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.
upcoming Events
recent Events
- 04.09.18Spring Launch Event
with Lex Brown and Leslie Dick - 03.11.18Andrea Fraser / Lecture at ICA LA
- 02.07.18X-TRA seeks interns
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Martine Syms / Screening and Conversation
X-TRA presents Artist Writes #3
MARTINE SYMS
Incense Sweaters & Ice
Screening & ConversationSunday, April 29, 2018
7 pm
356 Mission
356 S. Mission Rd, Los AngelesIn conjunction with the publication of Martine Syms’s contribution to X-TRA Artist Writes and in partnership with 356 Mission, we are excited to present the Los Angeles premiere of Syms’s film Incense Sweaters & Ice, followed by the artist in conversation with curator Erin Christovale.
This program is part of X-TRA’s Artist Writes series, commissioned essays and lectures …
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Spring Launch Event
with Lex Brown and Leslie DickSpring Launch Event
A screening, reading and conversation with Lex Brown and Leslie DickX-TRA presents a screening and reading by artist Lex Brown, followed by a conversation with writer Leslie Dick, discussing Lex’s work and her artist’s project for X-TRA 20.3 Spring 2018.
Monday April 9, 2018
7:00 – 9:00 pm
at OOF Books
912 Cypress Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90065Join us to celebrate the spring issue.
Free and open to the public.
Thanks to OOF for hosting!
Lex Brown is an interdisciplinary artist whose work plays …
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XX-TRA 20th Anniversary Benefit
20th Anniversary Benefit Party
and Auction ClosingCelebrate and help build a strong future for X-TRA.
Support new critical writing, artist’s projects and contemporary art discourse.Join us for artwork viewing and bidding, cocktail sipping, music, and a chance to win an *artwork.
ARTISTS FOR X-TRA
Jennifer Bolande • Nancy Baker Cahill • Carolina Caycedo • Kate Costello • Charles Gaines • Michelle Grabner • Todd Gray • Sherin Guergis • Richard Hawkins • Stefan Heyne • Alex …
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Andrea Fraser / Lecture at ICA LA
Andrea Fraser presents this lecture in conjunction with her essay for X-TRA, “Toward a Reflexive Resistance.” in which she considers the structural positions of the Left and Right in relation to cultural capital and power in the wake of the elections of 2016. The essay discusses how artists and arts institutions both challenge and reinforce established relations of power, and the importance of critical reflexivity in the face of complex forms of domination.
Thanks to our host, ICA LA!
This event is free …
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X-TRA seeks interns
LA-based art journal seeks interns.
Gain work experience at the longest running non-profit contemporary art journal in LA.We are a small operation, and interns help with a wide range of tasks. This is an office position assisting the Associate Managing Editor and Executive Director. Responsibilities include updating the website and social media sites, researching and procuring images and rights, event support and interests of individuals.
The position is unpaid, however credit can be arranged for students. The ideal candidate can work approximately …
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X-TRA Thanks for the Anniversary Celebration and Party Pics!!
Dear friends of X-TRA—
Thank you so much for coming out to celebrate our 20th Anniversary on Friday!
It was a fabulous party and we were so happy for the opportunity to celebrate everyone
who has played a part in X-TRA since 1997.A special thanks to our raffle-players and congratulations to our raffle-winners!
If you weren’t able to make the party, please show your support. Renew your membership or make a fully tax-deductible donation in support of our 20th Anniversary year and the future to …
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2018
- 02.07.18
X-TRA seeks interns - 03.11.18
Andrea Fraser / Lecture at ICA LA - 04.09.18
Spring Launch Event
with Lex Brown and Leslie Dick - 04.29.18
Martine Syms / Screening and Conversation - 05.01.18
XX-TRA 20th Anniversary Benefit
- 02.07.18
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2017
- 01.18.17
Screening and Conversation with Aria Dean, Erin Chrisotvale, and Ulysses Jenkins - 01.23.17
CALL FOR INTERNS - 02.11.17
grantLOVE x Alisa Ratner prints to benefit X-TRA - 02.25.17
X-TRA presents ARTISTS’ BOOKS CHANGE LIVES at LAABF 2017 - 04.22.17
X-TRA Spring Launch Event: The Heart and the Halt - 06.30.17
A.L. Steiner
ARTIST WRITES Lecture #1 - 08.03.17
X-TRA Summer Event
Looking at Performance: Guts, Lust and Kinks - 08.31.17
20th Anniversary Reader Sale - 09.05.17
CALL FOR INTERNS - 10.07.17
Say Hello to the 20th Volume of XX-TRA! - 11.10.17
Fall Launch Event: with Candice Lin and Miljohn Ruperto - 11.21.17
Give a little XX-TRA this year. - 12.01.17
X-TRA Thanks for the Anniversary Celebration and Party Pics!!
- 01.18.17
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2016
- 02.13.16
Immaterials and Proposals at the LA Art Book Fair - 02.19.16
MEET & GREET 2016 - 03.13.16
LA in the AUGHTS: Benefit Auction and Party for X-TRA - 04.23.16
X-TRA Spring Launch! - 06.16.16
Call for submissions - 07.17.16
X-TRA Editions: MARK HAGEN - 07.17.16
Summer Launch: Hole Up with
X-TRA & Mark Hagen at ARTBOOK - 08.07.16
Walkthrough of Barbara Kasten: Stages with Susanna Newbury - 08.15.16
READER SURVEY - 09.15.16
X-TRA at NY ART BOOK FAIR - 10.22.16
Art Book Fair in Chinatown - 11.03.16
X-TRA Fall Launch with Sarah Conaway, Travis Diehl and Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal - 12.31.16
Art Isn’t Easy: End of Year Fundraiser and Membership Drive
- 02.13.16
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2015
- 01.29.15
X-TRA and Project X at the LA ART BOOK FAIR! - 01.30.15
The Benefit of Friends Collected, Vol. 2: Book Fair Reception - 01.31.15
1 IMAGE 1 MINUTE at the LAABF - 03.11.15
Project X Forum 1: The First Show, 1992 - 03.18.15
Panel Discussion: On Art Practice, Theory, and the PhD. - 03.18.15
Project X Desk Writer in Residence: Christiane Kues - 04.15.15
Project X Forum 2: FAR Bazaar - 05.09.15
X-TRA Spring Launch: The Conversation - 05.19.15
Project X Forum 3: XTREME Research - 05.28.15
The Benefit of Friends Collected
Panel and White Elephant Party - 06.30.15
Project X Forum 4: Suitably Appointed - 07.29.15
Project X Forum 5: Revisiting “Program for Paradise” - 08.19.15
Project X Forum 6: Pair-A-Sites,
with Charles Gaines and Kerry Tribe - 10.14.15
Project X Forum 8: Lost and Found with Nao Bustamante, Soo Kim, and HK Zamani - 10.19.15
X-TRA Launch: Fall together - 11.09.15
Xtreme Archive: Project X 1992-1999 - 11.21.15
Project X Forum 9: East of Eden, Profane Gardens - 11.24.15
Spend Money on Amazon, Amazon Gives X-TRA Money - 12.09.15
XTREME Launch Party!
- 01.29.15
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2014
- 01.29.14
SCALE: Launch Event for X-TRA 16.2 - 02.02.14
Cadavere Quotidiano: The first Project X Projects Paperback - 02.28.14
LA in the 90s : Benefit Auction and Party for X-TRA and Project X - 04.26.14
Cadavere Telephone: X-TRA and Cadavere Quotidiano Launch Party - 04.30.14
2014 X-TRA Reader Survey! - 06.28.14
Artist’s Tag Sale - 08.24.14
X-TRA Summer Launch in Berlin - 09.15.14
The Project X Desk at Outpost@Armory: Johanna Hedva - 09.17.14
X-TRA and Project X at Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair - 09.26.14
X-TRA and Project X at Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair - 10.13.14
HELL: Shanaynay Library Party and Cadavere Quotidiano Paris Launch - 10.28.14
Panel Discussion: What does art practice have to do with political activism? - 11.01.14
X-TRA Fall Launch: Leslie Dick and Zackary Drucker in conversation
- 01.29.14
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2013
- 02.01.13
X-TRA at Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair - 02.13.13
X-TRA at the College Art Association Conference in New York - 04.04.13
X-TRA presents Dont Rhine and Clean Needles Now - 04.21.13
The X-TRA Art Sale - 08.14.13
The Summer Event!: Conversation and Beer. - 11.03.13
Destruction! And Monsters! Fall Launch Party and Screening - 12.31.13
3 Ways to Make X-TRA’s Year End Right.
- 02.01.13
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2012
- 01.24.12
X-TRA presents Chinese Cocktail, a concert by Robert Wilhite - 02.23.12
The Kitchen Table, reprise - 06.10.12
Surfing & Smoking - 07.20.12
Immaterials and Proposals, part deux - 09.27.12
X-TRA at the NY Art Book Fair - 10.01.12
15 Years in 15 Days: Day 1/ Stephen Berens presents The Los Angeles Times and Me - 10.01.12
X-TRA’s 15 Years in 15 Days - 10.02.12
15 Years in 15 Days: Day 2 / Why Start An Art Magazine Now? (1997 / 2012) - 10.03.12
15 Years in 15 Days: Day 3 / Debate Drawing Party - 10.04.12
15 Years in 15 Days: Day 4 / MAK Center to support ARTISTS + INSTITUTIONS: Common Ground “What is the Common Ground for Artists and Institutions?” - 10.05.12
15 Years in 15 Days: Day 5 / Revisiting the revisiting of feminism. - 10.06.12
15 Years in 15 Days: Day 6 / X-TRA celebrates MATERIAL. - 10.07.12
15 Years in 15 Days: Day 7 / Jan Tumlir presents Black and White Paintings and Albums, a talk with images and music. - 10.08.12
William Leavitt presents Habitat - 10.09.12
Micol Hebron presents 1 Image 1 Minute - 10.10.12
The Art of Criticism, a panel discussion Organized and moderated by Damon Willick with Sharon Mizota, Doug Harvey, and Aram Moshayedi. - 10.11.12
“Country Lessons” hosted by Vanessa Place - 10.12.12
Performance: Leslie Dick’s “Boundary Lines” & PDAs by CamLab - 10.13.12
FIRE IN THE LIBRARY: FIND BIG MIND, a cross discipline talk influenced by the work of Eugenia Butler - 10.14.12
Chinese Cocktail listening party with Robert Wilhite - 10.14.12
X-TRA=XV CAKE PARTY!!! - 12.06.12
X-TRA hosts Happy Hour at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum - 12.14.12
Launch Event: X-TRA at Armory Center for the Arts with Marcos Lutyens
- 01.24.12
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2011
- 01.28.11
X-TRA’s 1 IMAGE 1 MINUTE 2011 - 04.02.11
Screening of the films of Gary Beydler - 05.02.11
Amazon will donate to X-TRA every time you buy something using our link! - 09.25.11
Artists & Writers Picnic - 10.11.11
X-TRA at The Bash, the Co/Lab party for Art Platform - 12.08.11
Immaterials and Proposals at Human Resources
- 01.28.11
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1997
- 01.01.97
X-TRA Contributors
- 01.01.97