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Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA)

Posted inArt

How Lee Alexander McQueen Spun History Into Fantasy

by Anne Wallentine May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

Drawing from a wide range of personal influences, McQueen deconstructed myths and facts and refashioned them into his desired story.

Posted inArt

A Survey of Black American Portraiture Is a Revelation

by Caroline Ellen Liou January 16, 2022January 25, 2022

Black American Portraits features over two centuries of artworks centering Black artists and subjects.

Posted inArt

Whimsy and Personality in Early American Photography

by Anne Wallentine September 19, 2021September 17, 2021

An exhibition of cabinet cards at LACMA showcases marketing and personal panache.

Posted inArt

Yoshitomo Nara Captures Children in All Their Rage and Wonder

by Tara Yarlagadda August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

In Nara’s paintings, children stand in as angry innocents raging against an oppressive world of adults.

Posted inNews

LACMA Announces New Art + Technology Lab Grant Winners

by Lauren Moya Ford July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

American Artist and Lawrence Lek are among the recipients for LACMA’s 2021 Art + Technology Lab grants and Hyperallergic got a sneak peek.

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A Tribute to Los Angeles’s Street Vendors

by Elisa Wouk Almino April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

Ruben Ochoa and Pete Galindo are premiering “The Politics of Street Vendors in Los Angeles” with LACMA this Saturday.

Posted inArt

A Goodbye to the Uncomfortable Holiday Work Party

by Lexis-Olivier Ray December 9, 2020December 8, 2020

Alex Prager’s “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” at LACMA captures the awkwardness that ensues when a room full of intoxicated, mostly white people get together during the holidays.

Posted inNews

Major Artists Demand LACMA Remove Board Member Who Owns Prison Telecom Company

by Matt Stromberg September 16, 2020November 5, 2020

Tom Gores owns a telecom company that “rakes in more than $700 million per year charging egregious rates for phone calls from prisons, jails, and immigrant detention centers.”

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An Artist Investigates the Effects of Technological Obsolescence

by Elisa Wouk Almino April 21, 2020

On Earth Day, Julia Christensen discusses the concept of “upgrade culture” and how it has impacted our daily lives.

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A Photographer Shows Deference For Sublime, Endangered Coastlines

by Dana Ostrander December 4, 2019

Thomas Joshua Cooper has feverishly circumnavigated the globe in an effort to chart the Atlantic basin. His recent photos of the California coast, subject to wildfires and drilling, feel all the more poignant.

Posted inIn Brief

LACMA Renovation Is Shrinking Gallery Space, and Angelenos Are Confused About It

by Dan Schindel April 3, 2019April 4, 2019

The new building will be smaller than the total area of the four current buildings which are fated to be torn down. No explanation for the shrinkage has been provided as of yet.

Posted inArt

Charles White’s Intimate and Dignified Portraits of Labor and Black Oppression

by Abe Ahn March 8, 2019March 15, 2019

Charles White: A Retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art surveys an illustrious career that spans from the Great Depression to the age of Black Power.

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