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Print Because it’s awards season, I’ve been knee-deep in historian Mark Cousin’s 15-part doc “The Story of Film: An Odyssey” and it is thoughtful, informative and takes a refreshingly global perspective on cinema. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news and Washington dogfluencers: The legacy of Chicano graphics “Mujer de Mucha Enagua, PA’ TI XICANA,” 1999, by Yreina D. Cervántez collages ima...

Indigenous futurism. Narrative medicine. Cyberpunk and digital dystopias. Soil contamination. Environmentally sustainable mega-cities. These and other topics will be explored in “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” in 2024. The Getty Foundation announced Wednesday the 45 Southern California cultural and educational institutions that will collectively receive more than $5 million in exhibition research grants. “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” will include dozens of...

Arlene Dávila: A national museum for Latinos is long overdue (Librado Romero | The New York Times) Pepón Osorio was one of many Latinx artists who began their career exhibiting in museums like El Museo del Barrio. By Arlene Dávila | For The New York Times   | Dec. 26, 2020, 1:30 a.m. On Monday, Congress authorized the creation of a Latino museum as part of a $2.3-trillion year-end spending bill. This is long overdue. For decades, activists have been fighting to establish a Latin...

A monument highlighting our contributions may finally become reality. By Arlene Dávila Ms. Dávila is the author of “Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics,” which explores the lack of visibility for Latinx art and artists at institutions. Dec. 22, 2020 Pepón Osorio was one of many Latinx artists who began their career exhibiting in museums like El Museo del Barrio.Credit...Librado Romero/The New York Times On Monday, Congress authorized the creation of a Latino museum as part of a $2...

Boyle Heights Rose River Memorial Project Honors Victims of COVID-19 Pandemic Angie Crouch © Provided by NBC Los Angeles Marcos Leyton stands in front of his Rose Memorial Wall created to honor the lives of those who’ve died in the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 320,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and that number is rising by more than a thousand each day. Some local artists have come up with a unique way to honor those whove lost their lives with a memorial wall of rose...