May 21, 2016
June 4, 2017
Art of the Americas Building, Level 4
Drawing on collaborative research by LACMA’s Conservation Center and the Art of the Ancient Americas Program, Revealing Creation: The Science and Art of Ancient Maya…
May 1, 2012
May 29, 2017
Resnick Pavilion
James Turrell, considered one of the most important artists of the Southern California Light and Space movement, was born in Los Angeles in 1943 and attended Pomona College, where…
May 29, 2016
May 29, 2017
Resnick Pavilion
James Turrell’s Light Reignfall is one of the artist’s Perceptual Cells—freestanding enclosed structures that provide an immersive experience for one viewer at a time. An…
December 4, 2016
May 7, 2017
BCAM, Level 2
Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera were contemporaries, erstwhile competitors, equally ambitious and prolific as artists, internationally famous, and well aware of their larger-than-…
October 15, 2016
May 7, 2017
Pavilion for Japanese Art
Designer and artist Awazu Kiyoshi (1929–2009) devoted his career to political advocacy and collaborations within Tokyo’s artistic community. In stark contrast to the prevailing…
April 6
April 18, 2017
Zev Yaroslavsky Plaza
In April 2016, ScanLAB Projects traveled to the Yosemite Valley and used terrestrial 3D scanners to replicate the early photographic expeditions of Eadward Muybridge and Ansel…
November 13, 2016
April 16, 2017
BCAM, Level 3: Nathanson Gallery
Long acknowledged in Southern California as one of the most important artists of the postwar period, John McLaughlin (1898-1976) created a focused body of geometric paintings that…
October 30, 2016
April 2, 2017
BCAM, Level 3: Nathanson Gallery
Since LACMA’s establishment, living artists have played an instrumental role in understanding the museum’s encyclopedic collection through a contemporary lens. L.A. Exuberance:…