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Tindersticks: The Claire Denis Film Scores
British rock legends Tindersticks perform from their latest album celebrating their collaborations with French film director Claire Denis. The Tindersticks will perform in a cinematic seating style, bringing together the music with the evocative images that inspired it. With a ready-for-film style of music, the Los Angeles Times declared that Tindersticks creates “debonair compositions and…
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Beijing Ldtx
Under the artistic direction of Willy Tsao, China’s foremost figure in modern dance, and Deputy Artistic Director Li Hanzhong, the company boasts an ensemble of 14 technically exquisite dancers and a diverse stunningly dramatic repertoire. Based in China’s capital, BeijingDance/LDTX serves as both a leader and a catalyst for the modern and contemporary dance and…
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Madeleine Peyroux
Past Events This event took place on Saturday, April 9, 2019. French-American jazz songstress Madeleine Peyroux makes her Luckman debut with her full arsenal of delicately sultry compositions and renditions. With hits such as Careless Love and Don’t Wait Too Long, Madeleine Peyroux has earned her spot amongst jazz/blues divas such as Billie Holiday and…
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Support > System
Support > System features the work of contemporary artists Ringo Bunoan (Philippines), Koki Tanaka (Japan), and Zhou Tao (China). These artists imbue humble objects, public spaces, and exhibition sites with unexpected and lyrical meaning. In their various sculptures, videos, and installations, they repurpose materials and negotiate organizational structures to challenge our perception and understanding of…
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Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Co.
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company is arguably Israel’s most innovative and prominent dance organization. Under the lead of Artistic Director Rami Be’er the Company has soared into international spotlight as much for their exquisite technique as for their innovative approach. Kibbutz will peform the critcally-acclaimed work Infrared for their Luckman debut. Tickets: $25/$35/$45 BUY NOW! Media…
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Banquet of the Black Jackal
What happens when mankind ends? How will history, cultural objects, and relationships between the elements be remembered or reinterpreted? The artists in this exhibition tackle the notion of history–be it personal, cultural or philosophic–in their multimedia installations. The questions at play in this exhibition are informed by the writings of Hegelian philosopher Alexandre Kojève and contemporary…
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Tropical Vulture: The Films of George Kuchar
Tropical Vulture features the work of legendary independent filmmaker and educator George Kuchar. Since the 1950s, Kuchar has gained attention for displaying his morbid interests, insecurities, and razor-sharp wit in low-budget films with over-the-top plots and performances. This exhibition presents a unique combination of Kuchar’s films, videos, paintings and drawings, and is organized by San…
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Matisyahu
Few artists make an impact as complete as Matisyahu, the prodigious Hasidic reggae musician from New York City. With visual and musical styles that, on the surface, seem to juxtapose one another, Matisyahu blurs pre-set definitions. With wizardly skills ranging from beat-boxing to poetry, he creates his own world of musical mastery. Drawing inspiration from…
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La Compagnie Pavlov | Vestiges/Vertiges
Vestiges/Vertiges delves into the verge of time where the remains of what is no longer have already started to take place. A territory in residue of the human touch: scraps of voices, habits, objects, images trying to recover their role. It is here that the audience finds themselves already amongst these dislocated resemblances and taking…
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World Arts Day | Free Event!
World Arts Day at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex is designed to give the community an opportunity to experience and interact with various art forms from around the world. Los Angeles is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, and this dynamic interaction has made it a vibrantly rich city. This year, we celebrate the…
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Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Co
Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company was founded in 1957 in an effort to preserve Filipino culture and showcase traditional Philippine dance. The company takes its name from the ancient Filipino tradition of bayanihan, which signifies working together. Bayanihan has awakened a new pride among Filipinos in their cultural heritage. Through many trials and tribulations, this…
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Psychic Outlaws
Psychic Outlaws is an exhibition inspired by Annie Buckley’s novel of the same name. Nineteen contemporary artists from Los Angeles will be given a different chapter of the book, and each will make new work in response. The exhibition becomes a unique collaboration and physical iteration of Buckley’s words and the themes of psychology, memory,…
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Primer I
One painter. One sculptor. One photographer…Primer focuses on promising artists who are part of Los Angeles’ vibrant art community, and provides a space for their work to reach a wider audience. The exhibition introduces one artist per discipline, and one work or series per artist. FEATURING Michelle Dizon Kent Familton Andrew Lewicki James Melinat Tracy…
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Counter Intelligence
Taking its name from Jonathan Gold’s Pulitzer Prize winning LA Weekly column, Counter Intelligence is an exhibition inspired by food. Consisting of sculpture, photography, video, and performance, artists examine the social, political, and historical origins of food as well as simply celebrating it.
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Invisible Body, Conspicuous Mind
15 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM ROMANIA. How does a citizen suddenly become a physical non-entity? Invisible Bodies: Conspicuous Mind is an exhibit of contemporary Romanian art that visually confronts the issues of personal identity in everyday life. The exhibit is not only a window into a unique post-communist bloc country but inadvertently produces a subtle, potent…