Los Angeles
December 28, 2022

The Artist Making T-Shirts Printed With Gay Men’s Blood

Zain Curtis’s works protest anti-LGBTQ+ donation guidelines that date back to the 1980s AIDS crisis. | Billy Anania

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

Uta Barth: Peripheral Vision
Nov. 15–Feb. 19, 2023
Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood (getty.edu)

In a challenge to the photographic imperative to “capture” a subject, Uta Barth focuses not on what we see, but how we see. Over the course of four decades, the Los Angeles-based photographer has explored vision and perception, highlighting the tension between surface and depth, light and shadow, stillness and movement. 

Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg: A Pancake Moon
Nov. 5–Feb. 4, 2023
Tanya Bonakdar, 1010 North Highland Avenue, Hollywood (tanyabonakdargallery.com)

A Pancake Moon is a fantastical, immersive audio-visual exploration of motherhood by Swedish duo Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg. Through sculpture, stop-motion film, and sonic installations, the artists create a dream-like forest environment filled with creatures representing sexuality, birth, and growth. Characters like an egg and the moon channel human emotions of joy and pain as they struggle to emerge into the world.

Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971
Aug. 21–Apr. 9, 2023
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Miracle Mile (academymuseum.org)

Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 showcases the work of Black American filmmakers, actors, and entertainers, reframing narratives often excluded from mainstream film history. The exhibition spans from the birth of film to the end of the Civil Rights Movement, focusing on those who worked both within and outside the Hollywood system. 

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UP THE COAST

A Devastating and Breathtaking Vision of Climate Change

Dean Byington’s Cassandra warning call in his art reveals the world we know as a facade teetering on the brink of collapse. | Gabrielle Selz