As a platform for provoking critical discourse about contemporary art,
X-TRA hosts events throughout the year, including artists’ talks, readings, conversations, performances, and film and video screenings. We have co-produced events in collaboration with the following venues and organizations: For Your Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena; College Art Association; Human Resources, Los Angeles; Barnsdall Art Park; Chapman University; Creative Arts Agency; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE); Mandrake; Honor Fraser Gallery; and the Art Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair.

  • LA in the 90s : Benefit Auction and Party for X-TRA and Project X

    February 28, 2014 Preview at 6:30. General entry: 7:30 - 11:00 pm Night Gallery
    2276 EAST 16TH STREET, LA 90021

    L.A. in the NINETIES
    Benefit Auction and Party for X-TRA and Project X

    View Auction and Bid on Paddle8
    Purchase Tickets
    [Please note, tickets will be available at the door,
    but we strongly urge you to get them now to avoid long lines at the door.]

    Auction
    40 artworks made in L.A. in the Nineties
    Hosted by Paddle8

    Founded in the 1990s in Los Angeles, X-TRA and Project X Foundation provide platforms for critical art dialogue. Now the ...

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  • Cadavere Quotidiano: The first Project X Projects Paperback

    February 1, 2014 3 - 4 pm LA ART BOOK FAIR at MOCA

    Cadavere Quotidiano
    A daily mourning

    Conceived and organized by Paul Becker, Alex Cecchetti
    and Francesco Pedraglio.

    A Project X Project
    Published by Project X Foundation for Art & Criticism, Edited by Shana Lutker

    Cadavere Quotidiano is structured as a straight anthology of writers and artists preoccupied with the lumbering nature of the object and its relation to the written word.

    With: Ed Atkins, Becky Beasley, Paul Becker, Matthieu Bulte, Alex Cecchetti, Arjuna Cecchetti, Simone Ciclitira, M Dean, Tim Etchells, Johannes Fa, Melissa Gordon, Alex ...

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  • SCALE: Launch Event for X-TRA 16.2

    Wednesday, January 29, 2014 7:30-9:30pm Hosted by Los Angeles Contemporary Archive and François Ghebaly Gallery
    at 2245 E Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90021

    Scale
    A collaborative presentation of a vast array of work grappling with size and scape

    Wednesday January 29, 2014
    at 7:30pm

    Hosted by
    Los Angeles Contemporary Archive and François Ghebaly Gallery
    in the lounge
    at the new Ghebaly space
    2245 E Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90021

    In honor of the Winter issue, we’ve asked Jon Leaver to host a presentation of readings and screenings thematically tied to his feature essay in the issue.
    Warm up to the Printed Matter Art Book Fair weekend with a cozy program ...

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  • 3 Ways to Make X-TRA’s Year End Right.

    Now until the end of the year Right here at x-traonline.org!

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  • Destruction! And Monsters! Fall Launch Party and Screening

    November 3, 2013 7 - 9 pm Armory Center for the Arts
    145 North Raymond Avenue
    Pasadena, CA 91103

    Destruction! And Monsters!
    X-TRA Fall Launch Party & Screening

    Celebrate the decidedly monstrous fall issue of X-TRA.
    Join us for a themed screening of selections from the issue’s writers and artists!

    X-TRA presents a selection of materials that rides the dark current running through the new issue.

    Mike Kelley, excerpts from Day is Done, 2005/2006
    Candice Lin, Whole New Animal, 2012
    Animal Charm, Edge TV, 2008
    Théâtre du Soleil, exceprt from Le Dernier Caravansérail
    (Odyssées) (The Last Caravan Stop [Odysseys]), 2003
    Intermission: Dina Kelberman, Smoke and Fire

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  • The Summer Event!: Conversation and Beer.

    Wednesday August 14 7 - 9 pm Verdugo Bar
    3408 VERDUGO ROAD, LA CA 90065

    ! THE SUMMER EVENT !

    X-TRA punches out our 15th volume with a toast to our contributors and readers.

    In Conversation: The Colby Poster Archive collaborators in another round!

    FEATURING Brian Roettinger vs. Jan Tumlir

    WED. AUG. 14 2013 * 7PM *

    VERDUGO BAR 3408 VERDUGO ROAD, LA CA 90065

     

    X-TRA Issues! Specials! Posters! Raffles! Drinks!

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