Weekly Round Up of the Week of the October 27
/The Producer’s picks for this week’s news relevant to the photography, art, design and production industries
Facets of truth as Photo Oxford opens
Founded in 2013 and with new director Katy Barron in charge, the biennial international photography festival Photo Oxford returns with a theme that aims for both inclusivity and depth.
From the series 90 Miles © Michael Christopher Brown
Contemporary artists face off with decommissioned Confederate statues in Los Angeles
The show at the Brick and the Museum of Contemporary Art addresses the US’s fraught racial history—featuring decommissioned Confederate monuments alongside works by Kara Walker, Leonardo Drew, Torkwase Dyson, and others.
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, splashed with red paint. The monument was removed in 2017
The Eaton Fire by William Karl Valentine
The photographer was in Pasadena, caring for my 99-year-old mom, when the Eaton Fire erupted, forcing late-night evacuations and a night spent watching homes burn around us. By morning, the scale of destruction was overwhelming, with beloved places from my childhood reduced to ash.
Untitled – Jane’ Village, Altadena © William Karl Valentine
Jane Lombard Looks Back at 30 Years of Art and Politics
The New York gallerist’s exhibition 30 X 30 reflects the works she has enjoyed the most — and their incisive and sometimes bracing sociopolitical message.
Crowds near works by Margarita Cabrera at the opening of 30 X 30 (photo courtesy Kevin Czopek/BFA)
What does being American look like? This platform investigates the nation’s aesthetics
Exploring identity, responsibility, and resistance, Apparently in America uses photography to interrogate what it means to be “American” today.
© Diana Guerra