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99-year-old LA artist Luchita Hurtado gets first solo retrospective at LACMA
Rising to fame in the art world, especially for women, is no easy feat. Rising to the level of having your first solo retrospective at a renowned museum the same year you turn 100 -- impossible.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 1 min readRising to fame in the art world, especially for women, is no easy feat. Rising to the level of having your first solo retrospective at a renowned museum the same year you turn 100 -- impossible. Until now.
Luchita Hurtado is the Venezuelen-born, Santa Monica-based artist who just hit it big. She’s 99 years old. Her big retrospective is at LACMA right now, titled “I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn.”
Luchita Hurtado,
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(2019). Ink on paper, 29.75 x 22.25 inches. Image courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, © Luchita Hurtado. Photo credit: Jeff McLane.
Luchita Hurtado,
Untitled
, c. 1951, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Janet Dreisen Rappaport through the 2019 Collectors Committee, © Luchita Hurtado, courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo credit: Jeff McLane.
