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All the art news I wanted to talk about this week

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Asger Carlsen, Untitled, 2010, pigment print

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Hannah Whitaker, Floss Web, 2007, inkjet print face-mounted to plexiglass,

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Art news of the week

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I’m terribly interested in this horrifying snowman

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All the art news I wanted to talk about this week

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 Saskia Colwell, Cookie Jar, 2024. Charcoal on vellum mounted board.

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recently a critic accused the national portrait gallery of erasing the gay identity and aids-related history of a sculpture felix gonzalez-torres named after his partner. I went to the show and found that was inaccurate and misleading. the installation makes connections between gonzalez-torres and walt whitman, including a queer portraiture show they were both in *at the national portrait gallery*; and that they were both exemplars of queer caregiving. [whitman nursed civil war soldiers *in the building* that's now the smithsonian.]

image: installation view of an 1891 portrait by thomas eakins of "queer ancestor" walt whitman; a 1993 felix gonzalez-torres lightstring, "untitled" (leaves of grass) [which whitman edited in the building]; and "untitled" (portrait of ross in l.a.), a 1991 candy pour named for felix's partner ross laycock, who died of aids-related illness in 1991. in the next gallery beyond is "untitled" (portrait of dad), also 1991, and named for felix's father, who also died that year.

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All the art news I wanted to talk about this week

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Piper Bangs

Bathers, 2024

Oil on linen

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To our supporters, followers, and friends - This past week Los Angeles has experienced tragic loss throughout the communities affected by the on-going wildfires. The Pit has been incredibly fortunate and thus far all gallery staff and local represented artists have not experienced significant personal losses at the hands of the fires, but many of our friends, fellow artists, and colleagues have not been so lucky. Through the generosity of our artists and community, we have put together a raffle to raise money for the Grief and Hope GoFundMe  a centralized grass-roots fundraiser started by LA-based artists and art professionals, working to directly connect funds to artists and art workers who've lost their homes and / or studios in the fires. Donate $200 directly to the GoFundMe and email a screenshot of your donation to raffle@the-pit.la to be entered for a chance to win one of the amazing prizes listed below. Donations of multiples of $200 will be entered for multiple chances to win. 

Donate here

RAFFLE PRIZES

Prizes generously donated by artists Chase Biado, Keith Boadwee, Bella Foster, Raymie Iadevaia, Kelly Lynn Jones, Shara Mays, Heather Rasmussen, Allison Schulnik, Nora Shields, Benjamin Weissman, and Reaperware.  We're also thrilled to include a unique drawing by legendary comic artist Jim Lee!

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All the art news I wanted to talk about this week

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Won Ju Lim

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Los Angeles Artist Fire Relief

Over the past two weeks, our city has endured its largest wildfires in history. With containment increasing, we are optimistic that we can begin to slowly and collectively move forward. If you would like to contribute to the rebuilding and restoration of the L.A. arts community via mutual aid, we encourage you to support Grief and Hope, which will provide direct relief to artists and art workers who have lost their homes or studios due to the Eaton, Palisades, Sunset, and other fires in the Los Angeles area.

LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund is a Getty-led coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists providing emergency relief for artists and arts workers in all disciplines who have lost residences, studios, archives, artworks, or livelihoods or have otherwise been impacted by the devastating Los Angeles fires.

Project Phoenix was launched by a collective of concerned art professionals dedicated to advancing wildfires relief and recovery efforts for the Los Angeles art community. The project harnesses the goodwill of business and nonprofit leaders to raise and distribute much-needed funds, host informational webinars, and publish a directory of resources tailored to the art community.