Los Angeles: A Goodbye to the Uncomfortable Holiday Work Party

Good morning! This week, the Getty gets inspired by Spotify with its 2020 top-hits list; Cal State s

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Good morning! This week, the Getty gets inspired by Spotify with its 2020 top-hits list; Cal State students collaborate with incarcerated people to make beautiful animations; and a realistic recreation of a holiday work party will make you laugh out loud. – Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor

Goodbye to the Awkward Holiday Party

Alex Prager, “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” (detail) at LACMA (photo by Lexis-Olivier Ray for Hyperallergic)

The idea of gathering in an indoor office with a bunch of drunk coworkers this year to celebrate the holidays sounds like an uncomfortable death trap.But isn’t it always? Photographer and filmmaker Alex Prager explores this scenario in a new sculpture exhibition entitled “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” at LACMA.

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