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The article reflects on the state of Latinx art in 2025, a year marked by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and the start of the second Trump administration, which has intensified ICE raids and targeted communities of color. Amid this crisis, artists have created poignant responses, including AMBOS's ceramics project at Frieze Los Angeles benefiting migrants awaiting asylum hearings, and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood's solo exhibition at Artpace in San Antonio, which explored borders both literal and cosmic. The piece also highlights a two-person show by Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza at the Americas Society, titled "Earth and Cosmos," featuring works that challenge time and space.

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Ron Rivlin, owner of Revolver Gallery in Los Angeles and a prolific collector of Andy Warhol works, lost his Pacific Palisades home and 340 artworks—including 30 Warhols and pieces by Keith Haring, John Baldessari, Damien Hirst, Alex Katz, and Kenny Scharf—to the January 2025 wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County. The fires, fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, consumed approximately 60,718 acres and 17,291 structures, killing 30 people. Numerous other artists, collectors, and arts professionals, including Beatriz Cortez, Amir Nikravan, Salomón Huerta, and curator Paul Schimmel, also reported losing homes and artworks.

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Cultured's gallery show guide highlights five exhibitions in Los Angeles. Lee Lozano's "Hard Handshake" at Hauser & Wirth (through January 18, 2026) features drawings from her first nine years, marking the first major LA show devoted to her work. Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo) presents "Forbidden Colors (Free)(Palestine)(Sudan)" and "Transgender Abstraction to Transgender Conceptualism" at Ceradon (through December 6), transforming the gallery into flags referencing Palestine, Sudan, and trans pride. Sabrina Gschwandtner's "Absinthe, Smoke, Sugar, Choice" at Shoshana Wayne Gallery (through January 10, 2026) uses quilt-making with illuminated film strips to explore female bodily autonomy. Kathleen Ryan's "Souvenir" at Karma (through December 20) debuts concrete peaches with Harley Davidson engines. Ben Sakoguchi's "Chin Music" at Marc Selwyn Fine Art (through December 23) uses historic advertisement motifs to animate history.

Where the WashU community goes to see art in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis community members—including students, faculty, and alumni—share their favorite places to view visual art around the St. Louis region during the summer. Recommendations include the St. Louis Virtuoso Collective, a co-op gallery of over 50 local artists on Cherokee Street; the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, which is showing exhibitions like “Like Water” and “Make the River Present”; the Saint Louis Art Museum, featuring works by Van Gogh, Sorolla, and Cézanne; and neighborhood public art projects in areas such as Holly Hills, The Grove, and the Delmar Loop.

Boston Public Art Triennial launches with more than a dozen projects across the city

The inaugural Boston Public Art Triennial launches on 22 May, bringing over a dozen site-specific installations, performances, and community-led activities to public spaces and cultural institutions across Boston through October. With a projected cost of $8 million, the free event features newly commissioned works by artists including Stephen Hamilton, Swoon, Nicholas Galanin, Beatriz Cortez, and Ekene Ijeoma, exploring themes such as Indigenous experience, trauma and healing, social justice, and humanity's relationship with nature.