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Monument Eternal: Alice Coltrane at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles

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Before making my way to the Hammer Museum to see Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal, I drove up into the Santa Monica M...

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An ode to processed cheese

LeBrie Rich, Cheez-It Chair, 2022. Photo by Mario Galluci.

LeBrie Rich’s solo show at Nine Gallery immediately brings to mind the magic of childhood. I feel a bittersweet longing for simpler times as I encounter many of my favorite snack f...

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A space for all: Just Playin’ Around at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University

Latoya Lovely reading during monthly Storytime programs in her installation, On a Lovely Sunday Morning (2025). Image: Jeremy Chun Sajqui, Courtesy of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University (Portland, Oregon).

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Outside In: North Pole Studio at the Outsider Art Fair by Hannah Krafcik

Davis Wohlford, Tigers, 2024. Acrylic paint and collage on panel. 12 x 12 inches.

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