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nano

December 14, 2003–September 6, 2004

A multisensory installation in Boone Children's Gallery, LACMA West, welcoming young and old to explore the connections between science and art.

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Erté/Opera & Ballets Russes/Dance: Theater Costume in LACMA’s Collection

December 14, 2003–April 4, 2004

This exhibition of early twentieth-century theater costumes, including examples of drawings and costumes by the extraordinary designer Erté, as well as historically and aesthetically important pieces from the Ballets Russes, celebrates the 50th anniversary of LACMA's Costume Council.

Images of Persuasion: Posters from the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies

December 4, 2003–March 30, 2004

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Rifkind Center, thirty of the approximately two hundred early-twentieth-century lithographic posters being donated to the center are on display.

Revisiting the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection of Photographic Self-Portraits

November 13, 2003–January 11, 2004

A generous gift to LACMA paved the way for this exhibition, composed of more than one-hundred-and-thirty photographs, including recent additions to this renowned collection of photographic self-portraits.

The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art

October 5, 2003–Jan 4, 2004

The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art is a major international exhibition of approximately one-hundred-sixty of the finest Tibetan, Nepalese, Mongolian, Indian, and Chinese paintings, sculptures, textiles, and ritual implements, from collections in North America, Europe, and Nepal, that best communicate the ideals and teachings of the Chakrasamvara Tantra and other key Himalayan Buddhist tantras. The Chakrasamvara Tantra presents a profound methodology for the purification of the practitioner as he or she strives towards Enlightenment.

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Drawing on Faith: Ink Paintings for Korean Buddhist Icons

August 21, 2003–January 11, 2004

LACMA presents an exhibition of rare Korean Buddhist ink paintings created over the past three hundred years. The works of art include details, individual figure studies, and complex compositions dedicated to divinities that were extremely popular in Choson dynasty Korean Buddhism (1392–1910).

Transmitting Culture: Korean Ceramics from Korean-American Collections

August 21, 2003–January 11, 2004

Korean potters are justly famous for the artistic beauty and technical quality of their wares. The fifty remarkable works included in this exhibition illustrate all major developments, ranging from early, unglazed stonewares of the Three Kingdoms (57 BC–AD 668) and Silla (668–935) periods through Koryo (918–1392) celadons to Choson (1392–1910) porcelains.

Salvation: Images of the Buddhist Deity of Compassion

August 14, 2003–July 5, 2004

LACMA celebrates the importance of the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara—also known as Guanyin, Kwanum, and Kannon—across Buddhist Asia. Avalokiteshvara, the primary source of Buddhist salvation, has been the subject of extraordinary works of devotional art in various forms across many cultures. Spanning 1,500 years, these works represent the finest creative achievements of India, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet.

LACMA Student Art Exhibition

August 3—September 1, 2003

Old Masters, Impressionists, and Moderns: French Masterworks from the State Pushkin Museum, Moscow

July 27–October 13, 2003

Seventy-six of the Pushkin Museum’s finest paintings dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries—the majority of which have never been seen in the United States—are spotlighted in this exhibition from the Pushkin Museum’s unparalleled collection of postimpressionist masterpieces, including works by such artists as van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, and Bonnard.

Classic to Modern: French Works on Paper, 1800–1950, from the Permanent Collection

July 3–September 7, 2003

LACMA presents fifty-five drawings, watercolors, and pastels created by some of France’s most celebrated artists, including Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, and Paul Signac, among others.

Reinstallation of Modern Art in LACMA Gallery

June 29, 2003–March 14, 2004

Los Angeles students and local artist Michael Asher present unprecedented reinstallation of modern art in LACMA gallery.

Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse

June 29–September 28, 2003

The first major U.S. exhibition of Modigliani's works in more than forty years features the artist in the midst of his friends and contemporaries. His works are represented in all media: paintings, sculptures, and works on paper.

The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Court Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256–1353

This is the first systematic investigation of the important artistic and cultural achievements that occurred in the Iranian world as a by-product of the Mongol invasions of western and eastern Asia.

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Luxury Textiles East and West

February 20, 2003–January 30, 2005

LACMA celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the museum’s Department of Costume and Textiles by showcasing some of its finest treasures. Luxury Textiles East and West will be presented in three rotations: Luxury Textiles East and West: Ceremony and Celebration is on view February 20 through October 5, 2003; Luxury Textiles East and West: Dress and Identity is on view October 30, 2003, through July 5, 2004; and Luxury Textiles East and West: Opulent Interiors is on view August 5, 2004 through January 30, 2005.

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Ansel Adams at 100

February 2–May 11, 2003

Ansel Adams made his original contribution to the art of photography as a photographer of the landscape—its large vistas and intimate details. His importance as an artist will be measured based on this work, which is the focus of the exhibition. This is a specially ticketed exhibition.

Sargent and Italy

February 2–May 11, 2003

John Singer Sargent was one of the most famous and creative American artists of the late nineteenth century, heralded on both sides of the Atlantic. Born of American parents living abroad in Florence, retained a strong and long-lasting association with the land of his birth. This Italian connection is the focus of this exhibition. The specially ticketed exhibition was organized by LACMA.