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Exhibition : First Came a Friendship: Sidney B. Felsen and the Artists at Gemini G.E.L.
Felsen’s photographs capture the joys and demands of the creative process as well as the close bonds formed at the Los Angeles workshop
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Driving around LA with Ed Ruscha
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With a retrospective coming to LACMA this April, explore the artist’s sprawling Streets of LA archive
What Exactly Does a Registrar Do?
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As senior registrar at the Getty Research Institute (GRI), Lora Chin Derrien keeps track of the “treasure trove” of archival collections that come through its doors
Motherhood Is Hard Work
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In the ‘70s, artist Mary Kelly meticulously documented the early years of her son’s life
An Artist’s Travel Pop-Up Book Series
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Colette Fu on making We Are Tiger Dragon People
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