Art
Daisy Patton Paints Wedding Photos Back to Life
The artist resurrects moments of celebration in Before These Witnesses, whose subjects look back at us across time and offer themselves to be seen.
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Stitched: Contemporary Embroidery Explores Artists Redefining the Medium
Nineteen artists from around the world bring new perspectives to embroidery in an exhibition at Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, California.
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The Pasadena Bookstore Taking Cues From Octavia E. Butler
Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.
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Mitchell Johnson: Paintings from Maine, Italy, Newfoundland, and San Francisco
Johnson’s latest explorations into color, perception, familiarity, and scale are now on view at Flea Street in Menlo Park, California.
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Contemporary Artists Use the Rug as a Vehicle for Expression at the Museum of Craft and Design
In RugLife, 14 artists from around the world explore the rug as a medium to interweave discourse about issues on a global and personal scale.
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UCLA’s New Three-Year MFA in Media Arts Is Accepting Applications
The program provides a rigorous environment for bold experimentation in new modes of critical thinking and art making in the context of media and technology.
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Affordable Los Angeles Art to Shop This Holiday Season
These 11 local and online artist-run sales, craft fairs, and markets stress community over consumption.
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Chicana Artist’s Once-Censored Mural Finds a New Home in LA
Barbara Carrasco’s landmark 80-foot painting portraying the city’s origins and evolution will anchor the Natural History Museum’s new wing.
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LA Artists Push Back Against Call to “Beautify” RV Encampment Sites
Dozens signed an open letter criticizing the project for failing to involve unhoused people and for seeking to “cover up … sites of trauma and loss.”
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UCR ARTS Presents Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World
Exploring the history and creative uses of digital imaging from the 1960s to the present, this groundbreaking exhibition is on view in Riverside, California.
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Spirit House Manifests the Ghosts of Asian-American History
The artists in this exhibition know that we cannot simply “get over” the history of racialization, as well as the destructive legacy of US imperialism.
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The Crocker Art Museum Presents Raúl Gonzo: Color Madness
The first museum exhibition for the Sacramento-based photographer showcases his bold, campy, colorful photographs.