Los Angeles

November 2, 2022

What to see in LA this November

November in Los Angeles brings us shows that highlight art’s role as both a reflection of everyday life and a force to help change our reality.

Retrospectives on the work of Henry Taylor and William Kentridge focus on their approaches to identity, race, and culture in their respective homes: Los Angeles and South Africa. An exhibition at Angels Gate Cultural Center showcases the multifaceted programs of the community-based Slanguage Studio. Shows at the Vincent Price Art Museum and Skirball Cultural Center highlight the potential of art to memorialize and record our histories. And Cauleen Smith conjures a multi-media blueprint for liberation through film, color, and sound.

– Matt Stromberg

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In Your Arms I'm Radiant Features Tadaaki Kuwayama & Rakuko Naito

Shoshana Wayne Gallery proudly presents In Your Arms I'm Radiant, three consecutive exhibitions featuring pairs of artists whose work is sometimes overtly, sometimes inadvertently linked through the intimacies of living together. The first of these exhibitions highlights the paper constructions of Rakuko Naito and the paintings of Tadaaki Kuwayama.
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A Miniature View of Modernism’s Masters

Though smaller in size than the artists’ usual works, the works in Modernism in Miniature gain their heft from their big-name creators. | AX Mina

Modernism in Miniature continues at the Norton Simon Museum (411 West Colorado, Blvd., Pasadena, California) through January 9, 2023.

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USC Roski Announces the MA Curatorial Practices Exhibition, We Are Close In Distance

Through works by a diverse, multi-generational group of artists, the exhibition considers bonds between people, places, and communities across spatial and historical distances. The November 4th exhibition opening includes a Poetry Slam and the exhibition remains on view through December 2, at the Roski Graduate Gallery in the LA Arts District.
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Artwork by Ron Tarver, design by Emma Welch

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LA Parking Lot Becomes a Screening Room for Street Photography

Projecting LA featured honest portraits of the city by 35 street, documentary, news, and student photographers — with not a single Hollywood sign in sight. | Matt Stromberg

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The Industry Presents LAB 2022

On December 17, The Industry presents LAB 2022, an all-day mini-festival at LATC in downtown LA curated by Ash Fure, Malik Gaines, and Yuval Sharon. Featuring three new operas-in-progress by Mariah Garnett, Richard Kennedy, and H Sinno. Get tickets here.

Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Damaged in Beirut Blast Undergoes Restoration at Getty Museum

The previously unknown work was salvaged by a Lebanese artist and art historian, who first made the case for the painting’s authenticity. | Elaine Velie

Lil Nas X’s “I Will Avenge U Mr Van Gogh” Meme Goes Viral

The rapper posted an image miming an attack on one of Andy Warhol’s tomato soup cans, and as usual, his fans ate it up. | Rhea Nayyar

Orange County Museum of Art Reopens With Free Entry For the Next 10 Years

The museum opens to the public on October 8 with a 24-hour kickoff and a rebooted California Biennial. | Matt Stromberg

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