Joan Didion: What She Means” opens at the UCLA Hammer Museum
Less than a year after Joan Didion’s death at 87, the exhibition, “Joan Didion: What She Means” opened at University of California, Los Angeles’s Hammer Museum. The exhibition was organized by New York contributor, Hilton Als, featuring about 50 artists with over 200 works. The exhibit opened on Oct. 11 and its last day will be Jan. 22, 2023.
Heavily inspired by Ernest Hemingway, Didion was seen as the “New Journalist” and was best known for her essays about her time growing up in Sacramento, California. A California native and English graduate of University of California, Berkeley, she has published several works including “Play It as It Lays,” “The White Album” and “Slouching Towards Bethlehem.” She has even written screenplays such as “A Star Is Born” and “True Confessions.” Her work was revolutionary and groundbreaking reflecting 1960s and 1970s culture, delving into love, friendships, nostalgia and more.
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