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Maia Ruth Lee’s Art of Movement and Memory
Mirroring the work of her linguist parents, Lee crafts a visual language to communicate her diasporic experience with tension and tenderness.
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10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This June
Keith Mayerson’s two-decade ode to the city, Tony Cragg’s organic sculptures, Esteban Cabeza de Baca on a familial legacy of protest, and much more.
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With the Help of Students, Street Artists Transform an LA High School
Well-known names and veteran muralists with deep ties to local communities were tapped for the project at César E. Chávez Learning Academies in San Fernando.
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Three Women Artists Take Back the Landscape
Clare Woods reinterprets the genre through oil on aluminum, Coco Young shows pastel-toned pastoral scenes, and Márcia Falcão presents curvaceous figures.
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UCI MFAs Challenge Institutional Display
The inquiries of three recent MFA graduates illuminate what much of the art world, easily seduced by decorative abstraction, misses.
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Where the Construction Site Meets Brancusi’s Studio
Amid a rise in waste dumping, artist Ethan Primason gives discarded items new lives, working intuitively until he finds their new form.
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The Monstrous Femininity of Maureen St. Vincent
The artist’s aquatic pastels represent women who cannot be domesticated or controlled.
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CalArts and Student Protesters Reach Agreement on Divestment
A student committee will work with the school to divest from funds linked to human rights violations following campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza.
Art
The Critique-Profiteering Work of MSCHF
Combining the provocative spirit of internet trolling, clickbait scamming, and MTV’s Punk’d, the collective satirizes consumerism while making bank.
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The Alienated Aesthetics of USC’s Student Exhibition
Across multiple media, USC art students’ works paired meditations on discomfort, isolation, and technology with an impressive aesthetic rigor.
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After Mass Arrests, UCLA Faculty Protest at Hammer Museum Gala
As black luxury SUVs dropped off guests, faculty demanded the resignation of UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, a member of the Hammer’s board of directors.
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ArtCenter MFAs Find New Beginnings in Past Technology
Artworks by the students feel delightfully provisional, like statements of intent toward unrealized future creations — but no less meaningful.