Past Exhibitions
TEDDY SANDOVAL AND THE BUTCH GARDENS SCHOOL OF ART
October 21, 2023 – March 2, 2024
A central figure in LA’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles, Teddy Sandoval was an active participant in both U.S. and international avant-garde movements. For 25 years, he produced subversive, yet playful artworks that explored the codes of gender and sexuality and continuously mined archetypes of masculinity through his signature icon of a faceless man, often sporting a mustache. This was the first museum retrospective dedicated to the artist.
Yoshie Sakai: Grandma Entertainment Franchise
October 21, 2023 – February 3, 2024
In her first solo museum exhibition, Grandma Entertainment Franchise, artist Yoshie Sakai brings together three immersive installations produced over the last three years: Grandma Day Spa, Grandma Nightclub, and Grandma Amusement Park. These three distinct but interconnected installations, composed of…
Kang Seung Lee: The Heart of A Hand
March 25, 2023 – July 22, 2023
Kang Seung Lee: The Heart of A Hand pays tribute to Goh Choo San (1948–1987), a pioneering Singaporean-born choreographer who died of an AIDS-related illness at the age of thirty-nine. Although Goh choreographed and performed for prominent ballet companies throughout Asia, Europe, and North America during his lifetime, his legacy remains largely absent from queer, cultural, and dance histories in the United States.