Artist, curator, filmmaker, and activist Elsa Flores met “Los Four” artist Carlos Almaraz (1941–1989) in Los Angeles in the 1970s. They married, and collaborated on the landmark mural California Dreamscape. This weekend, Flores will join Howard Fox—curator of  PLAYING WITH FIRE: PAINTINGS BY CARLOS ALMARAZ, at LACMA—for a conversation about the life and work of Almaraz, and present a sneak peak of the new documentary Carlos in Wonderland, directed by Flores and Richard J. Montoya. PLAYING WITH FIRE is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a citywide exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.

ELSA FLORES AND HOWARD FOX IN CONVERSATION, Sunday, August 6, at 1 pm.

BING THEATER, LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.

PLAYING WITH FIRE—PAINTINGS BY CARLOS ALMARAZ, through December 3.

LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.

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Catalogue (pictured below) written and edited by Howard Fox, with contributions from Elsa Flores Almaraz, Marielos Kluk, and MayaAlmaraz. Image credit: LACMA.