10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Julyhyperallergic.com This month: Gordon Parks’s iconic photographs, Wendy Red Star’s Indigenous abstractions, Chiffon Thomas’s unsettling mixed media sculptures, a celebration of Juxtapoz Magazine, and more.
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Museum of Jurassic Technology Aims to Recreate Islamic Spain in LAhyperallergic.com The museum known for its mix of history and whimsy received support from the Getty and Mike Kelley Foundations to take on its most ambitious project yet.
15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Summerhyperallergic.com The art scene has something for everyone this season, from Kwame Brathwaite and mural collective East Los Streetscapers to Simone Leigh and Zapotec textile art.
10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This Junehyperallergic.com 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.
“The Spark” - Kabin Crew & Lisdoonvarna Crewwww.youtube.com Young rappers from The Kabin Studio in Cork & Lisdoonvarna have teamed up to make a belter for Cruinniú na nÓg, the national day of celebrating youth creativ...
With the Help of Students, Street Artists Transform an LA High Schoolhyperallergic.com 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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CalArts and Student Protesters Reach Agreement on Divestmenthyperallergic.com 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.
Berkeley In The Sixties (The Documentary)www.youtube.com The Sixties came to nothing because you can't fight something with nothing. Well folks we have the something now. It is called the #NeedAct. It ends the rotten core of the world we live in #BankMoney and replaces it with #RealMoney. Check it out on www.needact.org and learn the science of money, learn what has worked before and what we don't have now that we can have.
Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested Outside the Met Galahyperallergic.com “No Met Gala while bombs drop in Gaza,” hundreds chanted during a march near the museum.
After Mass Arrests, UCLA Faculty Protest at Hammer Museum Galahyperallergic.com 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.
Across LA Schools, Art Students and Faculty Rally for Palestinehyperallergic.com Amid aggressive escalations at UCLA and arrests at USC, protesters are invoking the artistic legacy of radical activism.
At Age 78, Actor John Lithgow Goes Back to Art Schoolhyperallergic.com Art Happens Here With John Lithgow, a one-hour PBS special premiering tonight, follows the thespian as he explores various creative forms at four LA art centers.
Outrage After Actor Chris Pratt Destroys Iconic Mid-Century Home in LAhyperallergic.com Advocates decried Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger’s decision to raze an architecturally significant home for yet another “McMansion.”
Contested Native Artworks Resurface at Art Fair, Drawing Scrutinyhyperallergic.com The drawings, taken from ledger books made by Native people imprisoned in the 19th century, were sold at auction in 2022 against tribal members' wishes.
Facing ‘Immediate Layoffs,’ L.A. TACO Launches Membership Drive to Save Our Publication ~ L.A. TACOlataco.com After Sunday, we do not have enough money to make another payroll. We need 5,000 members to become sustainable. Our deadline is April 26th to hit it.
Jewish Anti-Zionist Artists Withdraw From Contemporary Jewish Museum Showhyperallergic.com The group asked for the ability to modify or remove their works and for the SF institution to divest from “Israeli governmental and pro-Zionist foundation funding.”
California Legislators Push Law to Help Heirs Recover Looted Arthyperallergic.com Assembly Bill 2867 was inspired by a recent ruling in the dispute over a Pissarro painting that was looted from a Jewish family during World War II.