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 BP Donates $25 Million to LACMA as Campaign enters Phase II
With the physical transformation of its campus fast taking shape, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that it has successfully completed its Phase I campaign fund-raising efforts with receipt of a $25 million gift from global energy firm BP. The celebrated museum’s new entry, now named the BP Grand Entrance, is being designed to include solar panels, and will serve as a stunning gateway for the transformed campus and a hub for information about sustainable practices.
March 6, 2007 | PDF: 56Kb
Current Exhibitions
Alternative Photographic Perspectives of the West Unveiled in Re-SITE-ing the West
March 4–June 3, 2007 | PDF: 23Kb
Modernism and the American West Intersect in The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950
March 4–June 3, 2007 | PDF: 191Kb
Upcoming Exhibitions
LACMA Presents First Museum Survey to Explore Dalí's Relationship with Cinema
October 14, 2007–January 6, 2008 | Word doc: 36Kb
Greatest Hits of the 60s and 70s; Exhibition Features Southern California Art of an Era
August 19, 2007–March 30, 2008 | PDF: 50Kb
LACMA Presents 300 Years of Latin American Art in Groundbreaking Exhibition
LACMA Presenta 300 Años de Arte Latinoamericano en una Exposición sin Precedentes
August 5–October 28, 2007 | Word doc: 2.1Mb
Dan Flavin's Light Works Illuminate at LACMA
May 13–August 12, 2007 | Word doc: 180Kb
Advance Exhibition Schedule
January 2007 | Word doc: 972Kb
Permanent Collection Rotations
Tales of Krishna
August 15, 2006–July 31, 2007 | Word doc: 943Kb
Collections & Recent Acquisitions
LACMA Acquires Rare Renaissance Statue
January 2007 | PDF: 45Kb
LACMA Receives Major American Realist Painting: Thomas Eakins's Wrestlers
December 2006 | Word doc: 496Kb
Seventy Works from the Permanent Collection of American Paintings Featured in Exhibition in Mexico
September 2006 | Word doc: 43Kb
LACMA Receives Significant Tibetan and Nepalese Artworks from Actor James Coburn and His Wife, Paula
August 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb
LACMA Acquires Madina Collection of Islamic Art
2002
New Acquisitions
Events
L.A. Musicians Take Over Friday Night Jazz
March 2007 | Word doc: 113Kb
Tribute to the Life and Art of Nam June Paik at LACMA
June 2006 | Word doc: 2Mb
Latin Legends, Latin Sounds
April 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb
Consider This... Project Studio
September 2006 | Word doc: 39Kb
Late Night Birthday Bash Kicks Off Festivity-Filled Weekend
March 2006 | Word doc: 6Mb
LACMA Pulls All-Nighter for 40th Birthday
March 2006| Word doc: 1Mb
LACMA’S Highly Anticipated 12th Annual Muse ArtWalk
March 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb
LACMA Expands Music Department and Offers Four Diverse Music Programs for L.A. Culture Enthusiasts
March 2006 | Word doc: 988Kb
Grants & Gifts
BP Donates $25 Million to LACMA as Transformation Campaign Shifts into Phase II
March 6, 2007 | PDF: 56Kb
Over $2 Million Awarded to Three Los Angeles Museums from The James Irvine Foundation
August 2006 | Word doc: 39Kb
LACMA Acquires Rare Porcelains by Auguste Rodin
August 2004
General News
LACMA Board Enhanced by Business and Entertainment Leaders: Barbra Streisand, Anthony N. Pritzker, Willow Bay, Chris DeWolfe Elected as Trustees
February 2007 | Word doc: 48 Kb
New Trustee on Board at LACMA: First to Join Under Tenure of New Director Michael Govan
October 2006 | PDF: 36Kb
Seventy Works from LACMA's Permanent Collection of American Paintings Featured in Exhibition in Mexico City
September 2006 | Word doc: 43Kb
LACMA Connects Art and Music in Exclusive New Concert Series Art & Music: Concerts at 8; Debuts November 9
August 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb
60,000 Children Join Arts for NexGen LACMA
September 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb
Five Major Klimt Works on View at LACMA
April 4–June 3, 2006 | PDF: 39Kb
Donors Supporting the Klimt Exhibition
April 4–June 3, 2006 | PDF: 17Kb
Michael Govan Is Appointed Director and CEO of LACMA
February 2006 | PDF: 62Kb
Dr. Chester Chang, Longtime LACMA Supporter and Art Donor, Joins Board of Trustees
February 2006 | PDF: 27Kb
Hyonjeong Kim Han Is New Curator of Center for Asian Art
February 2006 | PDF: 29Kb
LACMA Names Tim Wrideas Interim Head of Department of Photography
January 2006 | PDF: 26Kb
LACMA Expands Music Department and Offers Four Diverse Music Programs for L.A. Culture Enthusiasts
March 2006 | Word doc: 988Kb
Archive
Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images
November 19, 2006–March 4, 2007 | Word doc: 626Kb
LACMA Collaborates with John Baldessari on Exhibition Installation that Turns the World Upside-Down
November 19, 2006–March 4, 2007 | Word doc: 635Kb
Picasso's Greatest Print in All Its States on View for the First Time in the U.S.—Exclusively at LACMA
November 16, 2006–February 25, 2007 | Word doc: 43Kb
LACMA Presents Recently Acquired David Painting Never Seen Publicly Until Now
October 19, 2006–January 21, 2007 | Word doc: 106Kb
Consider This…
April 9, 2006–January 15, 2007 | Word doc: 994Kb
Masquerade: Role Playing in Self-Portraiture—Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
October 12, 2006–January 7, 2007 | PDF: 90Kb
Long Exposures: Contemporary Photo Essays from the Permanent Collection
October 12, 2006–January 7, 2007 | PDF: 85Kb
Breaking the Mode: Contemporary Fashion from the Permanent Collection
September 17, 2006–January 7, 2007 | Word doc: 1Mb
Glass: Material Matters
April 30–December 10, 2006 | Word doc: 991Kb
Transparent Reflections: Richard Pousette-Dart, Works on Paper, 1940-1992
June 29–September 17, 2006 | Word doc: 1004Kb
David Hockney Portraits
June 11–September 4, 2006 | PDF: 56Kb
A Curator's Eye: The Visual Legacy of Robert A. Sobieszek
May 11–August 20, 2006 | Word doc: 1Mb
Five Major Klimt Works on View at LACMA
April 4–June 3, 2006 | PDF: 39Kb
Donors Supporting the Klimt Exhibition
April 4–June 3, 2006 | PDF: 17Kb
LACMA at 40: Gifts in Honor of the Museum’s Anniversary
January 2006 | PDF: 35Kb
LACMA Announces Latino Arts Initiative; Forges Partnership with UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
October 2004
The Bookshelf at LACMA Opens to the Public
November 2003
LACMA Acquires Major Works of Art Through the Generosity of 2003 Collectors Committee
May 2003
LACMA Adds More than 1,400 Works of Art to Permanent Collection in 2002
February 2003
Annenberg Foundation Makes $10 Million Endowment Gift To LACMA
December 2002
LACMA Acquires Major Diego Rivera Drawing
July 2002
LACMA Awarded $1.86 Million Grant From The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation To Endow Conservation Position
May 2002
LACMA Acquires Masterpiece by Nineteenth-Century American Artist Abbott Handerson Thayer
May 2002
LACMA Returns Rare Medieval Textile Seized By Nazis To Polish Museum
March 2002
Image Above:
Jean-Antoine Houdon (France, 1741-1828), Voltaire Seated (detail), p laster, with vestiges of paint and terracotta slip, with metal supports; modern painted wood base, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, M.2004.5.
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