Below the Underground: Renegade Art and Action in 1990s Mexico

by Liz Hirsch

DEC 17-JAN 18 | ArtSeen

Below the Underground, one of the many exhibitions included in the robust and multifaceted Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA series of programs supported by the Getty Foundation, stands out for its emphasis on feminist and anti-corporate strategies explored by artists in Mexico in the 1990s.

Legacy in Action: Pharoah Sanders

by Vilde Aaslid

FEB 2017 | Music

When jazz legends grace the bandstand, it’s tempting to hope for an experience of time travel. Who among jazz fans hasn’t imagined themselves into the clubs of the music’s storied golden age?

ACTION MOVIES
“Disruptive Film: Everyday Resistance to Power”

by Michael Joshua Rowin

FEB 2017 | Film

An old chestnut—no less true for being old, nor a chestnut—has it that an effective political cinema cannot merely represent radical political movements, issues, or events, but must render them through forms that are themselves radically political.

Calder Foundation

by Alexander S. C. Rower

DEC 18-JAN 19 | Critics Page

When Americans woke up to art in the 1960s, Calder was largely seen as a contemporary of Warhol and Lichtenstein. Very few people realized that he was born in 1898, or that he emerged in 1920s Paris, where he redefined art history through performance, action, and chance. Calder was an essential figure in the international avant-garde, an intellectual luminary who stood alongside Duchamp, Mondrian, and Picasso as one of the greats. His place in this narrative has been a focus of the Calder Foundation for the past thirty years. It’s important that his work be understood and engaged within this context—and more importantly, with close attention paid to his original intent.