Simone Leigh’s Monuments to the Black Femme

Leigh’s survey split between two Los Angeles venues demonstrates the futility in prescribing a definitive role to the Black feminine in a postcolonial world. | Nereya Otieno 

ANOHNI and the Johnsons at Walt Disney Concert Hall, September 27 & 28

ANOHNI and the Johnsons make their return to the US for their first tour together in 14 years, entitled It’s Time To Feel What’s Really Happening. That name is a challenge to apathy and cynicism, but it’s also a note of permission: Here, you can be real about what it means to be alive.

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WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEK

Tee A. Corinne: A forest fire between us at Webber Gallery

A forest fire between us offers an overdue survey of the artist’s groundbreaking work, including graceful nudes, frank scenes of queer community, and radical images of female utopia.

Arthur Jafa: nativemanson at Sprüth Magers

Filmmaker and artist Arthur Jafa uses the archive as his medium, remixing, cutting, pasting, and reassembling a wide spectrum of still and moving images into biting commentaries on what it means to be Black in America.

Lita Albuquerque: Earth Skin atMichael Kohn Gallery

Lita Albuquerque’s practice has long involved engagement with sites outside of the gallery space. Earth Skin reverses this relationship by bringing the landscape into the gallery, with a floor of decomposed granite suggesting a rupture in the barrier between nature and culture.

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The Other Art Fair Los Angeles Celebrates 100 Global Fair Editions

The art of your dreams is closer than you think. The Other Art Fair combines affordable and original artworks from 140 independent artists with interactive experiences, creative workshops, food trucks – and a fully stocked bar.

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IN THE NEWS

Getty Apologizes After Exhibition Kick-off Event Injures Spectators

The event to kick off the museum’s PST Art: Art & Science Collide initiative struck guests with falling debris. | Rhea Nayyar 

BAY AREA STANDOUT

Spirit House Manifests the Ghosts of Asian American History

The artists in this exhibition know that we cannot simply “get over” the history of racialization, as well as the destructive legacy of US imperialism. | Alex Paik