Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Best Exhibitions and Art Hot Spots in Los Angeles to Visit This Summer | Vogue

"Billed as the first survey of Asian American artists at a major Los Angeles contemporary art museum, "Scratching at the Moon" gathers the work of 13 artists in Los Angeles over the last five decades. The show (on view through July 28) began, in part, as a response to the increase in attacks on Asian Americans in 2020, amid false rhetoric about the pandemic. Across many mediums, the works confront identity formation, immigration, cultural assimilation, gentrification, family dynamics, and much more. Don’t miss the voyeuristic yet melancholy photographs of solitary audience members in Berlin adult-movie theaters by Dean Sameshima, who’s found many new fans with works from the same series at this year’s Venice Biennale." - Lisa Wong Macabasco