Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for May 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month.
California
Art
The Monumental Impact of a Judy Baca Mural in Los Angeles
“The work has become timely, but it has always been important,” said Baca of “The Great Wall of Los Angeles.”
Art
Fred Eversley's Joyful Light
Eversley’s parabolic sculptures draw us into a self-aware and ever-shifting encounter with space and perceptual phenomena.
Art
An Artist’s Crash Course in Government
In a series of PSA-style videos, Paul Pescador poses questions about government that quickly unravel into a nightmarishly complex knot of existential crises.
Film
A Tribute to Los Angeles's Street Vendors
Ruben Ochoa and Pete Galindo are premiering "The Politics of Street Vendors in Los Angeles" with LACMA this Saturday.
Art
Nikita Gale Makes the Labor of Tina Turner’s Performances Visible
Gale considers the work occurring behind the scenes and how technologies structure our experience of live performances.
Art
Henrik Olesen’s Formless, Transgressive Bodies
For much of his career, Olesen has confronted both psychological and physical violence, perpetrated by power structures against non-normative bodies.
Art
A Home of Armenian Relics Becomes a Space to Heal From Trauma
"My Relic" tells stories of Armenian culture through the lens of female Armenian artists living in the diaspora.
Art
A Fragrance Bottles Up the Everyday Scents of Former East Germany
Notes of mold and tobacco hit quickly, with raspberry candies cutting through the musk, personifying the feeling of “bittersweet.”
Books
Artists Collectively Write a Poetry Book During the Pandemic
“The Poem is Telling Me I Remember” features collaborative poetry from the Oakland studio and gallery for artists with developmental disabilities.
Books
Honoring the Stories of Undocumented Indigenous Women in Los Angeles
"Diža’ No’ole" walks a line between revealing and concealing, respecting the women’s decision to keep some things hidden.
Art
Brenna Youngblood Revises the Language of Abstraction
Youngblood’s paintings would probably make Piet Mondrian yelp.