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Tuesday, March 1st

11 am- 5 pm [LA]
exhibit: 'Fair Use: Appropriation in Recent Film'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: 'Fair Use' features works displayed on video monitors in the museum's lobby gallery. Presenting varied strategies of appropriation and sampling in film and video from the last decade, the exhibit explores the exceedingly prevalent redirection and alteration of existing media. These processes resonate in works by artists who treat media as raw material and who turn the tools and products of a system of information distribution against itself. Through May 29th.

6 pm [LA]
conversation: 'Thing: New Sculpture from LA'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: Gallery talk in relation to the exhibit. With artists Olga Koumoundouros, Renee Lotenero, Nathan Mabry.

630 pm [LA]
tour: 'Brand New School'
Brand New School (2415 Michigan Avenue, building H; Santa Monica)
info: 818-558-3968 [AIGA LA]; aigala@vel.net
detail: Studio tour of Brand New School. Brand New School is a bicoastal studio of designers, film makers, illustrators and photographers working in all fields of commercial art. For its creatives, it is a school that provides an opportunity to learn new things using other people's money. For its clients, it is a place to spend money to get new things. Call by Monday, February 28, to reserve your seat. Tickets are $20 and you can use your credit card to pay. AIGA members will receive preferential seating. You can only register by phone. No registrations on site. Please provide your phone number and email address in order to receive timely confirmation. Do not attend without confirmation as seating is limited. A confirmation of your reservation will be sent to you via email, along with location and parking information. Hurry, only 30 tickets are available and this event will sell out quickly… so register today!

7 pm [LA]
lecture: 'Thing: New Sculpture from LA'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: 'The Good, the bad, and the very Bad: A Critic Talks about Contemporary Art and Criticism'. With Jerry Saltz [Art Critic; Village Voice].