Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

04/11/2024

We’re thrilled to announce our newest special edition with artist Umar Rashid (). With this new limited edition, Rashid joins a legacy of artists including Carmen Argote, Barbara Kruger, Mike Kelley, and many more who have supported LACE through the creation of new work.

The edition will be available to purchase via the LACE website starting Friday, April 19, 2024. Visit our website to learn more about past LACE editions.

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Umar Rashid (b. 1976, Chicago, IL) makes paintings, drawings, and sculptures that chronicle the grand historical fiction of the Frenglish Empire (1648–1880) that he has been developing for over seventeen years. Each work represents a frozen moment from this parallel world that often recalls our own fraught histories—both canonized and marginalized—with familiar signifiers and iconographies that channel the visual lexicons of hip hop, ancient and modern pop culture, gang and prison life, and revolutionary movements throughout time.

Photo by Andreas Terlaak.

03/20/2024

📣 Applications for the 2025 Emerging Curator Program open TODAY! The deadline to submit project proposals is Friday, April 19, 2024. Apply here: https://welcometolace.submittable.com/submit

This year, the program is accepting curatorial proposals centered on performance that can be presented as a single program or programming series. Emerging curators are encouraged to propose projects that can be presented in a gallery space or theater over no more than four days/evenings. Exact format and scheduling to be coordinated in collaboration with the LACE team.

The Emerging Curator Program is designed to discover curatorial talent in Los Angeles and provides opportunities for emerging curators to partner with LACE. For the program’s tenth installment, one project will be selected for presentation in 2025.

Photo: "For It is Written” by Teira, featuring Maam and Karl McComas Reichl, as part of the 2021 Emerging Curator Program “Parable 003" curated by Alex Jones and Kevin Bernard Moultrie-Daye.

03/13/2024

We're thrilled to announce "ABUNDANCE" at L.A. Dance Project this April!

"ABUNDANCE" presents cutting edge performance art and interdisciplinary work by artists whose lived experiences as non-traditional or fat bodies challenge intersectional forms of oppression.

Held over three days, "ABUNDANCE" will include work by performance, sound, and literary artists Patrisse Cullors, Edgar Fabián Frías, Jessica Carolina González, Vanessa Hernández Cruz, Alima Lee, Caleb Luna, Melba Martínez, Cody Perkins, Ghis Rodríguez, Yesika Salgado, and Dorian Wood. Responding to the word “abundance,” these artists examine the politics of their existence through the way they see and experience the world, with abundant, generous, humorous, joyful, or rageful entry points that will put our collective and individual biases into question.

"ABUNDANCE" is curated by Selene Preciado, LACE Curator and Director of Programs (she/her), and Juan Silverio, LACE Assistant Director of Programming (they/she/ellx).

ABUNDANCE ABUNDANCE Wed–Fri, April 24–26, 2024, 7–10 PM L.A. Dance Project 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90021 Free parking available on site, wheelchair accessible Free admission | RSVP HERE ABUNDANCE presents cutting edge performance art and interdisciplinary work by artists whose...

03/12/2024

Join UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Art, and LACE on Thursday, April 4 from 7–9 PM for an artist talk with EJ Hill (). Following Hill’s presentation, LACE’s Curator and Director of Programs Selene Preciado moderates a Q&A with the artist.

This program is part of UCI’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS).

EJ Hill is an artist born, raised, and based in South Central, Los Angeles. Hill’s practice focuses largely on challenging the social aspects and systems that construct a body. He is not only interested in how bodies and subjectivities are formed, understood, and valued within different social and cultural contexts, but also how they redefine the parameters that govern which of them are allowed to exist freely.

Thursday, April 4, 2024, 7–9 PM
Philosophical Research Society
3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
RSVP to [email protected]

Photo: EJ Hill. “A Declaration,” 2017. Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles. Photo by Ruben Diaz.

UCI Visiting Artist Lecture Series: EJ Hill EJ Hill. “A Declaration,” 2017. Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles. Neon. 8 x 100 inches. Photo by Ruben Diaz. UCI Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS), co-presented with LACE Thursday, April 4, 2024, 7–9 pm Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los ...

03/07/2024

LACE is seeking two apprentices to work with us this summer through the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intership program! ⁠

The interns will assist the LACE staff on a range of upcoming summer programs and events including the "LACE Screening Room Series," support research for the 2025 exhibitions "Circuits of Correspondence" and "Poetics of Possibilities," and work hands-on with LACE digital archive.

Available positions:
+ Getty Marrow Curatorial and Programming Internship
+ Getty Marrow Communications and Media Internship

Apply by April 5, 2024. For more info visit: https://welcometolace.org/apprenticeships/

This program is made possible with support from the Getty Foundation. ⁠

Photo: Tanya Aguiñiga, "Metabolizing the Border," performance, 2020. Photograph by Gina Clyne.

02/23/2024

"Red Night" is featured in Hyperallergic's event round up! Don't miss the film screening this Sunday, February 25, 2–5 pm. RSVP at [email protected]

The Philosophical Research Society (welcometolace.org)
3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Feliz, Los Angeles

Performances, listening parties, exhibitions, and art bars provide a much-needed break from the market-driven frenzy.

02/19/2024

📣 Applications for our next Emerging Curator Program opens Tuesday, March 19, 2024!

This year, the program is accepting curatorial proposals centered on performance that can be presented as a single program or programming series. Emerging curators are encouraged to propose projects that can be presented in a gallery space or theater over no more than four days/evenings. Exact format and scheduling to be coordinated in collaboration with the LACE team.

The Emerging Curator Program is designed to discover curatorial talent in Los Angeles and provides opportunities for emerging curators to partner with LACE. For the program’s tenth installment, one project will be selected for presentation in 2025.

Applications for the 2025 Emerging Curator Program will open via Submittable on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The deadline to submit project proposals is Friday, April 19, 2024. For more information, visit the link in our bio.

Photo of “attending to the wound: a wake, a waiting, a witnessing” by Jackie Amézquita () and LaRissa Rogers (), as part of the 2023 Emerging Curator Program “Of Seed, Soil, and Stars” curated by Curated by Joy A. Anderson () and Robin Garcia ().

Emerging Curator Program Jackie Amézquita and LaRissa Rogers, attending to the wound: a wake, a waiting, a witnessing, 2023. Photo by Veronica Lechuga. The Emerging Curator Program is designed to discover curatorial talent in Los Angeles and provides opportunities for emerging curators to partner w...

02/16/2024

🗓️ Save the Date | For LACE’s 9th Emerging Curator presentation, Carrie Chen () curates the two-day screening program “A Fossil, A Ruin, A Memory” at the Philosophical Research Society () on March 16 and 17, 2024 from 2-5 PM. RSVP link below!

The program presents contemporary artists across diverse disciplines including experimental filmmaking, 3D animation, games, and performance. These artists consider the language of memory, navigate transnational spaces, and excavate personal and collective memories. Piecing together resurfaced myths, fossils, remnants, and ruins, they interface between the past and present to encode and construct an embodied, fragmented presence.

This two-day program features video screenings, artist dialogues, and social gatherings, highlighting the artists’ creative processes and fostering communal exploration around themes of memory in our digital era.

Featuring films by:
Zeynep Abes ()
Coffee Kang ()
Andrea Kim ()
Heesoo Kwon 권희수 ()
April Lin 林森 ()
Jas Lin 林思穎 ()
Yuchi Ma 马语迟 ()
Iman Person ()
Tiare Ribeaux ()
Ainslee Alem Robson ()
Qigemu 七个木
Yaloo ()
Qianqian Ye ()
Evelyn Hang Yin ()

Photo: Zeynep Abes, “Memory Place,” 2020.

Presenting contemporary artists across diverse disciplines including experimental filmmaking, 3D animation, games, and performance.

01/23/2024

SAVE THE DATE | Join LACE and artists Beck+Col () on Sunday, February 25 from 2-5 PM at the Philosophical Research Society for a screening of their experimental feature-length film "Red Night." Following the screening, LACE’s Curator/Director of Programs Selene Preciado () speaks with Beck+Col to learn more about the making of the film and their collaborations.

Enter the colorful world of a q***r chosen family of five monsters. These siblings are inseparable, always supporting each other and just trying to make it through each day. Upon monster Ash’s return home, what was supposed to be a joyous reunion turns red with the arrival of an evil being that was unleashed during Ash’s time away. This being is fixated on isolating and killing each of the monsters one by one. Ash is determined to protect their family, fighting back against the relentless foe.

"Red Night" highlights the helplessness of individualism through the narrative of a slasher film. In typical slasher fashion, victims are pursued and killed when they are on their own, but when the characters are together they are able to counter the seemingly indestructible killer. The film draws on the cinematic traditions of Dario Argento’s Giallo films, specifically Deep Red and Suspiria. The tone is classic 70s/80s horror through and through.

RSVP at [email protected].

RED NIGHT: A Film by Beck + Col Red Night By Beck+Col Sunday, February 25, 2–5 pm Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Limited free parking available on site Free admission – RSVP to [email protected] Join LACE and artists Beck+Col for the Los Angeles pr...

01/16/2024

We're thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to present LACE’s upcoming "PST ART: Art & Science Collide" exhibition "Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics," scheduled to open September 7, 2024.

PRESS RELEASE: LACE ANNOUNCES UPDATES ON PST ART VENUE AND RENOVATED GALLERY Los Angeles, January 12, 2024—LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park and the City of Los Angeles Department o...

01/09/2024

LACE Announces $70,000 in Awarded Artist Grants Through the Lightning Fund and Jacki Apple Award for Performance and Artist Projects

PRESS RELEASE: LACE ANNOUNCES $70,000 IN AWARDED ARTIST GRANTS Left to right: Jerri Allyn (Photo by Kmur Hardeman), Francis Almendarez, Dave Bailey, Jisoo Chung, Trevor Jackson, Matthew Lax, Nery Gabriel Lemus (Photo by Ken Gonzales-Day), yétúndé olagbaju, Jaklin Romine (Photo by William Camargo)...

11/02/2023

We're so excited to welcome Miriam Shyti to the LACE team as our CIEE Postgraduate Fellow!
This fellowship is made possible by CIEE, a program designated by the U.S. Department of State and the American Albanian Development Foundation that empowers young professionals and recent graduates with meaningful work and life experiences, career exchanges and training.

Miriam is a passionate COMMS Consultant and dedicated arts enthusiast. Through a 6-month exchange program at LACE, Miriam hones in her skills by bringing international expertise from Albania and Italy, with a drive for positive impact and collaboration. She has accumulated over 9 years of experience, working on several cultural and arts projects by strategizing and implementing communications and marketing strategies that align seamlessly with organizations' visions.

Miriam's commitment to lifelong learning is demonstrated by her academic achievements and many trainings she keeps following. She holds a Master of Science in Communications and Political PR, with additional trainings in sustainable and inner development, now art management.
Her expertise spans from curating brands and performances, managing artists and communications, to fostering partnerships and advocacy events.
Miriam leads comprehensive campaigns for cultural organizations, art fairs, galleries, and individuals in the arts sector, providing strategic campaigns and support across all marketing platforms. Her knack for connecting projects to the most receptive audiences enhances her clients' reputations, offering immersive experiences built upon a network of trusted collaborators.

Welcome Miriam!

10/13/2023

Join us next Thursday, October 19 from 7-9 PM for "The Living Q***r Archive at LACE," a panel discussion with Los Angeles-based artist Cat Jones (), activist artist and educator Jerri Allyn (), and writer, artist, and critic Matias Viegener (). The panel will be moderated by LACE’s Assistant Director of Programming, Juan Silverio (.angel).

Situated on Hollywood Blvd, LACE has served as an incubator for q***r artistic experimentation in Los Angeles since its founding in 1978. Within the organization’s history is a living q***r archive which highlights moments of q***r cultural production within LACE’s exhibition and programming history. Gathering artists, curators, and creatives who have contributed to this archive, panelists will share their connections to LACE and converse about the archive, and the present and future of q***r art in Los Angeles.

🎙The Living Q***r Archive at LACE
🗓️ October 19, 2023 7–9 PM
📍Advocate and Gochis Galleries from the LA LGBT Center Village at Ed Gould Plaza Courtyard
1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90038

🎟️ Link to reserve tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36684/production/1178096

10/11/2023

The LACE Benefit Art Auction opens tomorrow, October 12 at 12 PM PDT! Register on and bid on 50 works by iconic artists until Friday, October 27 at 12:00pm PDT.

Featured Artists:

Jackie Amézquita
Nate Ancheta
Edgar Arceneaux
Jessica Taylor Bellamy
Zoé Blue M.
Jenny Blumenfield
Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio
Colton Callahan
Artemisa Clark
Alli Conrad
Ánima Correa
Kenturah Davis
Olive Diamond
Alex Donis
Roy Dowell
Lisa Edelstein
Emily Ferguson
FriendsWithYou (Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III)
Sayre Gomez
Ken Gonzales-Day
Alexandra Grant (grantLOVE x Cachetejack)
Maria Guzmán Capron
Mark Steven Greenfield
Karl Haendel
Carla Jay Harris
Phung Hyunh
Greg Ito
Alyssa Klauer
Barry Kleinman
Young Joon Kwak
Suhn Lee
Charles Long
Yunhee Min
Jaime Muñoz
Jean Nagai
yétúndé olagbaju
Ruben Ochoa
Rubén Ortiz Torres
Felix Quintana
Javier Ramirez
Rebecca Rubalcava
Ed Ruscha
Robert Russell
Richard Serra
Joey Terrill
Clarissa Tossin
Yuewi Tu
Mirjam Vreeswijk
Garry Winogrand
Kayla Witt

10/10/2023

⚡️Lightning Fund applications closes TOMORROW! This year, LACE will award 10 artist project grants in the amount of $6,000. Only applicants that are LA County residents, are at least 18 years of age, and are not currently enrolled in a college program, will be considered. One additional mid or late-career artist will be selected from the pool of Lightning Fund applicants to receive the Jacki Apple Award in Performance and Artist Projects.

🔗Apply by tomorrow, Wednesday, October 11 at 11:59 PM PT. Link for guidelines and application: https://welcometolace.org/lace/2020-current-year/lightning-fund-artist-grants/

10/05/2023

SAVE THE DATE: Starting on October 12, bid on one-of-a-kind artworks by emerging and established artists through our online benefit auction hosted by . Some of our featured artists include:

Along with his contemporaries Diane Arbus and Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand is considered one of the most important American photographers of the 20th century. Inspired by Walker Evans’s American Photographs, he captured the realities and anxieties of urban life in the post-war era. Winogrand used a small-format camera, which suited his many travels and liberated his movement in the streets. Though he photographed important cultural figures, including John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, and Norman Mailer, he’s best known for the spontaneous pictures of people he photographed in parks, city streets, rodeos, airports, and zoos. During his lifetime, Winogrand received three Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work has sold for six figures at auction and belongs in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, among many other institutions.

🔗 Learn more about this year’s LACE Benefit Auction through the link in our bio.

Courtesy of Eli Consilvio
Photo Courtesy of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts