This post was updated March 4 at 4:13 p.m. WACsmash is celebrating performance art and rejecting performative activism. Blending dance and visual arts, the 2022 WACsmash’s live event will be held Friday and Saturday in Kaufman Hall with the visual arts gallery on view. Read more...
Photo: WACsmash 2022 is taking social justice to the stage, with a visual arts gallery and performances running Friday and Saturday in Kaufman Hall and online. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin)
Home is what artists make of it. “Aqux,” a group exhibition which opened Feb. 19 at The Mistake Room, features 23 Latinx artists and their interpretations of what home means to them. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Susan Aparicio’s digital collages are part of The Mistake Room’s “Aqux” exhibition, which features the work of 23 Latinx artists. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)
Hillel at UCLA is presenting artwork awash in fantasies. Hillel at UCLA is presenting three artists’ works at its Winter Art Opening and Reception on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Hillel at UCLA is displaying the work of three artists – including Aline Mare’s “Mirabilia” – until March 11. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)
As chancellor from 1960 to 1968, Franklin D. Murphy conceived of and curated UCLA’s Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. The bucolic hills and surrounding pathways, completed by architect Ralph Cornell in 1967, serve as a community hangout and the backdrop for some of the finest sculptures of the 20th century. Read more...
Photo: (Isabella Lee/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 27 at 9:25 p.m. Smooth sailing lies ahead for the Department of Theater’s collaborative efforts on “Pericles.” The Shakespearean play will run from Friday to March 5 at Freud Playhouse, featuring an ensemble cast of graduate acting students and undergraduate theater students in various roles across the stage. Read more...
Photo: Presented by the Department of Theater and directed by Michael Hackett, “Pericles” follows Prince Pericles as he journeys on a treacherous quest to reunite with his family. (Shengfeng Chen/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is shining a spotlight on bold, expressive individuality. Selected by independent curator Suzy Halajian, the gallery kicked off Feb. 10 and will have pieces on display until Thursday following Halajian’s juror discussion Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year art and art history student Shimine Douglas stands in front of her video piece, “Family History,” on display in the Department of Art’s Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. (Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin)
Warning: spoilers ahead. In the stormy waters of hate speech, “Power of Sail” boldly navigates its path. Running until March 20, the Geffen Playhouse’s current production follows Harvard professor Charles Nichols (Bryan Cranston) as he faces the repercussions of inviting white nationalist Benjamin Carver to speak at his prestigious symposium in the name of free speech. Read more...
Photo: Bryan Cranston plays Professor Charles Nichols in “Power of Sail” at the Geffen Playhouse. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)
