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Contemporary Art

BCAM & Ahmanson Building, Level 2: Artworks on view

LACMA's collection of contemporary art contains almost two thousand works from across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, created between 1968 and the present. A diverse range of mediums are represented: painting, sculpture, installation and conceptual art, video and film. In 2008 the collection was augmented by the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA, designed by architect Renzo Piano. Taken together, the works of the Broad and LACMA collections form a rich and nuanced history of art after World War II.  See works by Southern California artists or visit a selection of online exhibitions.  Learn more about selected artworks or browse by artist

Nam June Paik

 

Ocean Park Series No. 49
Richard Diebenkorn
1972
Wrong
John Baldessari
1966–1968
And thus . . . (present tense)
Kara Walker
1996
Human Nature/Life Death/Knows Doesn't Know
Bruce Nauman
1983

The Director's Series: Michael Govan and John Baldessari

LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan in conversation with renowned contemporary artist John Baldessari. Michael Govan and John Baldessari talk about the artist's collaborations with LACMA, including his acclaimed design for the Magritte and Contemporary Art installation, LACMA's new logo, the large-scale banners seen along Wilshire Boulevard, and next summer's retrospective of his work.

Font Study (TIME): Q&A with Mungo Thomson

LACMA recently commissioned artist Mungo Thomson to create a limited-edition artist’s book, Font Study (TIME), which collects drawings of the Time magazine logo as it has evolved over decades. Thomson will be at LACMA on Saturday to discuss his latest work, in conversation with artist Piero Golia. Here, curator Rita Gonzalez asks Thomson about his project...

An Artist for the Ages

While I was vacationing in London this summer, the great American modern painter, Cy Twombly died in Rome just at the time of his Twombly and Poussin exhibition opening at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. At about the age of 17 when I came into consciousness, Abstract Expressionism was at its height...

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