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2010 in review: Christopher Knight on art

Anchored -- literally and figuratively -- by giant stone portrait-heads of remarkable individuality, this first-ever West Coast survey of powerful work from Mesoamerican antiquity provided an impressive inauguration for the new Resnick Exhibition Pavilion's galleries.

Anchored -- literally and figuratively -- by giant stone portrait-heads of remarkable individuality, this first-ever West Coast survey of powerful work from Mesoamerican antiquity provided an impressive inauguration for the new Resnick Exhibition Pavilion’s galleries.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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In chronological order of their opening, these are the 10 California museum shows I enjoyed most in 2010 (the last five are still on view).

'Siqueiros: Landscape Painter,' Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach.

This surprising, in-depth analysis of the Mexican Modernist’s often experimental landscape paintings shows how David Alfaro Siqueiros put the “geo” into geopolitical art.  (Luis Garza / Autry National Center)

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