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For a very big stretch of our tenure as The Comedy Bureau, we’ve always dreamt (and thusly attempt to manifest) comedians giving a tour of an art museum or an art exhibition. There have been hints of such things over the years (B.J. Novak snuck his own version of an audio tour into an art museum way before The Office), but we feel that there is such a great intersection of the art and comedy worlds that could create something really magical with a bit more traffic (i.e. comedy could take itself a little more seriously and art could be sillier and more self-effacing)

Leave it to art critic and comedian Christina Catherine Martinez to do something brilliant yet again and set herself to do a tour of an actual art exhibition at MOCA as a character. Hence, this weekend, there will be Christina Catherine Martinez presents: Stephanie presents: Tala Madini. Christina will be donning an alter-ego of mononym art publicist Stephanie diving into the very real and profound work of Tala Madani in its closing week at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in DTLA.

There’s no Super Bowl, awards shows, or whatever else this weekend, so make plans to go to this on Sat. Feb. 18th at 4PM, especially since admission is free.