Los Angeles: $38.5 Million Has Been Allocated to LA Arts Recovery

Good news: The Getty has allocated $38.5 million to help out Los Angeles art spaces. The initiative i

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Good news: The Getty has allocated $38.5 million to help out Los Angeles art spaces. The initiative is pretty much essential, as state guidelines have made it difficult for art spaces and museums to operate in LA since last March. Learn how you might be able to qualify for the grants. As you might’ve guessed, Printed Matter’s beloved Art Book Fair isn’t coming to LA this year, but it will be online starting next week. And this weekend, artist Ellen Reid premieres a beautiful sound walk project in Griffith Park that you can easily access from your phone.Finally, in this week’s LA reviews, Natalie Haddad writes about the quirky paintings of Clarence Holbrook Carter, an under-known American Surrealist currently showing at Various Small Fires. – Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor

A Healing Sound Walk Through LA’s Griffith Park The music, composed by Ellen Reid, is inspired by “the shapes of the paths” and “evokes the massive sky and the challenging terrain.” Elisa Wouk Almino

Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair Is Back, Sans the Long Lines With its first-ever virtual edition, the fan favorite offers a robust slate of exhibitors, performances, and a conference on contemporary artists’ books. Dessane Lopez Cassell

In the Galleries

Clarence Holbrook Carter, an American Surrealist Who Painted Life, Death, and Rebirth Carter’s paintings gesture toward unknown realms, whether death or nonhuman consciousness. Natalie Haddad

Latest News

$38.5 Million Has Been Allocated to LA Arts Recovery The new Getty fund is a massive effort to preserve jobs and retain the cultural capital of LA’s creative workforce. Sarah Rose Sharp

In Case You Missed It

Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for February 2021 Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month. Matt Stromberg and Elisa Wouk Almino

A Sneak Peek of the Getty’s Next Pacific Standard Time, Focusing on Science and Art The initiative comes at just the right time, when global environmental and health crises and an alarming distrust of science are both growing threats. Matt Stromberg

Closing Soon

Karen Carson, an Early California Minimalist, Has a New, Kaleidoscopic Vision Carson’s geometric paintings, inspired by the land of big sky, mimic rolling hills and valleys. Renée Reizman

From Our Partners at KCET

How Can I Teach Art in a Pandemic? Anuradha Vikram talks to artists who are educators about how they are adapting to the parameters of teaching online and learning at home.

What Is the Role of Public Art in Creating a Sense of a City? Public art in America has changed a great deal in scope and scale. What role does it play today?

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