A muted and understated 2010 Whitney Biennial opened last week in New York. Curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari assembled works that exemplified a cross-section of contemporary art production, rather…
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Exhibit Showcases Billboards as Art in LA
[nggallery id=39] The MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House in West Hollywood, Calif., has opened an ambitious urban project–How Many Billboards? Art In Stead–that features large-scale…
Continue reading »Poet Douglas Kearney Reads from The Black Automaton in LA this Weekend
[Click on the poem above to read Douglas Kearney’s ‘The Black Automaton in Tag: Refugee.‘] Douglas Kearney, a faculty member of CalArts’ School of Critical Studies, is one of those…
Continue reading »Filmmaker John Greyson to Conduct Screenings, Workshops at CalArts this Week
Much of Canadian filmmaker John Greyson’s work (Lilies, Uncut, Zero Patience) incorporates political themes and gay issues in ways that are provocative, yet funny. He often includes song and history…
Continue reading »Aesthetics and Politics Visiting Lecturer Brent Edwards on Jazz and History
Brent Hayes Edwards, a professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, visits CalArts tonight to discuss his latest work and research in the lecture on…
Continue reading »Seen + Heard at CalArts: CAP Celebrates 20 Years
Community Arts Partnership (CAP) celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and the CAP team kicked things off CalArts style yesterday–with a Latin jazz, dance and cupcake party in the Main…
Continue reading »The Wooster Group Begins North Atlantic Run at REDCAT
[nggallery id=38] The Wooster Group, a New York-based, world-renowned experimental theater company, opens for an 11-day run at REDCAT tonight with its latest production, North Atlantic. Written specifically for the…
Continue reading »Reading of Alice Tuan’s Play Hit on Thursday
Alice Tuan is the new Head of Writing for Performance at CalArts, and an occasional blogger for 24700. On Feb. 11, she will be formally welcomed by the Office of…
Continue reading »Fallen Fruit Collective Opens Art Projects in LA and Mexico
This weekend, the Fallen Fruit art collective opens two ambitious fruit tree projects in Los Angeles and Tijuana, Mexico, simultaneously. Founded in 2004 as collaboration between artists David Burns (Art…
Continue reading »Group Art Show in LA Honors Memory of Animation Instructor E. Michael Mitchell
[nggallery id=36] The group show Stillness: Motion opens Friday night (Feb. 5) in LA with a special CalArts connection. The three artists in the show–all CalArts alumni–Ayuna Collins (Dance BFA…
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