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07/28/2023 by: Ryan Lutz

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Memory as Material: Jason Bailer Losh Rebuilds the Past at Anat Ebgi, NYC

In his third solo show with Anat Ebgi, New York–based sculptor-painter Jason Bailer Losh presents If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride, an installation of new paintings, sculptures, and a [...]

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Friedrich Kunath: Aimless Love @ Pace Gallery, NYC

Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Friedrich Kunath at its 510 West 25th Street gallery in New York. On view through December 20, this will [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Claudia Ross
Monuments Collapses American History on Itself

An exhibition in Los Angeles pairing decommissioned public Confederate statues with contemporary art captures America’s shifting political terrain. [...]

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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens September 2026 in Los Angeles

SummaryThe Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open on September 22, 2026, in Los Angeles’ Exposition ParkThe building features a "spaceship silhouette" by Ma Yansong and includes 35 galleries over [...]

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George Condo is now represented by Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt Gallery.

George Condo, the blue-chip American artist known for grotesque, Cubist-inspired portraits, is now jointly represented by Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt Gallery. The artist will no longer be represented by Hauser [...]

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George Condo Joins Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt

SummaryGeorge Condo is now represented by galleries Sprüth Magers and SkarstedtThe announcement comes as an exit from Hauser & Wirth, which had represented the artist since late 2019Artist George Condo [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Alex Paik
Made in L.A.’s Anti-Curation Doesn’t Work

The curators’ self described “no-methodology methodology” results in a scattered exhibition that feels bland and curatorially unimaginative. [...]

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Wes Anderson to recreate Joseph Cornell’s studio at Gagosian Paris.

Wes Anderson is taking his eye for meticulous set design from the silver screen to Gagosian Paris. In collaboration with curator Jasper Sharp, Anderson will recreate the New York studio [...]

Everything you need to know about the most important headlines from the world of art in the last seven days [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
LACMA Workers Move to Unionize

Staffers say they want “fairer compensation, expanded benefits, and increased transparency” as the cost of living rises in Los Angeles. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This November 

Kathleen Ryan’s bejeweled rotten fruit, Puppies Puppies Puppies’s homage to freedom flags, TJ Shin’s bird songs, the rise and fall of monuments, and more. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Renée Reizman
Carmen Argote’s Maximalist Homage to Garment Workers

The artist makes each article of clothing in her current exhibition from the same sewing pattern, but they all have their own personalities. [...]

- Beautiful Bizarre Magazine - Natalia Joruk
CODA celebrates ‘Universal Monsters’ taking over Los Angeles and Austin

CODA, in conjunction with Sideshow Art Prints and Universal Studios, are pleased to present an officially licensed art exhibition celebrating the enduring legacy of the Universal Monsters. The post CODA [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - David S. Rubin
How Takako Yamaguchi Subverts the Seascape

The Los Angeles artist practices what she calls “abstraction in reverse,” starting from basic shapes to construct landscapes. [...]

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Skirball Cultural Center Presents Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston

This exhibition shares Guston and Hancock’s work in dialogue for the first time, exploring the role that artists play in the pursuit of social justice. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
California School Shutters Exhibition After Altering “Political” Art

Pepperdine University abruptly closed the show as at least a dozen artists asked to withdraw in protest of what they called an act of censorship. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Claudia Ross
Sister Corita Kent Found the Sacred in the Profane 

An installation of the artist’s never-before-seen photographs accumulates meaning through association rather than argument. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
Five Artists Share Their Work in This Year’s Made in LA Biennial

Ahead of the opening at the Hammer Museum, Hyperallergic spoke to participants whose practices embrace the show’s threads of history and dissonance. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October

Radical nun Corita Kent’s photos, Ofelia Esparza’s transformative Día de los Muertos altars, Cameron Harvey’s biomorphic abstraction, Suchitra Mattai’s syncretic storytelling, and more. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
UC Irvine Takes Over Orange County Museum of Art 

The merger will combine both institutions’ holdings to establish a collection of over 9,000 artworks. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Isa Farfan
Artists Are Projecting Satirical Anti-Trump Images Around LA 

From Jesus being arrested by ICE to Trump eating the Epstein files, an anonymous art collective’s “guerrilla projections” use humor as a form of protest.  [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
Superchief, Beloved LA Arts Hub, Fights to Stay Open

A longtime cornerstone of underground art and photography is thinking outside the white cube to stay afloat amid financial challenges. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg
LA Louver to Close Gallery Space and Shift Into Private Model 

The Los Angeles gallery’s vast archive will be donated to the Huntington library. [...]

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Street Vendor Beloved by LA Art World Abducted by ICE

Advocates are rallying support for Jorge Cruz, a green card holder who sells frutas, elotes, and more at venues like Frieze LA and the Hammer Museum. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - David S. Rubin

A mid-career survey spans three decades of studying and responding to the absence of gay and Latinx people from historical records. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Matt Stromberg

The museum posted and then deleted a vaguely worded statement that many interpreted as a denunciation of Israel’s attacks on Gaza. [...]

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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall

Radical Chicano printmaking, Trenton Doyle Hancock confronts Philip Guston, the LA and California biennials, American Artist on Octavia E. Butler, and more. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Natalie Weis
The Prescient Politics of Nancy Buchanan’s Art

A survey of the LA artist’s work proves that the issues she began grappling with in the 1970s are not past threats, but hauntingly present ones. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Jasmine Weber
Adrift in Betye Saar’s Crepuscular Dreamscape

The artist’s site-specific commission at the Huntington makes you feel like you’re floating in space, or suspended underwater. [...]

- Los Angeles Archives - Hyperallergic - Nereya Otieno

An exhibition at the California African American Museum is both an exercise in reverence and a declaration of resilience for the neighborhood’s artistic community. [...]

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Los Angeles Art News
Updated July 28, 2023  by Ryan Lutz