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Hammer Museum

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Considering Adrian Piper’s Art Alongside 50 Years of Social Change

by Matt Stromberg October 2, 2018October 2, 2018

In conjunction with the exhibition, the Hammer Museum hosts a day-long symposium on Piper’s vital work.

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An Artist Asserts Control Over the Commodification of Her Work

Avatar photo by Daniel Gerwin August 2, 2018August 1, 2018

Carmen Argote’s exhibition at Commonwealth and Council suggests that she has no money left after participating in Made in LA, displaying work that resists any potential role as pricey art objects.

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Resolutely Political LA Artists Focus on the Body in the City’s Latest Biennial

by Matt Stromberg June 4, 2018

The body is at the center of much of the work in Made in LA, and overwhelmingly, that body is brown and black, female, queer, and indigenous.

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Kara Walker, Barbara Kruger, and Charles Atlas Dissect Modernity

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel May 7, 2018

The Hammer Museum has displayed the three video installations together for the first time.

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When Contemporary Art Feels Too Inaccessible

by Ksenya Gurshtein May 2, 2018May 10, 2018

Some artists seem to negate any attempt at communication with the viewer, and pass on the inconvenient responsibility of generating some coherent meaning to curators.

A scene from Solange's "Metatronia (Metatron's Cube)" (2018)
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Solange Unveils Performance Art Piece at the Hammer Museum

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 16, 2018April 16, 2018

The performance was staged on a LeWittian large-scale sculpture by Solange that will travel around the US this summer.

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Two Evenings of Stan Brakhage’s Disorienting, Collage-Like Films

by Matt Stromberg April 9, 2018

In honor of the new edition of Brakhage’s 1963 book Metaphors of Vision, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Los Angeles Filmforum are screening some of his most seminal films.

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The Politics of Sound in a Prison

by Michael Valinsky March 17, 2018March 16, 2018

Lawrence Abu Hamdan attempts to reconstruct the psycho-physical conditions in which prisoners lived at Syria’s Saydnaya prison by using recorded testimonials.

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Four Los Angeles Shows to Look Forward to in the New Year

by Matt Stromberg December 27, 2017December 27, 2017

From an exhibition about the first superstar curator to Pacific Standard Time’s performance festival, there’s strong work aplenty on the horizon.

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Five Outstanding Shows Closing in Los Angeles This Month

by Matt Stromberg December 20, 2017

From local contemporary art to rare surveys on Latin American modernism, there is plenty of good art to see before the new year.

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Best of 2017: Our Top 10 Los Angeles Art Shows

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 20, 2017December 20, 2017

This year Los Angeles showcased especially diverse and robust exhibitions, thanks in part to an enormous initiative around Latin American and Latino art.

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“You Can’t Say It Doesn’t Exist”: A Curator on the Art of Latin American Women from 1960 to ’85

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino December 5, 2017December 5, 2017

Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, a curator of the Radical Women exhibition at the Hammer Museum, talks about this largely ignored history.

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