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Welcome to the LACE Archive

The archives ensure the preservation and availability of an unbroken forty-year record of LACE, the longest-running contemporary artist space in Los Angeles. Many of the historically significant ephemeral practices presented at LACE now only exist as writings, photographic documents, and videotapes. The archives present an irreplaceable collection of these works. The archives also ensure that the work of current artists will remain part of a rich historical record. The archives make the history of LACE accessible to the public and link the organization’s rich past with a vibrant future. 

Searchable Online Archive: 1978 - Now

A comprehensive list of exhibitions, performances, events, screenings, benefit auctions, lectures, and news, are searchable here through the LACE Online Archive. Most participating artist and curator names are also tagged. Images, videos, reviews, and other documentation are continually added.

The Getty and the LACE Archives

In celebration of our 40th Anniversary in 2018, The Getty Research Institute (GRI) acquired the physical archive of LACE. The LACE Records, 1978 to today, covers the first four decades of exhibitions and programs at the institution; future records of the active contemporary art site will be added to the GRI’s collection. The LACE Records include photography, ephemera, correspondence from artists, promotional materials, video documentation of events and performance, and other records. The archive will ultimately be cataloged and digitized by the GRI and made available to researchers.

Press Release

The Archival Impulse: 40 Years at LACE

In 2018, LACE invited artist and curator Matias Viegener to present the Project Room exhibition The Archival Impulse: 40 Years at LACE.  The exhibition was packed with original and printed materials, and visitors could take home examples of publications and ephemera from our 40-year history. 

LACE Publications

Read LACE publications for free by clicking here.

LACE Screening Room | Tell Me About Your Mother

Tell Me About Your Mother: Films by Susan Mogul  LACE Screening Room Thursday, March 6, 2025, 7–9 PM Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Limited free ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 2020-Current Year, LACE, Video Tagged With: Nao Bustamante, Susan Mogul, tell me about your mother, yuchi ma

Emerging Curator Program: 2026 Open Call

The Emerging Curator call for proposals is now open. Applications will be accepted until April 27, 2025. Click here to apply here. The Emerging Curator Program is designed to discover curatorial ... [Read More]

Filed Under: LACE

LACE’s Love Witches Ball

LACE’s Love Witches Ball February 14, 2025, 7–10 PM Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Cash bar / Limited free parking available on site RSVP HERE general ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Performance Tagged With: beck+col, valentines day

Announcing the 2025 Lightning Fund and Jacki Apple Awards

Left to right:  Jeny Amaya, Carmen Argote, Jessica Taylor Bellamy, Sherin Guirguis (photo by Monica Orozco), Zara Kuredjian, Won Ju Lim, noé olivas (photo by Elon Schoenholz), Nancy Popp, Kyoko ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 2020-Current Year, LACE, News Tagged With: Carmen Argote, jacki apple award, Jennifer Moon, Jeny Amaya, Jessica Taylor Bellamy, Kiara Walls, Kyoko Takenaka, Lightning Fund, Nancy Popp, noé olivas, Sherin Guirguis, Won Ju Lim, Zara Kuredjian

“Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics” named Best Art by The New York Times

  "Best Art of 2024" By Holland Cotter "For the third edition of the multi-venue art extravaganza once called “Pacific Standard Time,” now “PST ART,” the Getty Foundation, its funder ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 2020-Current Year, Exhibition, News Tagged With: 2024, Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics, best art, new york times, pst art

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Announcing the 2025 Lightning Fund and Jacki Apple Awards

“Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics” named Best Art by The New York Times

“Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics” Featured in The New York Times

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As part of a special Mother’s Day celebration in As part of a special Mother’s Day celebration in 1990, Freshly Wrapped Candies headlined a two-night celebration of motherhood at LACE, featuring an eclectic group of artists, musicians, poets, and performers. 

Among them was Anna Homler (@homlerian), who will be performing with Jeff Schwartz and David Javelosa (@microwave_buddha) during “ENDURANCE” next Sunday, May 17. 

Pictured here: Freshly Wrapped Candies performing; swipe to see the event’s flyer. Wishing a lovely weekend to all the moms and mother figures!
Printed Matter’s 2025 LA Art Book Fair is happen Printed Matter’s 2025 LA Art Book Fair is happening soon at the ArtCenter College of Design! From May 15-18, stop by Booth C13 to say hi to the LACE team and browse our publications. 

LAABF (@printedmatter_artbookfairs) features artists and collectives, small presses, institutions, galleries, and much more. Check out their website for a full calendar of events. We hope to see you there! @printedmatterinc
Happening May 16 and 17, “ENDURANCE” presents Happening May 16 and 17, “ENDURANCE” presents performance art and interdisciplinary work by elder artists. 🔶 

Pictured here is “BLACK GOLD/FEVER,” a 2011 multi-media performance by Ulysses Jenkins. The performance called back to the artist’s 1980 piece, also performed at LACE, entitled “Columbus Day: a doggerel.” Utilizing dance, video projections, music, and spoken word, “BLACK GOLD/FEVER” measured the toll placed upon the environment and Indigenous peoples. 

See Ulysses Jenkins and the Dark Bob as part of “ENDURANCE.” This event is free to attend with RSVP. Tickets are going quickly, and LACE has created a wait list to accommodate interest. Click the link in our bio for more information. 

Please note: Because seating is very limited for this program, we ask that if you can no longer attend, you release your ticket so someone else may attend. Performance line-up subject to change.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at the @latimes Festival of Books this past weekend! 

And a big shout-out to our friends in the @latimesfob booth, who are always doing vital work: @centerforlanduseinterpretation, Equitable Vitrines, @gyopo.us and @lapovertydepartment. 

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