Betye Saar’s wearable art, Alfredo Ramos Martínez’s mountain ranges, the world’s largest pop-up book, three South Asian artists redefine monumentality, and more.
I’m taking a break, but the art world is still going.
What happens when a woman spends her entire life answering the call of freedom, truth, curiosity and artistic expression?
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For this talk, Kristin Juarez will present her essay “‘A new way of seeing’: Samella Lewis and a curatorial vision for Black aesthetics,” in which she examines Lewis's curatorial work as a vital means to showcase an intergenerational community of Black artists within dynamic global contexts.
Los Angeles Art Week (Feb. 26 to March 1) has grown to become one of the country’s leading cultural and commercial art events, featuring fairs alongside blue-chip galleries and museum-level programming throughout the city.
The week is an essential market for Black art. From Inglewood to West Hollywood, Black creatives are having a moment. The arrival of collectors, curators, and cultural power brokers in LA capitalized on this momentum. Here are some highlights.
Ah, Frieze L.A. The raison d’être for all things art-related happening here in late February...
The Los Angeles gallery landscape, however, is nothing if not diverse. Below are five shows to see this month, in the spirit of Eileen Harris Norton’s collection, that belie the notion that quality is to be found only in the loftiest echelons of the international art market...