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LACMA Fundraising for New Building Expansion has Stalled, LA Times Reports November 14, 2019
The LA Times has an exposé on the stalled funding for LACMA’s new expansion, noting ballooning costs and a drop off in donation pledges following an impressive start to its fundraising campaign. “I can’t say it strongly enough: It’s not a question of whether there’s money in L.A for such a project: There is,” says director […]
Sam
Foundation Pledges $15 Million to Cultural Repatriation Efforts November 14, 2019
George Soros’s Open Society Foundations has pledged $15 million towards cultural repatriation efforts. “The legacy of colonial violence has deep implications for the ways that racism and imbalances of power are perpetuated today,” says Patrick Gaspard, the president of the Open Society. “This isn’t just about returning pieces of art, but about restoring the very […]
Sam

This is Colossal

Unique Knots From Dozens of Different Trees are Showcased in a Hand-Built Geodesic Sphere November 15, 2019
Keith Williams (previously) has a knack for wowing viewers with his time-lapse woodworking videos. One of Williams’ recent projects entailed using offcuts that contain knots. In his hands, the geodesic dome becomes a multi-faceted showcase for the unique patterns, colors, and textures formed by these organic irregularities. “In the 27 years of my woodworking business, […]
Laura Staugaitis
Elaborate Chiaroscuro Tattoos by Makkala Rose Burst With Ripe Fruit and Blossoming Flowers November 15, 2019
Tattoo artist Makkala Rose creates dramatic botanical designs on her clients’ skin, incorporating richly toned flower blossoms, unctuous fruits, and life-like animal portraits. One recent commission involved completely covering a client’s back with a chiaroscuro “painting” featuring three burning candles, reflective glass and crystals, piles of ripe fruit, and a hanging bat on an inky […]
Laura Staugaitis

Hi-Fructose

The Warped Cityscapes of Lindsay Pickett November 16, 2019
Oil painter Lindsay Pickett crafts distorted cityscapes that are at times taken from the artist’s dreams. His influences range from Dali and Bosch to sci-fi illustrators like Wayne Barlowe and Jim Burns. The key to crafting these pieces is not just subverting physics, Pickett says, but walking the tightrope of making them somehow convincing.More
Andy Smith
The Creature-Filled Paintings of Evan Lovejoy November 16, 2019
Evan Lovejoy's paintings are inspired by both the artist's love of the natural world and his anguish due to its destruction. Our complicated relationship with animals is shown through the artist's varying ways of depicting them. Within the same work, a beast moves between a sense of realism, cartoonish rendering, and a more pop-surrealist sensibility. […]
Andy Smith

LA Art News

shananys @shananys·

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I spoke to #DougAitken around his recent @VisionsnVoices / @USCArchitecture (and on the eve of his Lifetime Achievement award from @artcenteredu. Mazel, Doug!) about how architecture functions as both a physical & conceptual framework across his practice. https://t.co/91keiTS5l3

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18thStreetArtsCenter @18thStreetArts·

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Next Saturday! LARP (live action role play) it out with visiting artist #KatyaKan! You’re invited to be any character that you wish to manifest in life! There will be horoscope readings, a meditation circle, complimentary drinks and more!

RSVP here: https://t.co/ZkrgKlofat

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J. Paul Getty Museum@GettyMuseum·

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Learn about Titian, one of the most successful artists of the Italian Renaissance, through the accounts of his contemporaries in our latest Art + Ideas podcast episode. https://t.co/XDafpWKIQr

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18thStreetArtsCenter @18thStreetArts·

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This @nytimes article explores the pros and cons of the internet’s progress until now. Who gets to access fast internet? What about political disinformation campaigns? What about users and their cultural power?

Explore these questions and more here: https://t.co/RGRIM7k01t

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VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES @vielmetter·

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Join us for the opening of April Street’s solo exhibition “The Lady of Shalott” today from 4-6pm. Please park in the South Lot. For more info: https://t.co/j8Geb26u80

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ICA LA @theicala·

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This evening experience a free live #music performance from 5pm by The Polyphony Quartet @theicala - performances of Schubert’s String Quartet No. 13 in A minor(Rosamunde Quartet), D 804, Op. 29, traditional Arab #folkmusic + more! https://t.co/QroABoY0RX 🎻✨💛 #dtla #icala

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J. Paul Getty Museum@GettyMuseum·

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Plan your Getty visit! @SolangeKnowles is curating and programming "Bridge-s," a series of performances, films, and lectures today and tomorrow from 11 am to 5 pm. All performances and film screenings are free and open to the public—no tickets required. https://t.co/YFnLkR35S7

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solange knowles@solangeknowles·

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come thruuuu @GettyMuseum
✴️Bridge-s✴️

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William Poundstone @LACMonFire·

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Museum of Ice Cream More Enduring than the Marciano https://t.co/l4Rql45L7F

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Curate LA@curate_LA·

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Curate LA@curate_LA·

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Cherisse Gray ‘Hello Baby Terroir’ at #MurmursLA. On view through November 23: https://t.co/e91PGrGHAv #CherisseGray

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LACMA@LACMA·

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💭 Now on view in "The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China," Lin Tianmiao's "Day-Dreamer" brings together the artist's signature material, white cotton thread, with her own form, imaged on a mattress raised high overhead. https://t.co/UjP5Srkb1T

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Mike Sonksen @MikethePoeTLA·

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I’m hosting Live Poetry
at the RKK Dharma Center
in Boyle Heights this
Saturday the 16th at 5pm.
2707 East First Street.
@the5accomplices
@HelloKommie @jenisepalante
@mnqmtchll #LetterstoMyCity

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L.A. Weekly Arts @LAWeeklyArts·

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GOLA: From a winter wonderland brimming with wine, to a memoir of one local graffiti artist’s struggle to survive on L.A.’s streets, theater in a museum, and dances made of gold, here are the 14 best things to do in Los Angeles this week. #gola https://t.co/QJuhXtvKf6

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L.A. Weekly Arts @LAWeeklyArts·

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Pop Up Art Event: 29Rooms: Expand Your Reality. It’s more than a selfie-pose fest, it’s an interactive walk through themes and ideas, wherein creating, consuming and moving around all play a part. On view thru Sunday, Nov 17. https://t.co/gE7lna9xSB

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David E. Ryu@davideryu·

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Proud to honor pioneering artist Corita Kent by proclaiming November 20th #CoritaKentDay.

Known for her powerful advocacy for equality, peace & justice, Corita was an LA treasure. I’m honored to present this resolution to representatives of the @coritaartcenter & her family.

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Lina Lecaro@LinaLecaro·

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Assigning & editing this piece meant A LOT to me as a longtime ally to the LGBTQ+ community, as an art & culture obsessive & as a journalist who is vehemently opposed to censorship. #proud https://t.co/ibhDGS0T9D

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L.A. Weekly Arts @LAWeeklyArts·

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Art Pick: LA On Fire at @WildingCran 🔥Taking as its touchstone Ed Ruscha’s iconic 1968 painting “LACMA On Fire” the show moves forward in art history to 50+ artists whose lives & practices have been touched by flames. Opens Sat, Nov. 16, 4-7pm. https://t.co/IFOqU11vPS #gola

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J. Paul Getty Museum@GettyMuseum·

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We're LIVE with @deafwest who will give a sneak peek of "Medusa: The Musical." In the performance, spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL) are interwoven with music, dance, and storytelling techniques from both hearing and deaf cultures. https://t.co/IL3xgnRbM8

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LACMA@LACMA·

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Get wild and double down on Andell Family Sundays this weekend! 🐲 Meet the supernatural creatures in "Every Living Thing: Animals in Japanese Art" at this free program, hosted on both Saturday 𝒂𝒏𝒅 Sunday this week!

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm, free

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Lina Lecaro@LinaLecaro·

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LOVE @REALpunknews so damn much. Thanks @siranbabayan! https://t.co/YoTUq33XaD

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L.A. Weekly Arts @LAWeeklyArts·

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Opera Pick: Hunter Hunt-Hendrix: Origin of the Alimonies. The work centers on “a pair of divine beings whose thwarted love tears a wound from which civilization is generated” with consequences for the known universe. Sat, Nov16 at @CalArtsREDCAT. https://t.co/sXxYfMVXhS #gola

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MOCA@MOCAlosangeles·

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Diedrick Brackens: “There’s a very particular intimacy I think in making [a textile] that is mirrored in how we use them, like laying on sheets, or putting on clothes. I think it’s very similar in the way that you interact with and touch the loom.”

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Blum & Poe @BlumandPoe·

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#FriedrichKunath "If I Don’t See You Again" is featured in the @mcachicago Benefit Art Auction - on sale tomorrow, November 16, for one night only!⁣

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ArtRabbit @ArtRabbit·

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Manet and Modern Beauty @GettyMuseum showcases works that explore the last years of the great French Impressionist, revealing vivid scenes of a lush Parisian life. https://t.co/Aafv4pCSfn

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