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LACMA REUNITES TREASURES FROM WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST’S FAMED COLLECTION

Extraordinary Selection of Arms and Armor, Silver, Paintings, and Tapestries on View

Los Angeles—The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Hearst the Collector, an unprecedented exhibition that reunites approximately 150 of the best works of art from the media tycoon's vast and varied holdings. William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), one of the most flamboyant collectors of all time, assembled a massive and distinguished collection that was largely dispersed and sold during a liquidity crisis in the late 1930s. Primarily as a result of the negative portrayal in Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane —a dark reinvention of Hearst’s life—the collection never received its due acclaim. Now, with many of the most significant objects brought together once more, Hearst is finally revealed as an accomplished and discriminating collector. (Read more.)

November 2008 | PDF: 118Kb


Current Exhibitions

LACMA Reunites Treasures from William Randolph Hearst's Famed Collection
May 2008 | PDF: 69Kb

LACMA Explores the Construction of Celebrity through the Enduring Portraits of Vanity Fair
July 2008 | PDF: 115Kb

LACMA Offers a Contemporary View of Sport and Masculinity
June 2008 | PDF: 46Kb

West Coast Premiere of Francis Alÿs's Fabiola Portraits at LACMA
June 2008 | PDF: 58Kb


Upcoming Exhibitions

LACMA Features First U.S. Exhibition to Examine the Complexity of Art Developed During the Cold War in East and West Germany
July 2008 | PDF: 134Kb

LACMA Presents Masterworks from Arts and Crafts Movement
November 2008 | PDF: 61.6Kb

LACMA Presents Opulent Portraits, Frescoes, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts Excavated from Lost City
November 2008 | PDF: 39.9Kb

Advance Exhibition Schedule
September 2008 | PDF: 68Kb


Permanent Collection Installations

Advance Installation Schedule
September 2008 | PDF: 42Kb


Collections & Recent Acquisitions

LACMA and the Fowler Acquire Key Contemporary African Sculpture, El Anatsui's Fading Scroll
October 2008 | PDF: 109Kb

LACMA Receives Major Gift from Wallis Annenberg to Acquire Renowned Collection of 3,500 Photographs
August 2008 | PDF: 46Kb

LACMA Announces Acquisition of Landmark Oceanic Collection
July 2008 | Word doc: 4.4Mb

LACMA Acquires Key Fifteenth Century Venetian Painting; Cima da Conegliano Masterpiece to Anchor High Renaissance Gallery
February 2008 | Word doc: 377Kb

LACMA Acquires Major Collection of Modern Art
December 2007 | PDF: 69Kb

LACMA Acquires Rare Old Master Painting Never Viewed Publicly Until Now
July 2007 | Word doc: 266Kb

Bellows Acquisition Underscores Growing Prominence of LACMA's American Art Department
July 2007 | Word doc: 361Kb

LACMA Acquires Monumental Sculpture by American Artist Richard Serra
May 2007 | PDF: 113Kb

LACMA Acquires Rare Renaissance Statue
January 2007 | PDF: 45Kb

LACMA Receives Major American Realist Painting: Thomas Eakins's Wrestlers
December 2006 | Word doc: 496Kb

Seventy Works from the Permanent Collection of American Paintings Featured in Exhibition in Mexico
September 2006 | Word doc: 43Kb

LACMA Receives Significant Tibetan and Nepalese Artworks from Actor James Coburn and His Wife, Paula
August 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb

LACMA Acquires Madina Collection of Islamic Art
2002

New Acquisitions


LACMA Transformation: Phase II

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Donate $55 Million to LACMA  
September 2008 | PDF: 36Kb

LACMA's Transformation: Phase II
September 2008 | PDF: 31Kb

LACMA Backgrounder
September 2008 | PDF: 33Kb

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Bio
September 2008 | PDF: 11Kb

Michael Govan Bio
September 2008 | PDF: 25Kb

Renzo Piano Bio
September 2008 | PDF: 111Kb

Phase II Image Sheet
September 2008 | PDF: 311Kb


LACMA Transformation: Phase I

More than 60,000 Flock to LACMA to Celebrate the Opening of the New Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM)
February 2008 | PDF: 37.7Kb

LACMA's Transformation
February 2008 | PDF: 105Kb

BCAM at LACMA
February 2008 | PDF: 131Kb

BCAM Design and Construction Fact Sheet
February 2008 | PDF: 36Kb

BP Grand Entrance
February 2008 | PDF: 33.7Kb

Outdoor Installations at LACMA
February 2008 | PDF: 61.3Kb

LACMA Backgrounder
February 2008 | PDF: 40.4Kb

Michael Govan: LACMA Chief Executive Officer and Wallis Annenberg Director
February 2008 | PDF: 24.2Kb

Eli Broad: Founder, The Broad Foundations
February 2008 | PDF: 21Kb

Renzo Piano: Founder, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and Architect, Transformation
February 2008 | PDF: 110Kb

Architect's Statement
February 2008 | PDF: 58.3Kb

Phase I Image Sheet
February 2008 | PDF: 298Kb

BCAM Image Sheet
February 2008 | PDF: 349Kb

Outdoor Installations Image Sheet
February 2008 | 166Kb

LACMA Invites L.A. to Free Community Weekend Celebrating the Opening of BCAM
February 2008 | 38.8Kb

The Broad Foundations
February 2008 | PDF: 21.8Kb

BP Statement
February 2008 | PDF: 22.9Kb

Target Statement
February 2008 | PDF: 22.4Kb

Credit Suisse Statement
February 2008 | PDF: 75.4Kb


Events

LACMA Opens Its Doors to Experimental Group, Machine Project, for One-Day-Only Event
October 2008 | PDF: 34.4Kb

LACMA Heats Up the Start of Summer with Latin Sounds
July 2008 | PDF: 83.6 Kb

LACMA's Free Friday Night Jazz Series Returns Featuring L.A. Legends and Emerging Artists
July 2008 | PDF: 44.2 Kb

LACMA Muse Elevates its Annual Young Directors Night with Art of Film Award
March 2008 | PDF: 35.1Kb

LACMA’s Art Museum Council Presents 51st Annual Art & Architecture Tour
March 2008 | PDF: 44.3Kb

LACMA’s Art Museum Council Presents Wet Paint: Sunday in the Park with Art
March 2008 | PDF: 34.8Kb

LACMA Celebrates Transformation with 2008 Art & Music Concert Series
December 2007 | PDF: 64Kb

LACMA Invites L.A. to ARTscape: Late Night Celebration and All-Access Weekend
May 2007 | PDF: 87Kb

Artwalk After Party Holds Court in Historic Helms Bakery Building
May 2007 | Word doc: 76Kb

LACMA Ignites Cinco de Mayo with the Sizzling Latin Sounds Series
April 2007 | Word doc: 147Kb

L.A. Musicians Take Over Friday Night Jazz
March 2007 | Word doc: 113Kb


Grants & Gifts

LACMA Receives $10 Million Gift from Jane & Marc Nathanson; Gallery to be Named in Their Honor
January 16, 2008 | PDF: 35Kb

BP Donates $25 Million to LACMA as Transformation Campaign Shifts into Phase II
March 6, 2007 | PDF: 56Kb

Over $2 Million Awarded to Three Los Angeles Museums from The James Irvine Foundation
August 2006 | Word doc: 39Kb

LACMA Acquires Rare Porcelains by Auguste Rodin
August 2004


General News

LACMA Announces the Appointment of Three New Trustees to its Board
October 2008 | PDF: 35.5 Kb

Multimedia Tour and Wireless Network Enhance Visitor Experience
October 2008 | PDF: 34.6Kb

LACMA Honors Eli Broad with Role as Life Trustee
June 2008 | PDF: 36.5Kb

More than 60,000 Flock to LACMA to Celebrate the Opening of the New Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM)
February 2008 | PDF: 37.7Kb

LACMA Music Series Awarded First Place by Chamber Music America/ASCAP
February 2008 | 36Kb

LACMA Responds to News of Investigation of Southeast Asian Objects in its Permanent Collection
January 24, 2008 | PDF: 34Kb

LACMA Creates First-of-its-Kind Arts Education Program
November 7, 2007 | PDF: 68Kb

LACMA Announces New Board Chair; Andrew M. Gordon to Lead Board of Trustees through Transformation
October 18, 2007 | PDF: 35Kb

LACMA Receives Long-Term Loan of Important Spanish Colonial Art from Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
July 2007 | Word doc: 104Kb

LACMA Hires New Department Head and Curator of Photography
May 2007 | Word doc: 68Kb

LACMA Board Enhanced by Business and Entertainment Leaders: Barbra Streisand, Anthony N. Pritzker, Willow Bay, Chris DeWolfe Elected as Trustees
February 2007 | Word doc: 48Kb


Archive

LACMA Showcases Los Angeles-Based Chicano Artists from the Collection of Cheech Marin
June 2008 | PDF: 70.7Kb

LACMA Exhibition Features Seminal Street Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia
May 2008 | PDF: 44.9Kb

LACMA Exhibition Showcases Provocative Artworks Created After the Chicano Movement
March 2008 | PDF: 92K

LACMA Hosts Major Collection of Edo-Period Japanese Art
March 2008 | PDF: 96.1Kb

LACMA Exhibition Focuses on Rare—and Provocative—Ensor Print
February 2008 | PDF: 62Kb

Kanemitsu in California during the 1960s and 1970s
February 2008 | PDF: 46.8Kb

A Connoisseur's Delight: Indian Paintings from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection
February 2008 | PDF: 33.6Kb

A Masterpiece Restored: LACMA's Tibetan Painting of Yama and Yami
February 2008 | PDF: 37.8Kb

Greatest Hits of the 60s and 70s; Exhibition Features Southern California Art of an Era
August 19, 2007–March 30, 2008 | PDF: 58Kb

LACMA Explores Dalí's Surrealism from Paintings to Cinema
October 14, 2007–January 6, 2008 | PDF: 198Kb

LACMA Presents 300 Years of Latin American Art in Groundbreaking Exhibition
LACMA Presenta 300 Años de Arte Latinoamericano en una Exposición sin Precedentes
August 5–October 28, 2007 | Word doc: 2.1Mb

Dan Flavin's Light Works Illuminate at LACMA
May 13–August 12, 2007 | Word doc: 180Kb

Tales of Krishna
August 15, 2006–July 31, 2007 | Word doc: 943Kb

Alternative Photographic Perspectives of the West Unveiled in Re-SITE-ing the West
March 4–June 3, 2007 | PDF: 23Kb

Modernism and the American West Intersect in The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950
March 4–June 3, 2007 | PDF: 191Kb

Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images
November 19, 2006–March 4, 2007 | Word doc: 626Kb

LACMA Collaborates with John Baldessari on Exhibition Installation that Turns the World Upside-Down
November 19, 2006–March 4, 2007 | Word doc: 635Kb

Picasso's Greatest Print in All Its States on View for the First Time in the U.S.—Exclusively at LACMA
November 16, 2006–February 25, 2007 | Word doc: 43Kb

LACMA Presents Recently Acquired David Painting Never Seen Publicly Until Now
October 19, 2006–January 21, 2007 | Word doc: 106Kb

Consider This... Project Studio
September 2006 | Word doc: 39Kb

Consider This…
April 9, 2006–January 15, 2007 | Word doc: 994Kb

Masquerade: Role Playing in Self-Portraiture—Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
October 12, 2006–January 7, 2007 | PDF: 90Kb

Long Exposures: Contemporary Photo Essays from the Permanent Collection
October 12, 2006–January 7, 2007 | PDF: 85Kb

Breaking the Mode: Contemporary Fashion from the Permanent Collection
September 17, 2006–January 7, 2007 | Word doc: 1Mb

Glass: Material Matters
April 30–December 10, 2006 | Word doc: 991Kb

Transparent Reflections: Richard Pousette-Dart, Works on Paper, 1940-1992
June 29–September 17, 2006 | Word doc: 1004Kb

David Hockney Portraits
June 11–September 4, 2006 | PDF: 56Kb

Tribute to the Life and Art of Nam June Paik at LACMA
June 2006 | Word doc: 2Mb

A Curator's Eye: The Visual Legacy of Robert A. Sobieszek
May 11–August 20, 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb

Latin Legends, Latin Sounds
April 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb

Five Major Klimt Works on View at LACMA
April 4–June 3, 2006 | PDF: 39Kb

Late Night Birthday Bash Kicks Off Festivity-Filled Weekend
March 2006 | Word doc: 6Mb

LACMA Pulls All-Nighter for 40th Birthday
March 2006| Word doc: 1Mb

LACMA’S Highly Anticipated 12th Annual Muse ArtWalk
March 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb

LACMA Expands Music Department and Offers Four Diverse Music Programs for L.A. Culture Enthusiasts
March 2006 | Word doc: 988Kb

LACMA at 40: Gifts in Honor of the Museum’s Anniversary
January 2006 | PDF: 35Kb

LACMA Announces Latino Arts Initiative; Forges Partnership with UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
October 2004

The Bookshelf at LACMA Opens to the Public
November 2003

LACMA Acquires Major Works of Art Through the Generosity of 2003 Collectors Committee
May 2003

LACMA Adds More than 1,400 Works of Art to Permanent Collection in 2002
February 2003

Annenberg Foundation Makes $10 Million Endowment Gift To LACMA
December 2002

LACMA Acquires Major Diego Rivera Drawing
July 2002

LACMA Awarded $1.86 Million Grant From The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation To Endow Conservation Position
May 2002

LACMA Acquires Masterpiece by Nineteenth-Century American Artist Abbott Handerson Thayer
May 2002

LACMA Returns Rare Medieval Textile Seized By Nazis To Polish Museum
March 2002


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Jean-Antoine Houdon (France, 1741-1828), Voltaire Seated (detail), p laster, with vestiges of paint and terracotta slip, with metal supports; modern painted wood base, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, M.2004.5.

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