Hyperallergic's May guide for Los Angeles highlights ten art shows, including a posthumous exhibition of Celeste Dupuy-Spencer's paintings at Jeffrey Deitch, Yoko Ono's first solo museum show in Southern California at The Broad, and a survey of Richard Mayhew's abstract landscapes at Karma. Other notable shows include Joe Brainard's matchbook miniatures at Chris Sharp Gallery, Gordon Parks's musical output at the California African American Museum, and a two-venue presentation of Magdalena Suarez Frimkess's ceramics and drawings.
The guide matters because it captures a moment of overdue recognition for influential artists, including those who died recently or are in their later years, and surfaces previously unseen works. It reflects Los Angeles's role as a vibrant art hub, offering both retrospectives that recontextualize historical figures and memorial exhibitions that address urgent contemporary issues like political violence and queer identity.