Los Angeles: Your Concise LA Art Guide for December

We're back with our monthly recommendations of art to see in Los Angeles, both (safely) in-person and

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We’re back with our monthly recommendations of art to see in Los Angeles, both (safely) in-person and online. Also, don’t miss a free screening of the new Moholy-Nagy documentary as part of FILM at LACMA. The much-anticipated Made in LA is still not open to the public, but you can catch Kahlil Joseph’s satellite project at various Black-owned small businesses throughout Los Angeles. If you’re comfortable, it’s a nice opportunity to see art outside of gallery walls. In Allison Conner’s words, Joseph’s screenings “celebrate art as an expression of everyday living, removing it from its rarefied position.” – Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor

Your LA Art Guide for December

Francisco Toledo, "Juarez Fishing in the Orbit of the Skull" (image courtesy Latin American Masters)

For the last month of this rollercoaster of a year, we’ve put together a selection of some thoughtful shows currently open across Los Angeles. Most of these are also available to view online — and it’s worth seeing the images.

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Kahlil Joseph’s News Channel Revels in Black History and Experience Joseph’s project is installed in various Black-owned small businesses throughout Los Angeles, from a barbershop to a medical clinic. Allison Conner

“I Call It Blaxidermy”: Pamela Council on Their Art and Aesthetic “As a Black woman artist, I get asked about the political meaning of my work, but I don’t often get asked why it looks the way it does.” Clarity Haynes

A New Movie on Moholy-Nagy, Inspiring Artist and Teacher The New Bauhaus traces the artist’s journey from joining the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany to founding the New Bauhaus in Chicago. Elisa Wouk Almino

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