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Posted inOpinion

Why I Am Resigning from X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly and the Problem with 356 Mission’s Politics

by Nizan Shaked April 27, 2018

The publication’s board is scheduling an event at an establishment boycotted by a long list of grass-roots organizations in Boyle Heights.

Charlemagne Palestine, CCORNUUOORPHANOSSCCOPIAEE AANORPHANSSHHORNOFFPLENTYYY exhibition view at 356 Mission, Los Angeles, 2018 (photo by Brica Wilcox, courtesy the artist and 356 Mission)
Posted inNews

LA’s Art Community and Activists React to the Closing of 356 Mission

by Matt Stromberg April 4, 2018April 10, 2018

The Boyle Heights nonprofit space founded five years ago by Laura Owens and Wendy Yao had long been the focus of anti-gentrification protests.

An event at 356 Mission in 2014 (photo by Ethan Swan / East of Borneo, via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inIn Brief

356 Mission Gallery, Seen by Many as a Symbol of Gentrification, Will Close

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 30, 2018April 1, 2018

The nonprofit space, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, was the focus of anti-gentrification protests and boycotts by local activist groups.

The inaugural exhibition at 356 Mission, featuring large-scale paintings by Laura Owens (via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inIn Brief

Laura Owens Responds to Anti-Gentrification Protests of Her Boyle Heights Gallery

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 14, 2017

In an extensive response to last week’s protest at the Whitney Museum, the artist offered her take on the current situation in Boyle Heights.

Posted inArt

A Documentary on the Late Theater Artist Reza Abdoh at 356 Mission

by Matt Stromberg April 11, 2017April 12, 2017

Reza Abdoh: Theatre Visionary, screening this Wednesday, offers an insider’s view of the experimental director and playwright’s singular talent.

Posted inNews

LA Artists and Activists Clash at a Political Action Meeting in Boyle Heights

by Matt Stromberg February 23, 2017February 24, 2017

When the Artists’ Political Action Network held its first public meeting, it was met by protesters from the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement.

Posted inArt

LA Artists Raised $100K for the ACLU — Now What?

by Alicia Eler January 24, 2017January 24, 2017

A benefit sale over post–Inauguration Day weekend featured T-shirts, buttons, and works by more than 200 artists.

Posted inNews

Anti-Gentrification Coalition Calls for Galleries to Leave LA’s Boyle Heights

by Matt Stromberg July 28, 2016July 29, 2016

LOS ANGELES — The latest development in the debate over art and gentrification in Boyle Heights took place earlier this month, when a public forum was held at the Pico Gardens complex, part of the largest public housing bloc west of the Mississippi.

Posted inArt

Why Do US and European Galleries Flock to Mexico City’s Zona MACO?

by Matt Stromberg February 7, 2015February 10, 2015

MEXICO CITY — Zona MACO, Mexico City’s, and arguably Latin America’s, biggest art fair opened here Wednesday night at the massive Centro Banamex convention center on the outskirts of the city.

Posted inArt

Cats-in-Residence Is a Cat Show with a Purrrrrpose

by Matt Stromberg January 13, 2015January 13, 2015

LOS ANGELES — The Cats-in-Residence Program, which opened last month at 356 Mission, takes a decidedly different approach, putting the cats themselves at the center of the experience.

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