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Art Museum Council
Founded in 1952, the Art Museum Council is LACMA’s first volunteer support council. Unlike the Art Councils, the AMC supports the whole of LACMA, not just a single curatorial field. The AMC has sponsored numerous special exhibitions over the years, including Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer and Renoir to Matisse: The Eye of Duncan Phillips. It has also acquired or helped acquire some of the museum’s most important works of art—including Alexander Calder’s outdoor sculpture Hello, Girls; Ed Kienholz’s controversial Back Seat Dodge ’38; and Jackson Pollock’s No. 15, among others.
In addition to the opening-night gala for the Los Angeles Art Show, the AMC provides museum members and guests an opportunity to view some of Los Angeles’s finest art collections and architectural gems through its annual Art & Architecture Tour. The AMC also runs the Art Rental and Sales Gallery, which allows museum members to rent or purchase artwork for their home or office from emerging local artists.
More info: 323 857-6501 | amc@lacma.org
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Art Museum Council for the 2010–2011 membership year, which will begin in May 2010, please email your contact information to us at amc@lacma.org. You will receive specifics about our Prospective Membership meeting which will be held in early December 2009.
The Art Museum Council is a working council. Prospective members are required to attend an orientation meeting prior to receiving a membership application.
Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573-1621), Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge (detail), 1619–20, Holland, oil on copper, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Carter, Department of European Painting and Sculpture, M.2003.108.7.
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