Los Angeles: Cheech Marin ’s Long-Awaited Museum Opens

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June 29, 2022 • View in browser

Let’s Make Noise for Abortion Rights

On the day of the Supreme Court’s decision to undo 50 years of constitutional rights to abortion, artist Elana Mann’s “protest rattles” feel especially poignant and urgent. | Renée Reizman

WHAT TO CATCH THIS WEEKEND

Installation view of Manyu Gao: T-Time at Gattopardo, 2022 (image courtesy the artist and Gattopardo, Los Angeles)

Manyu Gao: T-Time
Gattopardo through July 1

Manyu Gao treats the gallery space as she does the art historical canon (including Picasso, Guston, and classical Jingdezhen ceramics): with complete irreverence, a bit of homage, and plenty of humor.

Kathleen Henderson: Bluebeard and Other Poolings
Track 16 Gallery through July 2

The show tackles US political issues of recent years head-on, Henderson’s innocuous blob faces somehow deeply revealing of the interiority of America

The Art of the Ramen Bowl
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles through July 5

What’s better than ramen? An entire exhibition dedicated to the Japanese food staple, dissecting everything from the history of porcelain donburi bowls to the region of Mino and its storied history of ceramic production to the glistening plastic replicas of menu items in restaurant displays.

CELEBRATING CHICANX ART

Cheech Marin’s Long-Awaited Museum for Chicano Art Opens in California

The newly opened Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture — also known as “The Cheech” — celebrates, spotlights, and complicates representations of Chicano art. | Matt Stromberg

L.A. Memo Paints a Dynamic Picture of Chicana/o Art

It’s not a “greatest hits” show, or a comprehensive survey; rather, it is a starting point to reconsider an expansive vision of Chicana/o art. | Matt Stromberg

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CLOSING SOON

Knees, Schools, Urges (courtesy of Milka Djordjevich by Justin Streichman, Pieter Performance Space, and The Box Los Angeles)

Knees, Schools, Urges
The Box through July 9

Aboriginal Screen-Printed Textiles From Australia’s Top End
Fowler Museum at UCLA through July 10

Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy
Getty Research Institute through July 10

Hanne Darboven: Six Books on 1968
Sprüth Magers through July 16

Uta Barth: Figure/Ground, Figure Ground
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery through July 16

Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art through July 17

Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art
Vincent Price Art Museum through July 30