Former UCLA professor Chris Burden, the artist behind the iconic “Urban Light” exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, died Sunday of malignant melanoma. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA professor Chris Burden, the artist behind the iconic “Urban Light” exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, died Sunday of malignant melanoma. He was 69. (Courtesy of Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

For Iris Colburn, the president of the Hammer Student Association, the theme of transferal relates to the conversion of three-dimensional objects into works on paper and conversion of forms into grids – both current exhibitions at the Hammer Museum. Read more...

Photo: The Hammer Student Association, a UCLA student group affiliated with the Hammer Museum, will host its “Arts Party: Transferal” on Tuesday. Celebrating young artists at UCLA and in the Los Angeles area, the event will feature a zine workshop by artist Isa Beniston. (Courtesy of Iris Colburn)