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John Simmons's "A Matter of Things Seen" - Opening Reception

A Matter of Things Seen
Matter Studio Gallery
5080 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90019
Sunday, January 11, 2026 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free

John Simmons's most recent art exhibition "A Matter of Things Seen" explores how injustice and inequality show up in everyday scenes across different ethnocultural and socioeconomic communities. These moments, these Matters of Things Seen—quiet, joyful, harsh, or tender—become evidence of what matters, what is dismissed, and what is at risk of being forgotten.

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