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The Getty acquired a groundbreaking pastel by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard depicting a woman breastfeeding. Dated to 1783, it apparently caused “a stir” at the time, as Karen Chernick notes in an illuminating article on the artwork and its history.

Plus, Betty Tompkins is displaying new work at Gavlak that draws on #MeToo testimonies, and don’t miss three excellent films screening as part of Made in LA through June 30.

Happy summer, by the way!

—Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor

Why Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s 1783 Portrait of a Mother Nursing Broke New Ground

When Labille-Guiard exhibited the portrait at the Paris Salon, it was the only woman in the series. And she was breastfeeding.

Karen Chernick

Artist Betty Tompkins Overlays Women’s Bodies With #MeToo Testimonies

Tompkins unflinchingly looks at how female bodies are displayed, disciplined, and offered up to men.

Anya Ventura

Three Playful, Inventive Films Streaming as Part of "Made in LA"

Through June 30, you can screen films by Alima Lee, Fox Maxy, and Maia Ruth Lee.

Elisa Wouk Almino

Closing Soon

Installation view, Umar Rashid: PER CAPITA at Transformative Arts

Umar Rashid: PER CAPITA at Transformative Arts through July 3
SCREEN: Deborah Stratman online at MOCA through July 15
Lisa Williamson: Amplifier at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery through July 17
Desire Encapsulated at Make Room Los Angeles through July 31
Kandis Williams: The Absolute Right to Exclude: Reflections on and Implications of Cheryl Harris’ “Whiteness as Property” at LAXART through July 31
Paulina Peavy: An Etherian Channeler at Mike Kelley Gallery at Beyond Baroque through July 31

On View in LA

Made in LA at the Hammer Museum through August 1
Lygia Pape: Tupinambá at Hauser & Wirth LA through August 1
Intergalactix: against isolation/contra el aislamiento at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) through August 14
Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins at the Getty Villa through August 16
Nari Ward: Say Can You See at Jeffrey Deitch through August 21
Queer Communion: Ron Athey + Kenneth Tam: Silent Spikes at Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, from June 19–September 5
Artists as Collectors at the Getty Center through September 12
Cathy Cooper: Dramatis Personae at Craft Contemporary through September 12
Judson Studios: Stained Glass from Gothic to Street Style at Forest Lawn Museum through September 12
Making Time at Craft Contemporary through September 12
Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA at the Getty Center through October 10
Common Fantasy/Gemeinsame Fantasie at the Wende Museum Garden through October 21
Rights and Rituals: The Making of African American Debutante Culture at the California African American Museum through February 27, 2022

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