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Performance and Video Artists Challenge Our Perceptions Around Femininity
Bitch Slap! presents an evening of performance and video art by several female and non-binary artists.
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The Astonishing Discovery of an Artist’s 9,200 Portraits of an Alternate Queer Self
The previously unknown Polaroids of April Dawn Alison were not just snatched from the jaws of oblivion, but are now in an esteemed museum collection.
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“It’s a Gold Rush Town”: How Artists Survive in San Francisco
Hyperallergic talks to various artists in the Bay Area about how they've hung on through years of economic turmoil.
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A British Coworking Company's Awkward Foray Into LA's Art Scene
When it first opened, the pavilion was touted as a community space which would host public programs “focusing on the intersection of art, design, science, and nature.” However, only a few such events have taken place.
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Charles Gaines Designs an Art Lecture Series That's Open to the Public
Covering aesthetics and critical theory in art, the talks offer the public a chance to hear the artist discuss topics that are normally reserved for his classes at the California Institute of the Arts.
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The Decades-Long Cinematic Collaboration of an Architect and Painter
To honor Ricci Lucchi’s passing last year, REDCAT will be screening 50 of the pair’s films, with a special appearance by Yervant Gianikian via Skype from Milan.
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Betye Saar’s Never-Before-Seen Sketchbooks Offer Deep Insights
The sketchbooks reveal how Saar's practice has evolved over time, and how time itself is a major thread in her work.
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In LA, Artists Serve Up a Diverse Take on Food Culture
Offal, a show named after innards, ought to have some messy moments and blunt edges, and it luckily does.
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A Post-Capitalism Ball Imagines a Queer Future
The ball, presented as part of Lambda LitFest, brings a queer perspective to explore visions of society after the current economic system is dismantled.
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A Historic Marionette Theater in LA Lives On, and It’s Still Magical
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater — the country's longest-running puppet theater — has found a new space that seems like a natural fit.
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The State of Contemporary Art Writing in Los Angeles
Carolina Miranda, Lynell George, and Lindsay Preston Zappas discuss their careers and what they’ve learned along the way.
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Restaging 1970s Performances That Borrowed From Hollywood Melodrama
The Box is restaging three performances by Guy de Cointet, whose approach would influence fellow Angelenos like Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy.