To sit with Haring’s expansive artworks is to travel back in time and understand that the world of the 1980s is not so far from today’s.
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Lil Nas X’s “I Will Avenge U Mr Van Gogh” Meme Goes Viral
The rapper posted an image miming an attack on one of Andy Warhol’s tomato soup cans, and as usual, his fans ate it up.
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Prepare Yourself for LA’s First Keith Haring Museum Show
Art is for Everybody at the Broad Museum will focus on the artist’s life and activism.
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How Music Steered the Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
The online documentary series “Time Decorated” argues that Basquiat was the connection between the bebop and hip-hop worlds.
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Reflecting on Shirin Neshat’s Career With the Artist’s Words
Neshat shares why she moved away from still photography to video, and why she thinks her work feels “very relevant” today.
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A Poetic Response to Shirin Neshat’s Photographs
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Broad has organized The Logic of Poetry and Dreams, a series of talks and readings with poets, scholars, and artists who will reflect upon Neshat’s work.
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The Aspirations of a Generation of Black Artists Visualized in Soul of a Nation
At the Broad’s iteration of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, there is scarcely a work that does not demonstrate how deeply we are struggling with the same issues that concerned Black artists a half-century ago.
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MOCA Los Angeles to Implement a Free Admission Policy
The shift will be funded with a $10 million donation from MOCA Board of Trustees President Carolyn Clark Powers, who says: “Charging admission is counterintuitive to art’s ability and purpose to connect, inspire, and heal people.”
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How Black Artists Mobilized in 1970s Los Angeles
In a panel discussion, some of these artists look back on how African American arts professionals and Black-owned galleries exhibited their work and promoted their careers.
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The LA Rebellion Filmmakers and Their Continued Relevance 50 Years Later
Art + Practice brings together the works of the LA Rebellion filmmakers and the works of younger generations of Black artists, filmmakers, storytellers, and scholars working in Los Angeles.
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A Workshop for Artists to Mindfully Manage Their Finances
How can artists support themselves while keeping true to their values? Artist Edgar Arceneaux leads a workshop at the Broad.
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Four Feminist Latinx Artists Bring Their Body-Based Performances to the Broad
From a memorial to AIDS to a performance of bird songs, these artists’ interventions will take advantage of the museum’s unique architectural setting.
