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Maxwell Williams

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Maxwell Williams is a freelance writer based in Cypress Park, Los Angeles. His essays about art and culture have appeared in The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, W, Grantland, Interview, The Hollywood Reporter, GOOD, and Art in America.

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Artist Jack Levinson is a world builder. His characters, including members of the indie rock band Square Circle, live on in interactive plays and expanding online archives.
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Sarah Soquel Morhaim's photography transcends traditional ideas about taking pictures.
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Lisa Anne Auerbach's knitted sweaters don't just keep the body warm. Her wearable art addresses identity, politics and religion.
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Alejandro "Ale" Cohen, the current director of Los Angeles's premiere online radio station Dublab, talks with Artbound about growing up in Argentina and finding music.
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Awesome Tapes from Africa has been introducing Western audiences to diverse African sounds since 2006.
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A group is working to give new life to the Triforium -- a 60-foot-tall, 60-ton sculpture in downtown L.A.
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Step inside "Return to Foreverhouse." The interactive performance by Patrick Michael Ballard is a cross-stitch of a puzzle-solving video game, a ropes course, and murder mystery dinner theater.
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Filmmaker and artist Martine Syms talks about adapting "The Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto" for TV, graphic design, and her publishing company, Dominica.
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"Hopscotch" is a mobile opera. Set in 24 limousines and various locations around the East Side neighborhoods of Los Angeles, audiences embark on one of three mapped routes to experience the life of character Lucha.
Ed Moses, "Rose Screen," 1963. Graphite and acrylic on board in painted wood frame. Four panels: 60 x 21 1/2 inches each. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Acquisition Fund. © 2015 Ed Moses, photo. © 2015 Museum Associates/ LACMA.
Ed Moses has been painting for over 60 years. The 89-year-old artist is the subject of two new Los Angeles exhibitions.
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The Artbound special episode, "Annenberg Space for Photography: L8S ANG3LES" debuted Tuesday, April 14.
Apparel Design and the Fabric of the Creative Economy
There are more eyes on the L.A. fashion industry than ever before. The industry creates billions of dollars in labor income in L.A. and Orange County.
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