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CalArtians are in the lineup for Word of Mouth, a “convening of ideas, new work, and conversations in performance” running from Wednesday, Sept. 25 to Sunday, Sept. 29, hosted by Los Angeles Performances Practice (LAPP). LAPP, founded by CalArts alum Miranda Wright (Theater MFA 09), is a...

On Monday Sept. 16, artist Ed Ruscha (Chouinard 60) was awarded the J. Paul Getty Medal at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Established in 2013, The J. Paul Getty Medal is the Getty Museum’s highest honor. It is awarded annually to recognize achievements in fields aligned with the J. Paul Getty...

On Monday, Sept. 16, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York celebrated the groundbreaking for David Hammons’ (Chouinard 68) upcoming commissioned installation Day’s End, which is slated for completion by fall 2020. Hammons drew inspiration from a 1975 site-specific work by Gordon...

In photographer and filmmaker Alex Prager’s latest film, Play the Wind, now on view at Lehmann Maupin gallery in New York through Oct. 26, Dimitri Chamblas, dean of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts, takes on a new role: actor. In the 8-minute film, Chamblas plays a retired...

The #ArtsyVanguard 2019 features 50 artists who are paving the future of contemporary art: https://t.co/8VxLWIc7yB pic.twitter.com/e9uuV7482C — Artsy (@artsy) September 16, 2019 Lauren Halsey (Art BFA 12), Gala Porras-Kim (Art MFA 09), Henry Taylor (Art BFA 95) and Charlotte Prodger are among...

On Aug. 7, the 72nd annual Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland kicks off, bringing the latest and greatest narrative, documentary, short film, avant-garde and retrospective programs to the big screen. This year’s lineup includes five films by CalArtians: Drylongso (1998) by School of...

This weekend, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), opens Mary Corse: A Survey in Light, the Chouinard alum’s first solo museum survey. The exhibition, which runs from July 28 to Nov. 11, brings together Corse’s key bodies of work, including 20 paintings, two sculptures and light...