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Join Erin Christovale, associate curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Alexandra Noel, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”

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In this Genshitsu Sen lecture, Dr. Bruce A. Coats, professor of art history and the humanities at Scripps College, surveys the extraordinary literary and visual art traditions inspired by the 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji, written by Japanese court lady Murasaki Shikibu, with an emphasis on how the novel has been imaged and reimagined for a millennium.

Photo caption: Ebina Masao (1913–1980), The Tale of Genji: Chapter 24, Butterflies, c. 1960, woodblock print, Scripps College, 2003.1.45, photo by Jan Blair

Join Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Hedi El Kholti, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”

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Historic preservation consultants from Chattel, Inc. share how the Christopher Isherwood papers at The Huntington were instrumental in the designation of the Santa Monica Canyon home of writer Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) and artist Don Bachardy as a Historic-Cultural Monument in Los Angeles. The lecture includes a pictorial tour of the residence and studio–where Bachardy still lives–and a review of the nomination process.

Speakers:
Robert Chattel, AIA
Nels Youngborg
Alvin-Christian Nuval

This is the Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture.