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Volunteers Wanted
You can help recreate Allan Kaprow's Fluids, a multiple-venue ice installation first realized in 1967.
New Logo Launched
The new look is a collaboration between the design firm 2X4 and artist John Baldessari.
Modern Galleries
The museum's modern collection reopens January 13, in revamped Ahmanson Building galleries and featuring the newly acquired Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection.

Archives

Sara Cochran
The assistant curator of modern art discusses the intense and mercurial relationship between Salvador Dalí and Hollywood.
Jay Belloli
The art curator remembers artist Dan Flavin, his longtime friend and colleague.
Making History
The 2007 Collectors Committee goes nine for nine.
The Art of Dan Flavin   
An essay by Michael Govan, LACMA director and exhibition co-curator. 
Austen Bailly  
"How could young America ever begin to compete with the history of art?" The answer is in The Modern West.
Saito Kiyoshi  
The artist who took Japanese printmaking to the next level.
Renaissance Man    
A nearly life-sized statue of Saint John Capistran joins the LACMA collection.
A Gift of Wrestlers   
A former docent presents LACMA with a major work of American realism.
Magritte Meets the Press   
Reviews, coverage, and installation photos.
Ed Ruscha and René Magritte   
Ed Ruscha recalls a 1967 encounter with René Magritte in Venice. 
Robert Gober and René Magritte  
An excerpted essay by scholar Pepe Karmel.
The Battle of Sann? Shrine (detail)Faces of Battle  
Virtue and fatalism in Japanese war prints from the permanent collection. 
Robert A. SobieszekA Curator's Eye  
A tribute to the late photography curator Robert A. Sobieszek. 
The Magdalen with the Smoking FlameLeslie Jones 
How paper became the medium for Richard Pousette-Dart’s “most daring experimentation.” 
The Magdalen with the Smoking FlameMagnificent Eleven
Which LACMA works made the Times 2006 list of the greatest art from the permanent collections of Los Angeles?
TransformationTransformation 
The future home of the renovated LACMA is the former home of mammoths and sabertoothed cats. Here’s how we know.
Stephanie BarronStephanie Barron  
An inside look at David Hockney Portraits from curator and occasional portrait subject Stephanie Barron.
Lawrence WeschlerLawrence Weschler
The acclaimed writer traces the "almost defiant affirmation of life" that runs through David Hockney's portraits.
 
Consider This...Barbara Kruger  
The artist and Consider This . . . designer talks about doubt, belief, and museums.
Michael GovanMichael Govan
LACMA's director talks about the cultural momentum that brings him to Los Angeles. 
Ronald T. LabacoRonald T. Labaco
On working with the artist and iconic designer Ettore Sottsass.
Howard FoxHoward Fox
What the curator learned through his work on the exhibition Glass: Material Matters



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