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AO DIGITAL ROUND-UP – NADA FAIR, May 20th – June 21st, 2020 May 23, 2020
Edward Kay, via Rob Tufnell Making its own entry in the string of fairs and digital viewing sites embaraced by the art world to mitigate some of the damage caused by COVID-19, the New Art Dealers Alliance has launched a new project, the aptly titled FAIR. Spanning several weeks of curated exhibitions from member galleries in New York […]
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UK Appoints Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal May 21, 2020
The UK has appointed Neil Mendoza as Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal, overseeing the country’s response to the coronavirus’s impact on the arts. Mendoza previously led a review of England’s museums three years ago, offering recommendations on how to further bolster the arts institutions in the country. Read more at Art Newspaper
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This is Colossal

Doughy Braids and Sliced Fruits Arranged into Sumptuous Pies by Karin Pfeiff-Boschek May 26, 2020
While many people are spending their days starting batches of sourdough, Karin Pfeiff-Boschek has been busy baking sweet pies with mesmerizing arrangements that appear almost too pretty to eat. She tops each pastry with a delicate floral motif of flaky dough, a precisely arranged gradient of sliced fruit, or a checkered weave braided in rows. […]
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Interview: Artist Roberto Benavidez Shares His Fascination with Paper Sculpture and the Stories Behind His Fantastical Piñatas May 26, 2020
Harboring an ongoing fascination with the piñata, artist Roberto Benavidez (previously) centers his practice on translation as he crafts fantastical creatures and scenes from Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings, medieval manuscripts, and landscape photographs. When it comes to the form, that’s the challenge for me. The sculptor in me wants to not necessarily replicate the reference material […]
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May 27

RIP to Peter Alexander, an LA legend, generous and

RIP to Peter Alexander, an LA legend, generous and enthusiastic, a pioneer among the Light & Space artists #lightandspace #resinart #peteralexanderartist

RIP to Peter Alexander, an LA legend, generous and enthusiastic, a pioneer among the Light & Space artists #lightandspace #resinart #peteralexanderartist ...

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May 24

Daily hashtag: #drive_by_art Weekend one going on

Daily hashtag: #drive_by_art Weekend one going on now in and around greater Los Angeles #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #publicart #temporaryart #artinla #artinlosangeles #artinthetimeofcorona #artinstallation #drivebyart Learn more at: drive-by-art.org

Daily hashtag: #drive_by_art Weekend one going on now in and around greater Los Angeles #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #publicart #temporaryart #artinla #artinlosangeles #artinthetimeofcorona #artinstallation #drivebyart Learn more at: drive-by-art.org ...

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May 20

In memoriam #susanrothenberg looking back to her

In memoriam #susanrothenberg looking back to her powerful equine silhouettes #horsepaintings #contemporarypainting #contemporaryfigurative #equinepaintings

In memoriam #susanrothenberg looking back to her powerful equine silhouettes #horsepaintings #contemporarypainting #contemporaryfigurative #equinepaintings ...

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May 15

Daily #artistbirthday unapologetically celebrates

Daily #artistbirthday unapologetically celebrates the multitalented #RolandReiss #laart #laartist #lapainter #lalegend #flowers #stilllife #painting #painting🎨

Daily #artistbirthday unapologetically celebrates the multitalented #RolandReiss #laart #laartist #lapainter #lalegend #flowers #stilllife #painting #painting🎨 ...

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May 10

Daily #artistbirthday celebrates LA artist #consta

Daily #artistbirthday celebrates LA artist #constancemallinson - Happy Birthday! #sublime #femininesublime #ecoart #landscape #laart #laartists ##stilllifeinlandscape #losangelesart #oiloncanvas #panoramiclandscape

Daily #artistbirthday celebrates LA artist #constancemallinson - Happy Birthday! #sublime #femininesublime #ecoart #landscape #laart #laartists ##stilllifeinlandscape #losangelesart #oiloncanvas #panoramiclandscape ...

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May 4

Daily #artistbirthday celebrates #fredericchurch #

Daily #artistbirthday celebrates #fredericchurch #landscapes especially taken by the #iceberg #hudsonriverschool #americanlandscapepainting #19thcenturyart #landscapepainting #modernism check out more @artcites

Daily #artistbirthday celebrates #fredericchurch #landscapes especially taken by the #iceberg #hudsonriverschool #americanlandscapepainting #19thcenturyart #landscapepainting #modernism check out more @artcites ...

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Curate LA@curate_LA·

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In 'Give Me Some Moments’, at @HauserWirth, #LornaSimpson debuts a series of collages that build upon themes that are essential to her practice: the nature of representation, identity, gender, and history, which are all central to contemporary culture and American life today.

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Exhibition Walkthrough: "Betye Saar: Call and Response"

In this short video LACMA’s Senior Curator of Modern Art, Carol S. Eliel, shares a few highlights from this rare look into a process that has spanned Saar’s entire career.

Watch → https://bit.ly/2yDooD2

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Skylight Books @skylightbooks·

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If you missed our virtual event with @PKhakpour and @lesbrains last week, their conversation is now available as a Skylit podcast episode!

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2LhIny95gm4mRi3dqBeBoP?si=b4JTUN3OS3CkHIg0XFOp_w

Order BROWN ALBUM: https://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780525564713

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Grey Cross Studios @GreyCrossStudio·

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The Pandemic Archive Project
Call For Coronavirus Related Art, Photography, Written Word and Music
https://blog.immortalartist.com/2020/03/coronavirus.html

#art #artists #photography #Photographer #Coronavirus #Pandemic #ArtCall #ArtistCall #ArtistsCall #ArtPromotions #RevolutionBeauty #Music #Poetry

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Hammer Museum@hammer_museum·

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Robert Colescott—May 27, 12:30 p.m. PDT

This talk on Robert Colescott's 'Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future: Waiting for Moses' (1986) is led by Erin Christovale, associate curator.

RSVP: https://bit.ly/2ZmByiN

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AIGA@AIGAdesign·

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Nineteen Nineteen
Designed by @ContentObject
Published by @TheHuntington

Learn more about this #AIGA5050 winner > http://aigadsgn.org/3e52GXB

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18th Street Arts Center @18thStreetArts·

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Ecofeminist ideas that emerged in the 1970s continue to be super relevant today. In fact, ecological art practices of today were born in 1970s feminism.

Read here (via @ArtinAmerica) https://buff.ly/2XnDC7l

[image: Bonnie Ora Sherk: A Living Library & Think Park, 1981–83.]

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L.A. Louver @LALOUVER·

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#LALMayMadness final match-up with #GajinFujita and #DavidHockney is going down tomorrow, 5/27. Venture to our instagram stories to cast your votes! Learn more about our mad campaign to name the ultimate LAL exhibition from our 46-year history here: https://lalouver.com/maymadness/

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L.A. Louver @LALOUVER·

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Exhibition Explores the Making of #StormKing and Its 60 Year History of Art in Nature @StormKingArtCtr #MarkdiSuvero http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/447-exhibition-explores-the-making-of-storm-king-and-its-60-year-histo

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Arts4LA @Arts4LA·

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ICYMI: Arts for LA sent out our May eNews Updates!

To read this month's newsletter, click here: https://rb.gy/jksvtb

#ArtsAdvocates #CreativityInCrisis

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#NoHoArtsDistrict@officialnoho·

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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 https://twitter.com/paulkrekorian/status/1265410933184028672

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Getty@GettyMuseum·

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Explore your imagination with Getty’s most popular children’s book and a lovely read along!

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/what-if-a-lesson-in-creativity-from-a-los-angeles-art-teacher/

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where my #plantparents at 🌿

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The Huntington @TheHuntington·

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In Conversation: Anne Hyde, professor of history at @UofOklahoma, discusses 19th-century race and family history in the North American West with William Deverell, director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the west. Watch: https://vimeo.com/411126649

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Paul Krekorian @PaulKrekorian·

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@Culture_LA is now ready to receive applications from #NoHoTheaters seeking financial support during COVID-19.

Apply today, deadline is June 12: http://tinyurl.com/y8jup5jm

I am eager to see these outstanding theaters up and running again! #CD2 #NoHo #DCA

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Richard Kovitch @RKovitch_·

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‘Penny Slinger - Out Of The Shadows’ is Now Available on VOD in North America courtesy of @CinemaGuild | #documentary #film #women #art
http://www.cinemaguild.com
https://www.pennyslingerfilm.com

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Mike Bonin-Official@MikeBoninLA·

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@Culture_LA recently launched its second round of the Arts Emergency Fund, which provides grants of up to $1,200 to LA-based artists & small ensembles to help them make it through the pandemic.

The deadline to apply for a grant is June 30. Learn more at https://culturela.org/

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LA Dept of Cultural Affairs@Culture_LA·

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Today is #PaperAirplaneDay, making us think about 'Elevate,' the installation created by artist Joyce Dallal for her DCA COLA Fellowship. 'Elevate' comprises 100s of paper airplanes, each imprinted with words from the Geneva Convention that flock together in a vortex.

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Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture @LACountyArts·

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While the doors to LA theaters may be shut, LA theater artists continue to find new ways to entertain Los Angeles. And one of our grantees, http://onstage.la is helping bring #LAtheatre directly to you! Check out the link… https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqltgZJTSc/?igshid=1nklotpy42ahl

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Brisa Aviles @brisa_avi·

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Community legend, Nipsey Hussle ❤️ Artist: Noah Sturm

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LA Dept of Cultural Affairs@Culture_LA·

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DCA & LA City Councilmember @PaulKrekorian are offering business-stimulation contracts of $8K to qualified nonprofit & for-profit theaters based in CD 2, which includes the NoHo Arts District, one of the State's largest theater districts.

Learn more: http://linktr.ee/culture_la

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We are thrilled to share a recent acquisition: a stunning blue "Penetrable" by artist Jesús Rafael Soto. 🌀

Read on to learn more about Soto's processes and inspiration, and this "Penetrable BBL Bleu's" journey to LACMA: https://bit.ly/2zAZGU6

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L.A. Weekly Arts & Culture @LAWeeklyArts·

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Are We Not Masked? https://www.laweekly.com/mask-of-choice-devo-is-selling-an-energy-dome-ppe-kit/

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William Poundstone @LACMonFire·

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LACMA Buys a Jesús Rafael Soto http://lacmaonfire.blogspot.com/2020/05/lacma-buys-jesus-rafael-soto.html#more

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Int Sculpture Center @IntSculptureCtr·

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Check out NPR's quick interview with LA based sculptor, Alison Saar. "She's challenging you to sit down in that chair," Saar says of her 2019 sculpture, Set to Simmer, pictured here. Photo: Jeff McLane/L.A. Louver via https://www.npr.org/2020/05/12/851769833/she-s-challenging-you-alison-saar-s-sculptures-speak-to-race-beauty-power #alisonsaar #sculpture

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