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More Galleries Are Leaving the Contested Los Angeles Neighborhood of Boyle Heights

Avatar photo by Abe Ahn May 4, 2018

Chimento Contemporary and MaRS are joining the list of galleries relocating from Boyle Heights, a neighborhood long marked by gentrification tensions.

Posted inNews

An LA Art Space, with Roots in ‘70s Chicano Movement, Now Has a Permanent Home

by Matt Stromberg May 3, 2018May 3, 2018

Founded in 1973 in the East Los Angeles garage of a Franciscan nun and printmaker, Self Help Graphics & Art has finally purchased a permanent space in Boyle Heights.

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.

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.

Members of Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement (BHAAAD) protest at the Whitney Museum during Laura Owens's opening on Wednesday, November 8. (screenshot by the author via YouTube)
Posted inArt

Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Laura Owens Exhibition at the Whitney Museum

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 10, 2017November 11, 2017

An alliance of activists from Los Angeles and New York highlighted the role of the artist and her dealer, Gavin Brown, in artwashing the gentrification of working-class neighborhoods.

Zilah Mendoza as Magdalena "Magda" Del Rio in An Enemy of the Pueblo at CASA 0101 in Boyle Heights (photo by Ed Krieger)
Posted inPerformance

In Boyle Heights, a Play About a Threatened Village Hits Home

by Lillian Kalish November 8, 2017

A Latinx-focused adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People dramatizes the tension between the harsh realities of modernity and traditional knowledge and ways of life.

Posted inArt

A Museum Devoted to Immigrant Histories Opens in Boyle Heights

by Matt Stromberg September 27, 2017

The Boyle Heights Museum opens this weekend with an exhibition focused on the history of Mexican repatriation during the Great Depression.

Posted inFilm

An Artist Who Grew Up in Boyle Heights Navigates the Fight Over Gentrification

by Matt Stromberg September 21, 2017November 12, 2019

This exclusive new short documentary considers the less discussed and more personal perspective of what it’s like to be an artist from Boyle Heights.

Posted inOpinion

A Boyle Heights Alliance Challenges Charles Gaines and Other Artists for Ignoring Local Voices

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic May 31, 2017June 5, 2017

This open letter was sent to Hyperallergic by Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement, in response to an article by Charles Gaines, earlier this month.

Posted inNews

Boyle Heights Art Space Closes, Blaming Anti-Gentrification Activists

by Matt Stromberg February 22, 2017February 23, 2017

After months of protests, a Boyle Heights art nonprofit has decided to leave the contested neighborhood that activists say is being gentrified with the help of the art community.

Posted inOpinion

How to Draw a (Picket) Line: Activists Protest Event at Boyle Heights Gallery

by Nizan Shaked February 14, 2017February 22, 2017

A meeting of the Artists’ Political Action Network failed to take into account its location in a neighborhood that’s been mired in gentrification controversy for quite some time.

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