She Turned Her Audacious Lens on Herself, and Shaped the Future
A powerful voice for marginalized groups, Laura Aguilar frankly and poetically portrayed Latino and lesbian communities.
Laura Aguilar in one of her candid self-portraits, “Grounded #111” (2006) at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. She was alone, her face often hidden, her prone body aligned with and echoing landscape contours and rock formations.Credit.Laura Aguilar/Laura Aguilar Trust; Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
April 22, 2021, 12:23 p.m. ET
It feels good a relief to know that the photographer Laura Aguilar, who died in 2018, lived long enough to see her fine career survey, which opened a year earlier in her hometown Los Angeles, and has now, at last, landed in New York.
Kaufman Legal Group Elevates George Yin to Shareholder
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In recognition of his proficiency in federal, state and local election, campaign and government law, Kaufman Legal Group today announced that it has elevated George Yin to Shareholder. George is distinguished and admired in the political and legal communities as a leader in the field, said Stephen J. Kaufman, Managing Shareholder of Kaufman Legal Group. His elevation to Shareholder signifies the firm s total confidence in George as a senior professional working with and responding to the needs of our clients.
Guadalupe Maravilla, Ancestral Stomach (2021) PPOW
Guadalupe Maravilla: Seven Ancestral Stomachs
Until 27 March at PPOW, 392 Broadway, Manhattan
The Brooklyn-based Salvadoran artist Guadalupe Maravilla recalls how a chemotherapy appointment in New York left him nearly unable to walk, and how a sound bath he encountered on the way home led to a years-long sound therapy treatment that he credits for his successful recovery from colon cancer in 2013. In this exhibition for the gallery’s newly inaugurated space in Tribeca, Maravilla has produced a series of esoteric and deeply personal retablos, sculptural “stomaches” and free-standing sculptures rich with spiritual symbolism. Some works generate vibrational sounds and are made from materials collected throughout Central America, simultaneously referencing the artist’s personal history of crossing the US border and his solidarity with the pain and trauma experienced by undocumented immigrants. The show fo
There is no vaccine for arts organizations struggling to survive 11 months into a debilitating pandemic, but the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts is offering what it hopes will be an injection of relief.
The foundation, which for the last five years has awarded artist project grants to local organizations, announces Thursday that it is pivoting for 2021. It will instead award $400,000 in organizational support grants to help
L.A. County arts groups stay afloat during this time of unprecedented economic hardship, when most arts organizations have been shuttered for nearly a year.
“These organizations, nonprofits, are always having difficulty supporting their programs, even in the best of times,” foundation Executive Director Mary Clare Stevens, said. “Layer that with this great hit, which seems to be continuing closures, cancellations, losing revenue it’s really challenging. Our intention with these grants is to move into a place where we’re being as responsive as