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When “Outliers” and “Outsiders” Are No Longer Useful Categories in Art

by Douglas Messerli December 5, 2018December 6, 2018

Inherent in the show Outliers and American Vanguard Art is a kind of subtle hierarchy among artists, even if the curator has tried to delimit its force.

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Two LA Curators Offer Sneak Preview of Their Work at South Korea Biennial

by Matt Stromberg August 15, 2018August 15, 2018

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s own Christine Y. Kim and Rita Gonzalez are co-curators at this year’s Gwangju Biennale, Asia’s oldest contemporary art biennial.

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Best of 2017: Our Top 10 Los Angeles Art Shows

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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Ways to Talk About Latin American and Latino Art

by Elisa Wouk Almino November 3, 2017November 6, 2017

This year, the Getty initiative known as Pacific Standard Time has focused on the very broad categories of Latino and Latin American art. How we talk about these categories matters.

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A Mysterious Letter Claims a Long-Lost Baroque Painting Is in LA

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 24, 2017December 28, 2017

The letter, received some two years ago by curator of Latin American art at LACMA, was penned in an odd, first-person style, speaking as the painting itself.

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Censored in 1970s Guatemala, a Hamlet-Inspired Play Is Restaged in LA

by Matt Stromberg October 24, 2017

Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa features five LA-based performers wearing costumes deigned by the artist and continues a tradition of theatrical resistance.

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A Border Crossing Simulation Probes Virtual Reality’s Ethical Limitations

by Olivia Gauthier September 14, 2017September 13, 2017

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s immersive triptych at LACMA offers visitors the opportunity to experience the treacherous journey across the border between the US and Mexico.

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Disappearing in One of James Turrell’s Perceptual Cells

by Seph Rodney October 17, 2016October 17, 2016

Through a combination of light and sound, for a few moments at least, the work can strip you of all the typical assurances of selfhood.

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Best of 2015: Our Top 10 Los Angeles Art Shows

by Hyperallergic December 16, 2015December 24, 2015

LOS ANGELES — From a show of ancient Greek bronzes at the J. Paul Getty Museum to Rafa Esparza’s adobe brick constructions at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles was overflowing with dynamic exhibitions this year that introduced new talents and reconsidered the old.

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