Yuji Ueda at BLUM Los Angeles
April 14, 2024
Shigaraki-based artist Yuji Ueda discusses the work in his current exhibition at BLUM Los Angeles...
WHAT Museum | WHAT Artist Interview: Kazunori Hamana
April 10, 2024
This interview explores the background and concept behind works by Kazunori Hamana featured in the exhibition The lens within your heart from the Takeuchi Collection at WHAT Museum...
Oliver Lee Jackson in Conversation with Harry Cooper
March 16, 2024
On the occasion of Machines for the Spirit, Oliver Lee Jackson’s premier solo exhibition with the gallery and his first in Los Angeles since 1982, BLUM is pleased to present a conversation with the artist and Harry Cooper, Curator of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC...
Marjani Fortè-Saunders and Devon Cunningham Activate Simphiwe Ndzube’s "Chorus"
December 2, 2023
On the occasion of Simphiwe Ndzube’s solo exhibition Chorus, BLUM Los Angeles presents a series of activations...
Nowness | Private View: Lonnie Holley
October 18, 2023
On the occasion of Lonnie Holley's presentation with BLUM at Paris+ par Art Basel, Nowness today premieres a new short film featuring the artist-musician in his Atlanta studio...
"Pictures Girls Make": Portraitures | A Panel Discussion
September 9, 2023
In celebration of the opening of "Pictures Girls Make": Portraitures, Blum & Poe is pleased to present a conversation between exhibition curator Alison M. Gingeras and artists Clarity Haynes, Andrew LaMar Hopkins, and Chris Oh...
Louisiana Channel: Alexander Tovborg: Welcome to the Mystery
June 15, 2023
Alexander Tovborg is a Danish artist known for his monumental works that delve into themes of spirituality and faith. In a film documenting the process of constructing his extensive solo exhibition titled The Church at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Tovborg explains how fantasy, mythology, and religion have shaped him as a person and as an artist...
On Thornton Dial: Richard Dial, Essence Harden, and Umar Rashid
May 20, 2023
On the occasion of Thornton Dial's first major presentation in Los Angeles, Blum & Poe is pleased to present a conversation with the artist's son, sculptor Richard Dial; curator Essence Harden; and artist Umar Rashid on the life and work of the late artist...
New in Broadcasts: In the Studio with Julian Hoeber
April 14, 2023
Blum & Poe Broadcasts presents a look inside Julian Hoeber's studio as he prepares for his 2023 exhibition I Went to See Myself but I Saw You at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles...
RAM Galleri: Acaye Kerunen in conversation with Joakim Borda
April 14, 2023
Acaye Kerunen sits down with Joakim Borda, director of RAM Galleri, before the opening of Kerunen's exhibition Sacred Rain, to discuss her practice and the work on view at RAM...
KCET: Desert X 2023: Matt Johnson
April 6, 2023
Los Angeles-based artist Matt Johnson's piece for Desert X 2023 titled Sleeping Figure situates a cubist rendition of a sleeping figure made with shipping containers between two of Southern California's main distribution arteries—a railway and the 10 Freeway...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Crossings: The Complex Legacy of Robert Colescott
February 23, 2023
Join a visual artist and scholars as they reflect on the lasting impact of artist Robert Colescott’s groundbreaking work and the power that artists have in reinterpreting dominant historical narratives, specifically those that have excluded Black bodies and identities...
On Alma Allen: A Walkthrough with Douglas Fogle
February 18, 2023
On the occasion of the 2023 edition of Frieze Los Angeles, Blum & Poe presents a walkthrough of Alma Allen's recent exhibition at the Los Angeles gallery, led by writer and curator Douglas Fogle...
Getty Museum: The Alternative Histories of Artist Umar Rashid
February 13, 2023
Artist and filmmaker Umar Rashid joins Jeffrey Spier, senior curator of antiquities, to discuss the driving forces behind his work, from the ancient world to colonial America...
Brooklyn Rail | Ryan Sullivan and Jason Rosenfeld, with Kelly Hoffer
January 23, 2023
Artist Ryan Sullivan joins Brooklyn Rail Editor-at-Large Jason Rosenfeld for a conversation...
MoMA PS1: Umar Rashid: Sink or Synchronize
November 1, 2022
Umar Rashid discusses a new sculpture conceived for his exhibition at MoMA PS1, Ancien Regime Change 4, 5, and 6...
Kenjiro Okazaki in Conversation with Ryo Sawayama and Andrew Maerkle
October 31, 2022
On the occasion of Kenjiro Okazaki's solo exhibition TOPICA PICTUS Revisited: Forty Red, White, And Blue Shoestrings And A Thousand Telephones, and in conjunction with Art Week Tokyo 2022, Blum & Poe unveils a special program online...
New in Broadcasts: In the Studio with Ha Chong-hyun
October 17, 2022
On the occasion of Ha Chong-hyun's 2022 exhibition at the Los Angeles gallery, Blum & Poe Broadcasts is pleased to present a look into the artist's studio in Seoul, South Korea...
Louisiana Channel: Friedrich Kunath: The Way I Work
August 26, 2022
Meet German artist Friedrich Kunath in this personal interview about his work, life and overcoming numerous obstacles along the way...
A Conversation with Daria Halprin, Janice Ross, and Laura Whitcomb
July 30, 2022
Alongside the exhibition Three Landscapes: JB Blunk, Anna and Lawrence Halprin, Blum & Poe presents a conversation with Daria Halprin, scholar Janice Ross, and curator Laura Whitcomb...
New in Broadcasts: Still Dance Activation by Daria Halprin
July 30, 2022
Blum & Poe Broadcasts presents a still dance activation performed by Daria Halprin, co-directed by Daria Halprin & Ruthanna Hopper, on July 30, 2022 at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles...
Lonnie Holley in Conversation with Jane Fonda
July 23, 2022
In celebration of What Have They Done with America?, Lonnie Holley’s first exhibition in Los Angeles, Blum & Poe is pleased to present a conversation with Holley and two-time Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, and activist Jane Fonda...
Alvaro Barrington and Angie Martinez in Conversation
April 24, 2022
On the occasion of 91–98 jfk–lax border, Alvaro Barrington's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Blum & Poe is pleased to present a conversation with Barrington and Angie Martinez...
Musée d'Orsay: Mohamed Bourouissa's Hommage à Baudelaire
March 23, 2022
On the occasion of the bicentennial of Charles Baudelaire’s birth on April 9, 1821, the Musée d’Orsay celebrates the leading 19th century poet by hosting a series of weekly readings by creative figures from all over the world...
Alvaro Barrington: 91–98 jfk–lax border
March 12, 2022
A generation who saw the pain in the eyes and the souls of their mothers, fathers, aunties, uncles, and neighbors began to reimagine how to address these issues when the larger structural solution was locking us up. In L.A., Dr. Dre and Snoop made the less dangerous chronic cool...
