Los Angeles: Your Concise LA Art Guide for January

This week, uplift your spirits and take a look at some of the fantastic art currently on display in L

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This week, uplift your spirits and take a look at some of the fantastic art currently on display in Los Angeles (many shows are available online). Also, Eva Recinos reviews Esther Pearl Watson’s 100 paintings capturing LA life during the pandemic, and critics, curators, and friends remember Susan Landauer, a brilliant curator who invested in California artists when the art world wasn’t paying attention to them. Don’t forget that next Monday is MLK Day. As always, the California African American Museum has an all-day celebration in store, including a panel on Black workers and social justice. – Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor

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Your LA Art Guide for January

Clarence Holbrook Carter, "The Lady of Shalott" (image courtesy Various Small Fires)

We’re back with our first monthly roundup of art exhibitions in 2021! There’s a mix of Los Angeles minimalism, an overlooked surrealist, exciting work from recent MFA grads, and poignant art made during the pandemic.With such a high rate of coronavirus infections in Los Angeles, most galleries are open by appointment only or are presenting their exhibitions online.

SPONSORED MFA, MA, and PhD Programs to Apply for by Early 2021 Organized by geographic regions of the United States, a list of arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close next year.

Remembering Susan Landauer

A Curator Who Championed California Art “No other scholar has contributed as much to the study of California art,” says critic and curator Michael Duncan. Clayton Schuster

More from Hyperallergic

Esther Pearl Watson Channels Strange Pandemic Life in 100 Paintings The artist describes each small painting, created in the style of the ex-voto, as a sign of resilience. Eva Recinos

Plan to Sell Diego Rivera Mural at San Francisco Art Institute Draws Backlash What the board calls the San Francisco Art Institute’s “most liquid asset” is “not a commodity,” the adjunct faculty union says. Sam Lefebvre

Closing Soon

Sophia Narrett Traces Her Embroideries to “Playing With Dolls” By creating “a space of play,” Narrett says, “you can reach some sort of truth within yourself or with the other person.” Samuel Anderson | through January 15

A Surreal Portrait of Solitude and Isolation During 2020 Running like a red thread through Marcel Alcalá’s paintings and ceramics is a quiet foreboding, winding along the ocean floor of the subconscious. Brandon Sward | through January 16

Uncanny Paintings Tell a Story of This Year’s Unease Lauren Satlowski’s paintings reflect the angst and solitude of the present moment, while thankfully leaving out any mention of face masks. Jennifer Remenchik | through February 13

From Our Partners at KCET

LAPD 1994: Portraits of a City in Pain Joseph Rodriguez’s photographs of the LAPD in 1994 is a deeply personal, political act that still resonates in today’s political climate.

'Artists and Politicians Have Exchanged Jobs' Comedian Kristina Wong points out that artists and politicians have somehow exchanged places.

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