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Everyfew years inJanuary, as if on the heels of a fresh set ofNew

Ye ar’sresolutions, the L.A. Art Show tweaks its identity, unfurling across the Los Angeles Conven-

tion Center withrenewed gusto and a slightly revised mission.

When i t debuted in1995 at the Pasadena CivicAuditoriumfeaturing just14 U.S. galleries, the

event focused on historic American and Europeanwork. As the L.A.contemporary art scene began

to swell, the show, too, became decidedly morecontemporary, more international and bigger. This

year the show will host more than 100 galleries from 18 countries, and it expects about70,000 visi-

tors.

But not without reinvention — again.

The 2017 L.A. Art Show, which opensWednesday night,willfor the first timefeat ure on-site pro-

gramming fromeightSoCalartinstitutions: the Broad, the Getty, the LosAngelesCounty Museum

of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Autry Museum of the AmericanWest, the Museum

of Latin American Art in Long Beach and the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Centerin Anaheim, as

well as the UCLA Chicano Studies ResearchCenter. The show will dedicate a50,000-square-foot

spacefor these cultural groups to stage performances and installations aswell a s live art talks as

part of thedail y “DialogsL.A.” series.

“Los Angeles is elevating in theworld of arts, and the contemporary art

EUGENIAVARGAS-PEREIRA’S“Talking Head Transmitters” will be presentedby Muzeo Museum.

EugeniaVargas-PereiraL.A. Art Show

L.A. Art Show

gets rewired

Major SoCal museums will have performances

and installations at the event this year — a first

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BYDEBORAHVANKIN>>>

“La La Land,” “Moon-

light” and “Manchester by

the Sea” havespent the last

several weeks bulldozing

through theawards season,

ensuring their spots in the

Oscar best picture race.

But what other movies

will be joining them?Tues-

day’s Producers Guild of

America nominations for

feature film provideda hint

of what might happen when

Oscar nominations are an-

nouncedJan. 24.

In addition tothe afore-

mentioned trio offilms, PGA

voters nominated“Arrival,”

“Deadpool,” “Fences,”

“HacksawRidge,” “Hell or

HighWater,” “Hidden Fig-

ures” and “Lion.”

Notable movies left off

the list:Martin Scorsese’s

profound exploration of

faith, “Silence”; PabloLar-

raín’s superb look at political

myth-making,“Jackie”; and

Jeff Nichols’ moving civil

rights drama, “Loving.”

But— not to get all movie

snobby onyou —they had

room for the subversive

comic book movie “Dead-

pool.”

The “Deadpool” nod,

combined with theWriters

Guildrecognition the movie

received last week, might

lead sometothinkthat the

loud, lewdand extremely vi-

olent, attitude-driven movie

couldearnanOscar nomi-

nation too. Probablynot. For

one thing, PGAvoters have

historically showna willing-

PRODUCERSGUILDAWARDS

A raunchy

superhero

has his day

“DEADPOOL,”with

Ryan Reynolds, makes

the producers’ list.

David Dolsen20th Century Fox

‘Deadpool’gets in

with the big boys. But

MIA are‘Silence,’

‘Jackie’ and ‘Loving.’

ByGlennWhipp

[SeeProducers,E7]

Apained frown raced

along MatthewMorrison’s

brow. This wasn’t theterror-

izedexpressionof horror we

recallfrom the hit TV show

“Glee” when his Mr. Schues-

ter was under attackbyhis

archenemy gym coach,

playedbyJane Lynch.Nor

theexaggerated,fierce scowl

he sportedrecently on a

Broadway stage, clashing

with Kelsey Grammer’s

Capt. Hook in “Finding

Neverland.”

No, thiswas theresigned

look of the weary home-

ownerrealizing more bills

are on theway. Morrison, 38,

was backfromthe Chelsea

neighborhood in Manhat-

tan, where heandwife Renee

also live,tohiscozycom-

pound in the Hollywood

“‘GLEE’ACTUALLYstoodfor something ... meant

more to real kids,” actor Matthew Morrison says.

Marcus YamLos Angeles Times

Still powered by

song after ‘Glee’

MatthewMorrison is

singingBroadwayhits

on tour and hopingfor

his dreamrole.

ByChristopher Smith

[SeeMorrison,E5]

Intersection of

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