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Socal Wanderer
SoCal Wanderer
Where to Find L.A.'s Most Bizarre Museum Collections
From streetscape antiquities to morbid mementos and kitschy curios, here are five oddball places that have reinvented the experience of “going to the museum” in L.A.
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Architecture and Design
Artbound
The Future Look of Wilshire's Museum Row
The transformation is underway. The physical manifestation of Wilshire Boulevard's Museum Row is emerging from east to west.
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historic buildings
SoCal Focus
Museums, Historic Buildings, and Oases: The Place of Places in Los Angeles
Some things complicate how visitors engage with sites that assert the durability of meanings and memories.
Southern California is a great destination to visit museums. From the well-known to the obscure, get to know more about art, history, nature, automobiles, and even bunnies (that's right, bunnies) in our many articles and videos.
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Visiting
Visiting with Huell Howser
Huell Enters Pasadena's Famous Bunny Museum
Post date:Join Huell as he hops over to the Pasadena home of a couple who has turned their house into a museum filled with all things bunny related.
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Architecture and Design
Artbound
The Broad's Colorful Crosswalk Changes the Mood on Grand Avenue
Post date:Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez's “Couleur Additive" adds vibrancy to Grand Avenue — but it might disappear this March.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
How the Broad is Pleasing Its Young Visitors
Post date:It turns out The Broad has become a popular destination for families. Here's how the contemporary museum is encouraging its next generation of patrons.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
World's Smallest Contemporary Museum Journeys to L.A.
Post date:Take a look inside Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (or NuMu, for short) and hear from its founders as they recreate the museum in Guatemala and take their concept on the road to Los Angeles.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Of Polka Dots and Pumpkins: Yayoi Kusama’s Infinite Imagination Lights Up Los Angeles
Post date:Japan’s most famous avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama opens an exhibition at the Broad, bringing the artist's famed infinity rooms into a deeper focus.
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PST: LA/LA
Artbound
Photographer Parses the Politics and Relevance of L.A.’s Murals and Marks
Post date:Artist Ken Gonzales-Day's exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center, “Surface Tension,” engages the mural landscape of Los Angeles and the many issues surrounding graphic arts in the public square.
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PST: LA/LA
Artbound
Artists to Tell Immigrants’ Stories in Exhibitions from L.A. to San Diego
Post date:Border-themed exhibitions underline the plight of the undocumented in the United States and the state of the nation on the issue of immigration.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
What is PST: LA/LA?
Post date:A massive art celebration took place in Southern California from September 2017 until January 2018. Full details at www.kcet.org/pst.
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PST: LA/LA
Artbound
The Only Map You'll Need of PST:LA/LA
Post date:Starting this September, Southern California will be a hotbed of art exhibitions, musical performances and film screening events, all exploring the region's relationship to Latin America. Use this map to plan your PST: LALA experience.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Guatemala's Only Contemporary Art Museum is a Rehabbed Egg Stand — and LACMA Wants to Bring it to L.A.
Post date:NuMu, located in Guatemala City, is shaped like an egg and, at most, accommodates up to four visitors. But for those unable to travel to Central America, an exact replica of NuMu will be making its own pilgrimage.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Latinx Artists Explore the Idea of Home in this New LACMA Exhibit
Post date:“Home - So Different, So Appealing” examines the very personal idea of home and its relationship to heavy matters such as belonging, displacement and poverty, among many socio-political issues.
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Socal Wanderer
SoCal Wanderer
Where to Find L.A.'s Most Bizarre Museum Collections
Post date:From streetscape antiquities to morbid mementos and kitschy curios, here are five oddball places that have reinvented the experience of “going to the museum” in L.A.
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Museums
SoCal Connected
This Museum Carries Thousands of 'Banana-Themed' Items
Post date:In a small desert town near the shores of the Salton Sea lives a man obsessed with bananas.
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ice cream
Food & Living
Pop-up Ice Cream Museum Coming to L.A. Arts District
Post date:Mouth-Watering Exhibits to Include 'Melted Popsicle Jungle'
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Architecture and Design
Artbound
It's Opening in 2020, But You Can Preview Downtown L.A.'s Main Museum This Weekend
Post date:Scheduled to open in 2020, the Main Museum of Los Angeles Art will occupy three buildings in the heart of downtown's historic core.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Beyond Museum Walls: The Underground Museum
Post date:When late artist Noah Davis opened the doors to the Underground Museum in 2012, he set out to offer an alternative art space that could showcase “museum-quality art to diverse communities for free.”
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
What Defines the 21st Century Museum?
Post date:Helen Molesworth, chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, discusses how the institution's collections extend outside their walls.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Beyond Museum Walls: Public Fiction
Post date:Throughout its existence, Public Fiction has taken on a personality that goes beyond our traditional thinking of what an art space can be.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
MOCA Chief Curator Helen Molesworth on the Evolution of the Museum
Post date:How do you define a museum in the 21st century? We approached Helen Molesworth, chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, with this complex question.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The First Museum in Los Angeles
Post date:With the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Charles Lummis sought to preserve Native American and Mexican cultures in what he observed to be a rapidly changing Los Angeles.
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