rather than identifying with a style or brand, Klaus Kertess was remarkably independent in his choices, and was not averse to risks.
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Rosemary Mayer’s Art of the Unseen
For Mayer, the passage of time is imbued with a sense of melancholy, of something already lost to the past.
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What to Make of Nero?
An exhibition takes on the notorious Roman emperor, from gleaming marble to roaring flames.
Books
Nathaniel Mackey's Epic Poem
Memories appear and disappear in a meditative work that feels as if it could stop at any moment or continue on forever.
Books
Poetry at the Intersection of Art and Twitter
The poems in Ken Babstock’s Swivelmount convey a sense that the whole truth of reality is tantalizingly just beyond one’s grasp.
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Maine College of Art’s Online Summer Art Sale Benefits Artists, Designers, and Students
COLLECT is a unique opportunity to discover emerging artists, view new work by established artists, and build art collections — all without leaving home.
Film
In Remote Russia, Willem Dafoe Confronts His Demons
Abel Ferrara's Siberia is an alternately nightmarish and transcendent journey through the subconscious.