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freelance arts writer & editor. LA. avi by Rachid Bouhamidi he/him
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Artists Grapple With Cesar Chávez’s Legacy After Abuse Allegations, via
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Artists Grapple With Cesar Chávez’s Legacy After Abuse Allegations
The farmworker movement led by Chávez and Dolores Huerta, one of his accusers, has been a central influence for generations of Latine and Chicano artists.
https://hyperallergic.com/artists-grapple-with-cesar-chavezs-legacy-after-abuse-allegations/
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Artists Grapple With Cesar Chávez’s Legacy After Abuse Allegations, via
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Artists Grapple With Cesar Chávez’s Legacy After Abuse Allegations
The farmworker movement led by Chávez and Dolores Huerta, one of his accusers, has been a central influence for generations of Latine and Chicano artists.
https://hyperallergic.com/artists-grapple-with-cesar-chavezs-legacy-after-abuse-allegations/
2 days ago
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)
9 days ago
Well then welcome to the Streisand effect
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10 LA shows to see this month, via
@hyperallergic.com
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This March
The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman’s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel’s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi’s homegrown muralism, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-march/
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I tried to make sense of Frieze LA 2026 and the role that art fairs play (not sure I succeeded) for
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Frieze LA Meets the Real World
Intentionally or not, this year’s edition brought issues of class, labor, and immigration into the fair tent.
https://hyperallergic.com/frieze-la-meets-the-real-world/
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My concise
@hyperallergic.com
guide for the LA art fairs this week, plus a few non-fair events!
#friezeLA
#Felix
#PostFair
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Your Guide to Fairs and Shows This LA Frieze Week
In true Angeleno fashion, a slew of local exhibitions and art events act as a counterbalance to this year’s eight fairs — or more, depending on how you define them.
https://hyperallergic.com/your-guide-to-fairs-and-shows-this-la-frieze-week/
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29 days ago
I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
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New show exploring Hayao Miyazaki's visionary animated film "Ponyo" opens at the Academy Museum tomorrow, via
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Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's “Ponyo”
A new exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles conveys the film’s whimsy and wonder through interactive elements.
https://hyperallergic.com/step-into-the-world-of-studio-ghiblis-ponyo/
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You may not know Jerry McMillan's name, but you've certainly seen his photos. The preeminent chronicler of the freewheeling LA art scene of the 1960s and 70s passed away on Monday at the age of 89. My obit for
@hyperallergic.com
#jerrymcmillan
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Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89
His experimental photo-sculptures and inventive portraits of artists like Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha pushed the boundaries of photography.
https://hyperallergic.com/jerry-mcmillan-whimsical-chronicler-of-las-art-scene-dies-at-89/
about 1 month ago
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my
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picks for 15 LA shows to see this spring!
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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring
Arshile Gorky’s road trip with Isamu Noguchi, Steve Arnold’s queer baroque aesthetics, Chicano photography, photography in the Black Arts Movement, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-spring/
about 2 months ago
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Ryan Broderick
about 2 months ago
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
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about 2 months ago
There are raids going all over Los Angeles. I just saw video of ICE chasing some guy through the parking lot of my local supermarket.
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about 2 months ago
It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
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local blogger
about 2 months ago
I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
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about 2 months ago
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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Just cause someone gives you their trophy, doesn’t mean you actually received the award.
2 months ago
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Tom Leykis
2 months ago
From our pal, the amazing
@laloalcaraz.bsky.social
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can someone explain to me how ice goons could possibly have blanket immunity when cops and soldiers don't? like i understand the current admin isn't big on the law, but is there any legal basis for this?
2 months ago
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happy new year world. here's my first list for 2026 of ten LA shows to see this month, via
@hyperallergic.com
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This January
Olga de Amaral’s refined material spectrum, Marianne Vitale’s tainted minimalism, Marina Stern’s architectural precision, and much more.
https://hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-january-1-2026/
3 months ago
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Yeah I’m doing dry January…dry martini January!
3 months ago
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Erin Biba
3 months ago
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
3 months ago
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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Jonathan M. Katz
3 months ago
Was the clue when he said we were going to occupy Venezuela for years to make sure we took their oil
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Pluribus spoiler: it was just a prank bro.
3 months ago
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i contributed 2 blurbs to
@hyperallergic.com
's list of the best shows around the world in 2025: "Nadya Tolokonnikova: Police State" at MOCA Geffen and "Temporary Home" curated by Beatriz Cortez at the Galka Scheyer House / Blue Heights Arts & Culture Residency
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The Best Art Shows Around the World in 2025
Nan Goldin’s fearless photos, Noah Davis’s enchantments of ordinary life, Stan Douglas’s historical visions, and Yoko Ono’s musical mind were just some of our favorites.
https://hyperallergic.com/the-best-art-shows-around-the-world-in-2025/
3 months ago
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LACMA workers vote to unionize, via
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LACMA Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize
A whopping 96% of staff at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art voted in favor of a union, calling for higher pay and “increased transparency.”
https://hyperallergic.com/lacma-workers-vote-overwhelmingly-to-unionize/
3 months ago
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been watching the indiana jones films with my kid and it struck me that there are no jewish characters, even though the nazis are the big baddies in 3 of the 5 films. that's weird right? (yes, i realize spielberg and ford are jewish, and indy could be seen as "jewish-coded")
3 months ago
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Hey fam, I’ll be in conversation with the LA Creeps - Liz Walsh and Kim Weller - at LAST Projects this Sunday Dec 14 at 6pm on the closing day of their show “mirror, mirror” come thru!
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Pilar Tompkins Rivas's exit from the Lucas is the latest shakeup at the $1 billion museum, following May's layoffs of much of the education team, via
@hyperallergic.com
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Lucas Museum Chief Curator’s Sudden Exit Raises Questions
The news of Pilar Tompkins Rivas's departure is the latest shakeup at the $1 billion LA institution.
https://hyperallergic.com/lucas-museum-chief-curators-sudden-exit-raises-questions/
3 months ago
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my picks for 10 LA shows to see this month, via
@hyperallergic.com
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This December
Daniel T. Gaitor-Lomack’s odes to the detritus of LA, Nancy Lupo’s supernatural benches, Alan Luna’s erotic metates, 200 artists against normative sexuality, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-december/
4 months ago
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Attn art world: I will not be attending the Miami fairs this week. Thank you for respecting my privacy during this difficult time.
4 months ago
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Llyn Foulkes, Quintessential LA Artist, dies at 91, via
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Llyn Foulkes, Quintessential LA Artist, Dies at 91
Guided by an uncompromising vision and a shrewd critical eye, the artist satirized American culture through paintings, assemblage pieces, and music that hummed with tactile vitality.
https://hyperallergic.com/1059544/llyn-foulkes-quintessential-los-angeles-artist-dies-at-91/
4 months ago
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Same toad, same.
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4 months ago
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I wrote about the fantastic Hancock / Guston show at the
@skirball.bsky.social
for
@cmonstah.bsky.social
’s
@kcrw.com
Art Insider newsletter. Check it out!
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4 months ago
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Bree (aka Kit Rocha)
5 months ago
I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
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LACMA workers form union, LACMA United, via
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LACMA Workers Move to Unionize
Staffers say they want “fairer compensation, expanded benefits, and increased transparency” as the cost of living rises in Los Angeles.
https://hyperallergic.com/1053478/lacma-workers-move-to-unionize/
5 months ago
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LA shows to see this november, via
@hyperallergic.com
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles this November
Kathleen Ryan’s bejeweled rotten fruit, Puppies Puppies Puppies’s homage to freedom flags, TJ Shin’s bird songs, the rise and fall of monuments, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/1052607/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-november-2025/
5 months ago
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Andrea Gyorody resigns as director of the Weisman Museum at Pepperdine after school administration removes "political" artwork, via
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California Curator Resigns After Museum Removes “Political” Artwork
Andrea Gyorody has stepped down from the Weisman Museum at Pepperdine University, whose administration obscured works with anti-ICE and other messages.
https://hyperallergic.com/1052299/california-curator-resigns-after-museum-removes-political-artwork/
5 months ago
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hey maggots! I wrote about the most disgusting band in the universe,
#gwar
for
@kcrw.com
. Their wonderfully revolting show at Beyond the Streets focuses on the visual art output of this multi-faceted collective. Thanks to
@cmonstah.bsky.social
for bringing me on board!
email.kcrw.com/shock-rocker...
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5 months ago
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why are LA galleries closing? please let me know your thoughts!
5 months ago
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Pepperdine shuts down show after artists withdraw to protest censorship, via
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California School Shutters Exhibition After Altering "Political" Art
Pepperdine University abruptly closed the show as at least a dozen artists asked to withdraw in protest of what they called an act of censorship.
https://hyperallergic.com/1048434/pepperdine-university-california-school-shutters-exhibition-after-altering-political-art/
5 months ago
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wait, Barry White is taking over cBS?! let's go!
6 months ago
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Hierophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛
6 months ago
Just a nit pick, journalists don't "do the fucking news," they are supposed to gather, verify and report "the fucking news."
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October via
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles, October 2025
Radical nun Corita Kent’s photos, Ofelia Esparza’s transformative DĂa de los Muertos altars, Cameron Harvey’s biomorphic abstraction, Suchitra Mattai’s syncretic storytelling, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/1046144/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-october-2025/
6 months ago
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For
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Five Artists Share Their Work in This Year’s Made in LA Biennial
Ahead of the opening at the Hammer Museum, Hyperallergic spoke to participants whose practices embrace the show’s threads of history and dissonance.
https://hyperallergic.com/1046894/five-artists-made-in-la-biennial-2025/
6 months ago
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jamelle
6 months ago
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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UC Irvine Takes Over Orange County Museum of Art, via
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UC Irvine Takes Over Orange County Museum of Art
The merger will combine both institutions’ holdings to establish a collection of over 9,000 artworks.
https://hyperallergic.com/1045916/uc-irvine-takes-over-orange-county-museum-of-art/
6 months ago
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Emily -Abolish ICE- PhD 🎓
6 months ago
Stands on rooftops: 📣 🗣️ 🗣️THERE IS NO LINK BTW ACETAMINOPHEN & AUTISM. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 🗣️THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE TALKING ABT THIS IS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO EXIST. 🗣️IT IS EUGENICS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. -EmilyPhD
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Superchief fights to survive through crowdfunding / membership via
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Superchief, Beloved LA Arts Hub, Fights to Stay Open
A longtime cornerstone of underground art and photography is thinking outside the white cube to stay afloat amid financial challenges.
http://hyperallergic.com/1043395/superchief-beloved-los-angeles-arts-hub-fights-to-stay-open
6 months ago
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LA Louver to Close Gallery Space and Shift Into Private Model , via
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LA Louver to Close Gallery Space and Shift Into Private Model
The Los Angeles gallery’s vast archive will be donated to the Huntington library.
https://hyperallergic.com/1042271/la-louver-to-close-gallery-space-and-shift-into-private-model/
6 months ago
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