Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for November 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month.
California
News
100+ Black Artists Will Take Over a Boulevard in South Los Angeles
Melvin Edwards, Maren Hassinger, and Alison Saar are among the artists kicking off the Destination Crenshaw initiative.
Art
The Cerebral Art of Wrestling
Wrestling is less a physical act than a psychological space in Mark Yang’s paintings.
Art
Shimon Attie Resurrects “Hitler on Ice” With Afro-Brazilian Dance
The intention behind the seemingly bizarre combination was, according to Attie, “to give visual form to the shared American and Brazilian reality of nationalistic divisions that defines our political present.”
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Announcement
The Expressive Body: Memory, Devotion, Desire (1400–1750) Opens at the Norton Simon Museum
This exhibition explores how images of the human body were used to provoke profound physical and emotional responses in viewers from the 15th through 18th centuries.
Art
The San Francisco Opera and San Quentin Prison Team Up to Showcase Incarcerated Artists
An exhibition at the San Francisco Opera House pairs the work of incarcerated artists with Beethoven's story of unjust imprisonment.
Art
Eileen Gray’s Masterpiece in the French Riviera, No Longer Overshadowed by Le Corbusier
While staying as a house guest, a naked Le Corbusier defiled Gray’s minimalist, color-blocked walls that were only restored in 2015.
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Announcement
UCLA MFA in Media Arts Is Accepting Applications for Fall 2022
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.
Art
The Politics of Desire and Oppression in Anita Steckel's Art
Steckel compelled audiences to acknowledge uncomfortable realities about systemic sexism that persist decades later.
Art
Joan Mitchell, a Brilliant Painter and Contrarian at Heart
If painting was Mitchell’s sickness, it was also her salvation.
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Announcement
The California Studio at UC Davis Is Accepting Applications for Artists in Residence
Candidates have until November 5 to apply for 10-week, quarter-long teaching artist residencies in fall 2022 or spring 2023.
Art
Looking at Kehinde Wiley and Thomas Gainsborough Side by Side
It is perhaps no surprise that Wiley’s oeuvre is a favorite among curators seeking to inject new relevance into their collection of European masters.