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Multiple Exhibitions Explore Latin America's Influence on Modernism
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Latinx Artists Explore the Idea of Home in this New LACMA Exhibit
“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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Cults. Mystical Sites. Divine Rituals. An Artist Duo Traces the Occult in California
Husband and wife collaborators, Quinn Gomez-Heitzeber and Astri Swendsrud are uncovering histories, and visiting sites left behind by spiritual communities — places where faith and failed utopias are intertwined.
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Is Los Angeles a Horizontal City?
In Los Angeles, buildings seem to spread out like a blanket, clinging to every curve of the ground plane, but as we accommodate rapid growth, construction is moving upwards as well.
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Re-Imagining Skid Row: The Community's Vision Plan
In Skid Row, a community-driven plan proposes introducing cell phone charging stations, mobile hygiene services and street improvements to the neighborhood.
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Reflecting on the 2015 Otis Report on the Creative Economy
The 2015 Otis Report on the Creative Economy is out and it asserts once again that “L.A. is the creative capital of America.”
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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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The Broad Museum's Place on Grand Avenue
A look at The Broad museum's architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and the building's relationship to the other cultural institutions on Grand Avenue.
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Subtle Commemoration: Pasadena's Armenian Genocide Memorial
A new memorial will be unveiled at Pasadena's Memorial Park on April 24, marking the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
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After the Blaze, Ire Over the Da Vinci Apartments Still Smolders
The destruction of the Da Vinci Apartments in downtown L.A. struck a chord with a public that has an increasingly vested interest in the architectural future of the city.