Happy Monday.
The New York Times ran a special section on museums this past weekend, featuring more than 20 articles about how museums across the country are striving to give visitors more to see, do and feel. did.
I highly recommend viewing the entire series. One of the articles looks at how museums can make better use of their outdoor space. The other focuses on a museum dedicated to the history and science of nuclear weapons. It also includes summaries of joint exhibitions by his two museums on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
We also have a long list of American museums to visit this year, including some on the West Coast, and a guide to new and exciting museum programs for kids.
And of course, there's a lot going on in the California art world. Below are some highlights.
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The Broad in Los Angeles will open a major exhibition on May 25th encompassing 20 years of work by Mickalene Thomas, an artist who explored the image of black women long before it became so popular.
Los Angeles gallerist Suzanne Wilmetter, who had her first solo exhibition with Thomas in 2007, said, “We now understand how radical her work was when I first showed her.'' “It's difficult,” he told colleague Robin Pogrebin. “I can’t think of a single artist at the time who painted portraits of black women from the perspective of female desire.”
And before we leave, we have some good news
15-year-old Ivy Nguyen was recently honored for saving a teenage boy from drowning. She was presented with a certificate of recognition from the City of Santa Ana.
Last summer, she performed CPR on a friend who passed out in a pool. She relied on her first aid training she received as a Girl Scout, she said.
“That showed me a different side of me,” Ivey told KABC-TV. “Even when I’m under pressure, I can actually do the right thing and stand up and do the right thing.”
thank you for reading. I'll be back tomorrow. — Soumya
PS it's here today's mini crossword.
bernard mocam and brianna scalia Contributed to California Today. You can reach the team at CAtoday@nytimes.com.
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