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The Feminist Power of Beauty

Beauty remains an uncomfortable territory for many contemporary artists, which makes the boldness of Sarah Ann Weber’s aesthetics all the more compelling. | Daniel Gerwin

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Long Beach Opera Presents Groundbreaking Double Bill

On August 14-15, The Ford partners with Long Beach Opera for two of modern opera's most exciting works! Boundary-pushers Ate9 dANCE cOMPANY present a rare staging of Schoenberg's haunting Pierrot Lunaire; Kate Soper's Voices from the Killing Jar lends an ear to the unheard. Purchase tickets now.

Sculptures in Showers, Paintings Above Toilets: Moments From the Felix Art Fair

Hosted at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the fair mostly focused on local LA galleries this year, and that’s a good thing. | Samanta Helou Hernandez

Kandis Williams’s Flourishing Black Feminist Vision

Williams, who just won the Made in LA award, readdresses harms wrought by capitalism, colonialism, and anti-Black rhetoric. | Allison Conner

Funny, Generous, and Honest: MFA Work From UC Riverside and USC Roski

A roundup of work by graduating MFA students this summer. | Matt Stromberg

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CLOSING SOON

Installation view, Betty Tompkins: Some Sex, Lots of Talking (2021) (photo by Ed Mumford)

Frank Gehry: Spinning Tales at Gagosian through August 6

Rakeem Cunningham: Hero at Ochi Projects through August 7

Intergalactix: against isolation/contra el aislamiento at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) through August 14

Betty Tompkins: Some Sex, Lots of Talking at Gavlak Los Angeles through August 14

ON VIEW IN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Nari Ward: Say Can You See at Jeffrey Deitch through August 21

Architecting California at Tierra del Sol Gallery through September 4

Queer Communion: Ron Athey + Kenneth Tam: Silent Spikes at Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles though September 5

Judson Studios: Stained Glass from Gothic to Street Style at Forest Lawn Museum through September 12

Artists as Collectors at the Getty Center through September 12

Cathy Cooper: Dramatis Personae at Craft Contemporary through September 12

Making Time at Craft Contemporary through September 12

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