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Academy Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract
The news came just as the Hollywood screenwriters’ guild reached a strike-ending deal with studios.
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The "LA Fingers" Symbol Gets a Tribute in Bronze
The gesture popularized by Estevan Oriol’s iconic 1995 photo inspired two sculptures by Glenn Kaino to be installed on either end of the new 6th Street bridge.
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Manetti Shrem Museum Presents Deborah Butterfield: P.S. These are not horses
Works from every phase of Butterfield’s career, from her most recent wildfire sculptures to rarely exhibited pieces, are on view in Northern California.
Art
The Other Art Fair Is a Collegial Affair
Cast-bronze “tortillas” and miniatures painted using a handmade cat-hair brush shine in the LA edition of the fair where artists manage their own booths.
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California African American Museum Remains Closed After Flood Damage
Tropical Storm Hilary forced the LA museum to close just weeks after it had reopened following a $5 million upgrade.
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Emerging California Gallerists See a Bright Future
In the wake of COVID-19, California’s art world is finally experiencing a surge of optimism, resulting in a host of emerging gallerists and new galleries.
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LA's Art Book Fair Is Back With a Bang
This year’s edition, the first in the city since 2019, suggests a publishing landscape as quirky and diffuse as Los Angeles itself.
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Artists Get Inside the “Glitch”
The glitch, perhaps, is that we thought technology, the earth, and the spirit were all separate things when really they all glide together.
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The Art, Politics, and Pleasures of Food
While a trip to the grocery store is now a mundane act, in 17th-century Europe, accessing global foods was still a new concept.
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The Dark and Moody Humor of Judith Bernstein’s Paintings
Bernstein’s latest works are beset with a deathlike quality rarely seen in her earlier pieces, even ones that directly addressed death in war or genocide.
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23 Artists on Making It in San Francisco
Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life examines how artists stay — or don’t — in an area with steep rents, scarce studio space, and a high cost of living
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A Border Artist's Vision of Inheritance and Trauma
Working between San Diego and Tijuana, Griselda Rosas plumbs the stories of conquest, colonization, and conversion in her latest solo show.