The Los Angeles-based artist gets his first major US museum show after working on the cultural fringes for decades.
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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.
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A Surreal and Eerie Look at Los Angeles Over the Past Decade
In Stanya Kahn’s earlier films, Los Angeles seems ready to spark a revolution at any moment. But in the newest adventure, the urban sprawl creeps into the inhabitants’ states of mind, and everything languishes.
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An Urgent Conversation About Ableism in the Art World
Artist Panteha Abareshi discusses the role of curation in museums and the crucial work of disabled artists like herself.
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Ree Morton’s Personal Work Asserts That Art Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum
While Morton’s career spanned less than a decade (1968–1977), her work remains vital to questioning what it means to be a woman in art history and society.
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Ann Greene Kelly Estranges the Familiar
In Kelly’s sculptures, manmade objects morph into new or composite forms that seem to verge on organic.
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Nayland Blake Welcomes You Into Their Messy, Funny, and Tragic World
“My work is always about people being able to sort of mentally try it on, mentally get inside the suit, or to see the effort of me trying to learn this dance, or to think about eating food,” Blake told Hyperallergic.
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Help Activate a Glittering Monument to a Historic Gay Bar
Sadie Barnette’s recreation of the New Eagle Creek Saloon at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, will be activated this Thursday night with talks, a performance, and a DJ set.
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An Experimental Puppetry Troupe Crafts Their Hopeful Vision
The Del Hierro brothers craft their costumes from polyurethane foam, which they find in whatever city they happen to be in, tearing into discarded couches or mattresses and ripping out the “meat” inside.
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These Pillows Are One Way You Can Help Immigrants Detained by ICE
The “34,000 Pillows Project” by artist duo Díaz Lewis offers the public a way to give back to immigrant advocacy groups, and they’ll be hosting a workshop and reading series for the cause at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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The Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Comes to Southern California Museums This March
The program kicks off this Sunday at the ICA LA, with an edit-a-thon focused on women and comedy.
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The First Major US Exhibition of New York-Based Sculptor B. Wurtz Opens at ICA LA
To celebrate the opening of This Has No Name, ICA LA is hosting an Open House on September 30 with an Art Talk featuring curator Jamillah James in conversation with artist B. Wurtz.