This post was updated April 9 at 8:03 p.m. Reia Uchiumi has always made art for other people – even in the years she made it for no one at all. Read more...
Photo: Reia Uchiumi sits down while leaning against a tree. The third-year global studies student runs the art account @reiabay, where she shares digital portraits of human faces. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated April 2 at 8:14 p.m. With “Spamalot,” it’s unclear if the Holy Grail is half-full or half-empty. To the sound of clanking coconuts, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy galloped into the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on March 24 for a tour stop lasting until April 12. Read more...
Photo: From left to right, Sean Bell, Leo Roberts, Major Attaway, Blake Segal, Chris Collins-Pisano and Ellis C. Dawson III gather together as King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. “Spamalot,” which is based on the 1975 cult classic film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” will play at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre until April 12. (Courtesy of Broadway in Hollywood)
This post was updated March 31 at 9:41 p.m. From swing dancing to Austen, the Historical Ballroom Dance Club offers students exciting ways to engage with historical dance scenes. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are attendees of the club’s 1950s Swing Night in a circle at Kerckhoff Grand Salon. The Historical Ballroom Dance Club was founded in 1997, and welcomes students of all dance backgrounds to weekly dance lessons and events. (Holden Yung/Daily Bruin)
UCLA’s Art History Undergraduate Student Association is painting a colorful community for art history lovers. AHUSA is a student-led club dedicated to exploring art history through discussion, faculty speakers and gallery visits. Read more...
Photo: An Art History Undergraduate Student Association meeting featuring a presentation slide on “Still lifes” is pictured. AHUSA is a student-led organization focused on the exploration and discussion of art history through friendly seminars, said Nikki St. Charles, the club’s president. (Courtesy of Nikki St. Charles)
Some exhibits aren’t made for looking at, but rather for looking back. On Tuesday, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library transformed into a gallery. The Center for the Study of International Migration and the Chicano Studies Research Center Library filled the space with murals, paintings, photography, music and a community that showed up to heal. Read more...
Photo: Attendees of the “ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia” exhibit listen to a discussion panel. On Tuesday, the Chicano Studies Research Library hosted the opening night for the art exhibit. (Pranav Akella/Daily Bruin)
As an audience member accurately put it, “Akhnaten” is quite a trip. Curtains rose on the LA Opera’s newest masterpiece at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Feb. 28, where it will remain until its sweeping finale March 22. Read more...
Photo: Yuntong Han (center) as the High Priest of Amon sits glowing in a golden hue as the winged ensemble stands in two rows above him. The LA Opera’s newest show, “Akhnaten” will be performed at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Feb. 28-March 22. (Courtesy of Cory Weaver/LA Opera)
This post was updated March 5 at 8:43 p.m. Find “Virtue and Vice” at the Getty Center this spring. “Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing” is on display at the Getty from March 3 to June 7. Read more...
Photo: Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s “Oh! If Only He Were as Faithful to Me,” is a brush with brown wash and black chalk piece. The Getty’s new drawing exhibition, “Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing,” opened on March 3 and will run until June 7. (Courtesy of Getty Museum)
