[nggallery id=146] To address CalArts’ need for space, construction began last month on a new School of Art expansion project that will eventually accommodate 16 new art studios, a critique…
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Kevin Lyons Show at colette boutique in Paris through Feb. 26
[nggallery id=143] Kevin Lyons, noted artist, designer, teacher and typographer (and CalArts alumnus), opened a solo show at the influential retail and design space colette in Paris last month. Included…
Continue reading »The Work of Iannis Xenakis Takes Center Stage this Weekend
[nggallery id=140] While Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) is often regarded as one of the most influential avant-garde composers of the 20th century, helping to usher in the development of electronic music,…
Continue reading »CalArtian Graphic Designers Keedy and Deck Now in MoMA
[nggallery id=137] On Monday, the Museum of Modern Art announced the acquisition of 23 digital typefaces for its Architecture and Design Collection. Two of the fonts were created by CalArtians:…
Continue reading »The Artist’s Museum at MOCA Closes Jan. 31 with Machine Project Film Screening
This week is the last chance to catch The Museum of Contemporary Art’s, (MOCA) two-venue showcase of works titled, The Artist’s Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980-2010. The exhibition features work…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni Launch ‘Novum’ Lecture Series in LA This Weekend
The interdisciplinary arts collective Strophe launches a new lecture series, Novum: A Compendium of Theories, Ideas, & Explorations For the Curious and the Creative, tomorrow night (Jan. 22) in Los…
Continue reading »‘My Barbarian’ Exhibition on View at the Hammer Museum for One More Week
The first museum exhibition by the performance collective My Barbarian—comprising CalArts faculty member and alumnus Malik Gaines (Critical Studies MFA 99), Jade Gordon and Alexandro Segade—is in its final week…
Continue reading »Art 2102 Hosts ‘Dispatches and Directions’ Launch Event at LAXART
Tomorrow (Jan. 15) the LA-based arts organization Art2102 holds a launch event for the compendium Dispatches and Directions: On Artist-Run Organizations in Los Angeles. Edited by Ronni Kimm and Jesse…
Continue reading »‘Rollin’ Down Rodeo’ to the Hammer Museum: Tom Morello & CalArts Faculty Sam Durant in Conversation
Tomorrow night (Jan. 12), guitarist and political activist Tom Morello and CalArts School of Art faculty Sam Durant (Art MFA 91) will speak in the Hammer Museum’s Hammer Conversations series,…
Continue reading »Mark Bradford: From Artist to Philanthropist
Being a working artist can be difficult, but contemporary mixed-media painter and CalArts alumnus Mark Bradford (Art BFA 1995, MFA 1997) recently made it a little easier for his contemporaries….
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