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An Art Movement Unapologetic About Love and Pleasure
Artists of the Pattern and Decoration movement expanded our perceptions around what is worthy of being called art.
California
Interview
Meet LA's Art Community: Gajin Fujita Likes to Think About “What LA Was Like, Way Back When”
An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
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Nayland Blake Hosts a “Gender Discard Party”
The artist's 21+ event will feature an irreverent “Gender Reveal Party,” party games, a makeover station, and more.
Announcement
Kari Marboe Replicates Missing Sculpture for Exhibition at Mills College Art Museum
Pursuing a web of leads, Kari Marboe attempts to recreate a Daniel Rhodes sculpture for Mills College Art Museum. On view Jan 22-March 15.
Announcement
Claremont Graduate University Redefines Arts Education for the 21st Century
The Center for Business and Management of the Arts at CGU is redefining education in art making, markets, and management through its innovative interfield programs, entrepreneurial thinking, honest self-reflection — and oh, Los Angeles.
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37,000 Items of Black Film Memorabilia Acquired by the Lucas Museum
The collection includes items from silent era “race films,” an independent movement during which Black filmmakers told their own stories and distributed films to theaters serving Black viewers.
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Why a Photo Exhibit of Objects Seized at Border Control Feels Sanitized
Tom Kiefer’s aim — to document atrocity — is clear. But his exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center raises a number of important ethical and legal questions about whose stories he tells, and how.
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A 360º Installation Can Transport You to a Dreamy, Black-and-White Universe
In Oscar Oiwa’s 360º installation, Dreams of a Sleeping World, rippling circles resemble hundreds of eyeballs, rabbits emerge from black voids, and plant life springs out of stippled marks.
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Learn About the History and Value of Black Americana Collectibles
In tandem with its Making Mammy exhibition, the California African American Museum is hosting a conversation around the value of important, but difficult pieces of American history.
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A Striking Installation Reveals How Ableist Design Can Be
In Emily Barker’s exhibition, scaled-up cabinets tower above the viewer and a rug, six inches thick, poses an insurmountable barrier for a wheelchair.
Interview
Meet LA’s Art Community: Jazmín Urrea on Public Art and Finding Inspiration in Her Hometown
An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Art
Reflecting on Shirin Neshat’s Career With the Artist’s Words
Neshat shares why she moved away from still photography to video, and why she thinks her work feels “very relevant” today.