Jennifer Vanderpool

A new #13thingsLA aquí! May 21: Reviews at Diane Rosenstein, The Hole & Luis De Jesus, and a film about an architect who deserved better. Plus REDCAT, VSF, Advocartsy, LBMA, LA Freewaves, Inglewood Photo Fest, WeHo Pride Arts, the Skirball & a pop-up tea room. hijinxarts.substack.com/p/13thingsla...

A new #13ThingsLA! Week of May 14: New shows & events at Oxford House Projects, Timothy Hawkinson, Rhett Baruch, Branded Arts, Southern Guild, Vielmetter, Tierra del Sol, The Box LA, a comedian’s art popup, LACMA, Marian Goodman, Skylight Books & Clockshop. 🌿 hijinxarts.substack.com/p/13thingsla...

NEA Retracts Grants After Trump Threatens to Dismantle Organization The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on the evening of May 2 canceled or withdrew grant offers made to organizations earlier this year.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on the evening of May 2 canceled or withdrew grant offers made to organizations earlier this year. The cancellation of the grants arrived within hours of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year being made public.

Hagia Sophia restoration to protect 1,500-year-old Unesco ‘masterpiece’ Istanbul landmark’s most extensive works in years will include efforts to prevent earthquake damage Standing beneath the stone archways, grand murals and filagree lamps of the Hagia Sophia, the architect Hasan Fırat Diker reflects on his vocation: the protection of a fragile structure that is both Turkey’s grandest mosque and perhaps its most contentious building. He is overseeing some of the most intense restoration and preservation works in the Hagia Sophia’s nearly 1,500-year history, including efforts to strengthen its grand central dome and protect it from earthquakes. “We are not just responsible for this building but to the entire world public,” Diker said, gesturing at the crowds of visitors kneeled on the plush turquoise carpets or gazing at the murals of feathered seraphim. He pointed up at the gold mosaic and blue mural interior of the main dome, what he describes as one of the many “unsolved problems” of the Hagia Sophia’s design. Continue reading...

Hagia Sophia restoration to protect 1,500-year-old Unesco ‘masterpiece’

Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House could close due to city budget cuts The house in East Hollywood, commissioned by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall in 1918, could close to the public and lose its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site if its staffing is cut to one full-...

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“Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House could soon be closed to the public and lose its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site…”

The National Endowment for the Arts Begins Terminating Grants The endowment told arts organizations that it was withdrawing or canceling current grants just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in the next fiscal year.

The National Endowment for the Arts withdrew and canceled grant offers to numerous arts organizations around the country on Friday night, sending a round of email notifications out just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in his next budget.

13ThingsLA: April 30 Find a Way for your art calendar

A new #13thingsla is here! Week of April 30 art calendar. Dorado 806, LACP, Spy Projects, The Pit, James Fuentes, Walter Maciel, Central Library, Thinkspace, The Armory, Giant Robot; Artbook at HWLA, MOCA & Bjork at the movies. Cheers to our first anniversary! hijinxarts.substack.com/p/13thingsla...

Three shirtless men bend over as they knee on the floor of a room in a wealthy Parisian estate, each a tool in their hand meant to scrape the floor clean. Detritus from their work is strewn across the floor and an open bottle of wine can be seen in the corner of the painting.

On International Worker's Day, we honor the struggles and gains made by laborers since the Industrial Revolution.

Gustave Caillebotte painted with an intensity that was exceptional for someone with his privilege; he linked his art with the trades he depicted in work. [🧵1/3]

As a 2021-22 US-UK Fulbright Artist, I personally know the impact this funding has on artists' and scholars' research and careers.

"A Smarter America: Investing in Fulbright means investing in America’s influence and innovation." #StandforFulbright

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J. Otto Seibold opens Sat, Apr 19, 6-9pm, KP Projects. Casting a wide net across art history, children’s literature & contemporary politics, Seibold weaponizes beauty & humor in a referential language that’s both delightful & dangerous. Until 5/17. #13ThingsLA hijinxarts.substack.com/p/13thingsla...

Participating in UCLA Call to Action! #UCLA
"Join visionary artists, activists, attorneys, advocates, legal scholars, and community members to share innovative, cutting-aimed at imagining a world without prisons, policing, and surveillance." @challengeineq.bsky.social @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social

Saw a bumper sticker with this text running errands today- so happy to be home. #LAArtist #I<3LA

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"Art is the highest power of falsehood, it magnifies the ‘world as error’, it sanctifies the lie; the will to deception is turned into a superior ideal.’ (Deleuze 1983: 102)."
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#workingclass #labor

Happy to be here!