In our SoCal art scene, where contemporary work proliferates, a classically trained sculptor has labored tirelessly for three decades, creating in his Irvine studio
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This week sees the presentation of so many new gallery exhibitions that it almost feels like the Before Times. Almost. Of course, it isn't, so respect the rules, mak
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Michael Grecco has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as an editorial and fine art photographer. Traveling the globe many times over in pursuit of his gigs, sub
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As we assemble this weekend's calendar, it's with the knowledge that our best laid plans for the next few days (not to mention weeks, or even months) may be drastica
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In the mid-1980s, East Coast graffiti got deadly in the movie Beat Street, when a talented graffiti artist, Ramo, chased a shadowy tagger, Spit, down a New York subw
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The new book project, Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump is a powerful and frequently unsettling collective archive organized by curator Karen Gutfreund. The book i
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Kulov operates at the intersection of performance, propaganda and activism. Across a practice with elements of graphic and commercial design, fashion culture, charac
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I just dragged my tongue across the envelope of my mail-in ballot. Signed and sealed the back, hoping my signature matches whatever my signature looks like in my vot
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You're not the only one obsessing about the election right now, a fact reflected in the panoply of politically engaged exhibitions, performances, readings, and progr
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On the dual theory that higher turnout makes for a healthier democracy in general and benefits progressive policies in particular, a panoply of arts-centric initiati
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If you attended the 2019 iteration of Desert X, you might remember one especially unusual Palm Desert stop on the tour. The cross-platform collective Postcommodity s
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Rick Robinson works in steel and mixed media, creating graphically sleek but also raw, gestural images that recall petroglyphic or totemic figures but reference the
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