Los Angeles
March 11, 2020
Letter from the editor:
For months, women in Mexico have been leading mass protests against rampant femicide in the country. Making sure to leave their mark, these protesters have been using a particular material that's very difficult to remove: glitter. At Royale Projects in Los Angeles, the artist Rubén Ortiz Torres pays tribute to these protests with his eye-catching glitter-encrusted police cars. You can also read more about the most recent protest and artist action in Mexico City in Zoe Mendelson's report published today.
At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, a bold exhibition presents compelling — and potentially controversial — research on one of China's greatest painters, Qiu Ying. Almost nothing is known about Qiu’s life, and his artworks were so heavily copied that it's sometimes difficult to determine which are the originals. Kealey Boyd grapples with the new "truth" that this exhibition offers about the enigmatic artist.
Elisa Wouk Almino
525 Posters Designed by CalArts Students Since 1980
More easily lost to trash bins than the annals of history, these posters form the basis for a book cataloguing student work at CalArts over the last 40 years.
Jennifer Remenchik
Event Pick
A Reimagining of a 1974 Performance of Art and Food
A diverse lineup of over 50 artists, musicians, and performers present two-minute pieces, to be complemented by a meal.
Matt Stromberg | Werkartz, March 14, 4-9 pm
SPONSORED
RAFFMA Presents Golden West? Jan Sawka’s California Dream
The exhibition on the late Polish-American visual artist Jan Sawka is on view at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art at California State University San Bernardino until May 9.
News
Using Jewish Theater to Protest the Private Detention of Migrants
Instead of a traditional protest, Never Again Action presented a Purim Spiel, a centuries-old form of Jewish theater.
In Mexico City, Art Collective Paints Names of Femicide Victims on Streets
The names, painted on International Women’s Day, were scrubbed away around 24 hours later.
A New Medical Emergency Grant for Artists
The Rauschenberg Emergency Grants will provide artists with up to $5,000 for a number of unforeseen medical expenses.
A Closer Look at China’s Most Enigmatic, and Most Copied, Artist
Despite his iconic status, unresolved questions around Qiu Ying persist.
Kealey Boyd | LACMA, through May 17
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Claremont Graduate University Redefines Arts Education for the 21st Century
The Center for Business and Management of the Arts at CGU is redefining education in art making, markets, and management through its innovative interfield programs, entrepreneurial thinking, honest self-reflection — and oh, Los Angeles.
Artist Encrusts Tijuana Police Cars With Glitter
Rubén Ortiz Torres gathered decommissioned patrol vehicles damaged in altercations with cartels and then bathed them in midnight blue and millennial pink.
Rosa Boshier | Royale Projects, through April 11
A Rediscovered Nancy Holt Documentary From 1970
The short documentary Utah Sequences, previously thought to be lost, purely displays Nancy Holt’s vision of time and place.
Hikmet Sidney Loe | Utah Museum of Fine Arts, through Aug 2
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