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Renée Reizman

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University
  • Art Critic and Journalist, Freelance
Los Angeles
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Artist & Writer | Adjunct @Pepperdine & @USCCinema | Contributor @Hyperallergic & more | Send me to the desert, please | she/her

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Casualties in Trump's war on the arts: the small museums keeping local history alive

Casualties in Trump's war on the arts: the small museums keeping local history alive

Institutions in Los Angeles and beyond have seen millions in grants wiped away almost overnight. What happens…

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Los Angeles as Site for Diasporic Ghosts

Los Angeles as Site for Diasporic Ghosts

In paintings, ceramics, and installations, Rachel Hakimian Emenaker depicts scenes of gentrification, religio…

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I played the live 'Traitors' experience inspired by the show. A ticket is only $41, and even losi...

I played the live 'Traitors' experience inspired by the show. A ticket is only $41, and even losi...

I headed to Los Angeles to see what the "Traitors" experience is like in real life. Inspired by the Peacock s…

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Jim Jarmusch gets dark: Indie filmmaker reveals his latest artistic turn in L.A. show

Jim Jarmusch gets dark: Indie filmmaker reveals his latest artistic turn in L.A. show

A new exhibition of indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's newspaper collages will open March 29 at the James Fuentes…

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'By Natives, for Natives': This new L.A. hub is drawing in the young, artsy and Indigenous

'By Natives, for Natives': This new L.A. hub is drawing in the young, artsy and Indigenous

The Echo Park community center offers an accessible, creative space for Indigenous people of all ages to conn…

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How the Moon Became the Hottest Art Gallery in Town

How the Moon Became the Hottest Art Gallery in Town

This is a piece of art history canon curated by the one percent, created by a roster of artists who befriende…

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For Michael Asher, the Museum Was the Medium

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By Renée Reizman
| Hyperallergic Verified
LOS ANGELES — Walking through the exhibition Michael Asher at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, one may mistake the artist for a donor. The small solo show takes over two galleries, and Asher’s name is most prominently mounted above the opening that separates the rooms, like a deep-pocketed patron who bought their legacy. Asher, who passed away in 2012, was not wealthy like the Annenbergs or the Sacklers, famous benefactors who coaxed museums into naming wings after them.
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The LA Run Club That Became an ICE Watch Unit

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By Renée Reizman
| GQ Verified
Like many run clubs, the members of the N.E.L.A. Patrol Runners gather in the early morning to get their steps in and socialize. Unlike other run clubs, this one’s trying to stop a kidnapping. In January, Claudia Yañez founded a run club that patrols for Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Northeast Los Angeles. “As runners, we have the responsibility to patrol,” Yañez says.
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LA Artists Honor Dolores Huerta’s Defiant Spirit

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By Renée Reizman
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LOS ANGELES — Activist Dolores Huerta, who helped establish the United Farm Workers (UFW) in the 1960s, turns 96 years old this week. To celebrate, the Chicano cultural center Plaza de la Raza mounted the exhibition DOLORES to mark the labor leader’s ongoing legacy. On March 18, the day before the show opened, the New York Times published a report that included accusations that UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez sexually abused Huerta and two girls during his time in the movement.
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