Multisite exhibition engages 16 U.S. Latino and Latin American artists and collectives
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents A Universal History of Infamy, a multisite exhibition engaging 16 U.S. Latino and Latin American artists and collectives whose practices defy disciplinary boundaries. These artists and collaborative teams work across a range of media—from installation and performance to drawing and video—and adopt methodologies from diverse disciplines, including anthropology, history, linguistics, and theater. Most works on view are new projects that began during two-month residencies at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica. The exhibition spans three venues—an encyclopedic museum (LACMA), a school (Charles White Elementary School), and an artist residency complex (18th Street Arts Center)—offering different perspectives, approaches, and scales in each location. A Universal History of Infamy is presented as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, and curat