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Double Art Delight:
Cultural Affairs’ Public Art Exhibitions in Celebration of World Series
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Oct 25 highlighted the Fall and Winter art exhibitions hosted by the Department of Cultural Affairs throughout Los Angeles. The exhibitions offer a diverse range of opportunities to explore visual art and creativity and are created for all ages to enjoy. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. For more information, visit culture.lacity.gov.
“Especially as the World Series gets underway, we are working to highlight all aspects of our City,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “With the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs showcasing its Fall and Winter art exhibitions, we are proud to share the power of the arts with Angelenos and visitors from across the city.”
Upcoming Fall and Winter Art Exhibitions
Crook’s Lens – A Photographic Journey Through the Black Liberation Struggle
On the heels of his recently published book of the same title, Ron Wilkins brings a considerable number of works in his portfolio to the William Grant Still Arts Center.
Time: 12 to 5 p.m., through Nov. 9
Details: Learn more here.
Venue: William Grant Still Arts Center, 2520 S West View St, Los Angeles
Day of the Dead: Looking Towards Our Past and Future
In celebration of Dia De Los Muertos, the Barnsdall Junior Arts Center Gallery invites community members, families, and artists to create altars that encapsulate the spirit of the holiday.
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday between Nov. 2 to 23
Details:Learn more here.
Venue: Barnsdall Junior Arts Center Gallery, 4814 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
Experimentations: The Art of Controlled Procedures
Experimentations: The Art of Controlled Procedures, a group exhibition includes the works of Carmen Argote, John Baldessari, Merce Cunningham, Charles Gaines, Jesper Just, Shana Lutker, Benjamin Reiss, and Analia Saban. Rooted in Conceptualism and coming from an investigatory place characterized by process, Experimentations: The Art of Controlled Procedures is a group exhibition featuring work by artists whose approach to their practice involves a scientific mindset. The exhibition includes multi-media installation, video, painting, drawing, sculpture, and performance and invites viewers to engage with the artworks not just as finished products but as manifestations and documentation of ongoing processes of discovery and exploration.
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday until Jan. 5
Details: Learn more here.
Venue:Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions or LACE has partnered with the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery to present the Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics. The exhibition revisits the collaborative artistic practice of the late Beatriz da Costa (1974–2012), as an investigation into technoscientific experimentation, politics, activism, and art-making, contextualized for our contemporary moment. Curated by LACE’s former chief curator/director of programs Daniela Lieja Quintanar with Ana Briz, the project weaves together an exhibition, public programming, performances, educational workshops, and study groups that will evoke da Costa’s approach to the intersections of ancient and non-academic forms of knowledge.
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday until Jan. 5
Details: Learn more here.
Venue:Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
Justice in our Barrios, Paz al Mundo: A Moratorium on War and Carrying the Legacy Forward
Join the inaugural exhibition of the Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center. The exhibition features the personal archive of Rosalio Muñoz, peace activist, social justice organizer, youth mentor with roots in Lincoln Heights and Highland Park, and a co-Founder of the Chicano Moratorium.
The contemporary artworks will be on display until Dec. 14, and the historical collection will continue through Feb. 28, 2025
Time: Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Details: Learn more here.
Venue: El Pueblo de Lincoln Heights Art Gallery, 2911 Altura Street, Los Angeles
A Woman in Charge, Robin Strayhorn
This exhibition, curated by Rosie Lee Hooks, is a one-woman exhibition on view in the Noah Purifoy Gallery. A Woman in Charge highlights the cumulative work of the multidisciplinary artist featuring graphite, collage, acrylic and monoprints
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday until March 8, 2025
Details: For more information, click here.
Venue: Noah Purifoy Gallery, Watts Towers Arts Center Campus, 1727 East 10th Street, Los Angeles
In Defense of Immigrants
Audiovisual presentation In Defense of Immigrants by Gregorio Luke will be presented in the Monarch Project, a traveling installation of silk butterflies and photographs of faces created by artist Olivia Barrionuevo. This event was organized by the Museum of Experimentally Structured Art (ESMOA) in collaboration with El Camino College and Munzón Gallery.
Gregorio Luke affirms: “Never before in our history has immigration been so maligned. And yet, as president John Kennedy affirms: “Immigrants are the secret of America” We are all immigrants or descendants of immigrants, and the very nature of the U.S. is shaped by immigration. Our nation is at a crossroads: we can continue targeting immigrants or we can strive for a more enlightened immigration policy. I feel very honored to do this presentation in the context of Olivia Barrionuevo’s installation the Monarch Project, because it encourages the participation of the audience in this crucial dialogue.”
Olivia Barrionuevo invites the public attending the exhibition to have their photograph taken with the butterflies. This portrait is taken directly by her, to gradually create a “mural of faces” that grows in size with each new exhibition. Additionally, participants share their experiences by giving their opinions on migration; these testimonies are stored in a memory blog. With this work and based on the metaphor of the monarch butterfly, which migrates every year fleeing the cold forests of Canada in winter to the temperate forests of Michoacán and the State of Mexico, the artist reflects and raises awareness about the phenomenon of migration, human rights, climate change, and the environment. Regarding this reflection, Olivia Barrionuevo says: “We are migrants by nature; human beings are in constant movement, we have been nomads since the beginning of humanity, and we will not stop being so.”
Photographer and visual artist Olivia Barrionuevo was born in Nogales, Sonora, and has lived in Los Angeles, California, for 33 years. She has collaborated with American photographer Annie Leibovitz and for the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Her work reflects with great aesthetic richness what it meant to grow up in a Mexican border town while attending school in the United States. Belonging to two cultures, the artist believes she adopted the best of both, which is reflected in her photography and work.
Gregorio Luke is an internationally recognized expert on art and culture. He has spoken at institutions such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, the Detroit Institute of Art, and universities such as Harvard and UNAM, among others. He is the former director of the Museum of Latin American Art MoLAA and the Cultural Attache of Mexico in Los Angeles.
Time: 5:30 p.m., Nov. 29
Cost: Free
Details: https://tinyurl.com/El-Camino-College-Gallery
Venue: El Camino College Art Gallery, (Behavioral Science building) 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance
