November 2012

Ongoing Daily Tours (except Wednesdays, when the museum is closed) Topics change daily for these tours led by LACMA docents. Please check the daily tour schedule posted in the Ahmanson Building, Level 2. All tours are free with museum admission.
1 pm In Focus Tour: Explore several related objects in LACMA's collection. Just twenty minutes long.
1:30 pm Spotlight Talk: Focus on one permanent collection object for fifteen minutes.
2 pm and 3 pm Gallery Tours: 50-minute tours of a different area of the museum or a special exhibition are offered each day. (Check the calendar for occasional noon and 4 pm tours as well.)

May 1, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED

May 2, Thursday

  • 11:00 AM Special: Member Preview [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: Art of the Ancient Americas (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (50 min) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min) [latcc]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Stories We Tell [bt]

May 3, Friday

  • 11:00 AM Special: Member Preview [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Ming Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Special: Dance Camera West [bt]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: European Art: Decorative Arts (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Charles Owen [bpge]

May 4, Saturday

  • 11:00 AM NexGen: Family Tours [bpge]
  • 11:00 AM Special: Member Preview [res]
  • 12:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Art of the Americas (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: German Expressionism (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Music: Copeland & Gordon [bt]
  • 2:00 PM Talk: Rembrandt & Narrative [ba]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (50 min) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: The Ancient Americas (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Talk: The Art of Wine [latcc]
  • 8:30 PM Film: The Great Gatsby [bt]

May 5, Sunday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Ancient to Modern (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Film: Film: Hans Richter [bt]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: South and Southeast Asian Art (20 min) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Talk: Japanese Prints [pja]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: European Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Colburn School Orchestra [bt]

May 6, Monday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (50 min) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art (50 mins) [latcc]

May 7, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: European Art: Portraits (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Special: RED "Minimalist" Dinner [bt]
  • 7:30 PM Music: Steve Reich [bt]

May 8, Wednesday

May 9, Thursday

  • 12:30 PM Talk: Gallery Discussion [bpge]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: Art of the Ancient Americas (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: Contemporary Art (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Ancient to Modern (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Journey to Italy [bt]
  • 9:20 PM Film: Stromboli [bt]

May 10, Friday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Ming Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Hans Richter: Encounters (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: The Ancient Americas (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Greg Reitan [bpge]
  • 7:00 PM Film: El General [bt]

May 11, Saturday

  • 11:00 AM NexGen: Family Tours [bpge]
  • 12:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Art of the Americas (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: European Art: the Landscape (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 5:00 PM Film: El lugar más pequeño [bt]
  • 7:00 PM NexGen: After Dark [var]
  • 8:00 PM Film: Mi Vida Dentro [bt]

May 12, Sunday

  • 11:00 AM Special: Members Only Mother's Day [aoa]
  • 11:30 AM Special: Mother's Day Brunch/Dinner [bpge]
  • 12:00 PM Tour: Hans Richter: Encounters (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Special: Members Only Mother's Day [aoa]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: American Art: Decorative Arts (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Film: Art21 Screening [ba]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (50 min) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Korea (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Lyris Quartet [bt]

May 13, Monday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: China (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: European Art: Customs and Costumes (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:30 PM Talk: Cur-ATE: Latin America [bpge]
  • 7:00 PM Talk: Painter's Memory Lecture [ba]

May 14, Tuesday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Architecture and Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM Film: Written on the Wind [bt]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: European Art: Impressionism (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: 20th Century (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: Contemporary Art (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 6:30 PM Talk: Cur-ATE: Latin America [bpge]

May 15, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED

May 16, Thursday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: Art of the Ancient Americas (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (50 min) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Valley Girl [bt]

May 17, Friday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: Function and Beauty (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Hans Richter: Encounters (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Wolfgang Schalk [bpge]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Before Sunrise [bt]
  • 9:30 PM Film: Before Sunset [bt]

May 18, Saturday

  • 10:00 AM Special: Discounted Admission [bpge]
  • 11:00 AM NexGen: Family Tours [bpge]
  • 12:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Art of the Americas (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Ming Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: 20th Century (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 7:00 PM Special: Dance Performance [bt]
  • 8:00 PM Special: International Museum Night [latcc]

May 19, Sunday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Hans Richter: Encounters (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: Contemporary Art (20 mins) [bpge]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Film: Art21 Screening [ba]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (50 min) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Korea (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 4:00 PM Talk: Gary Simmons [ahm]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Crossroads Orchestra [bt]

May 20, Monday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Islamic Art: Decorative Arts (20 min) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Islamic Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 mins) [latcc]

May 21, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Film: Dishonored [bt]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: Cubism (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: European Art: Religion and Myth (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Art of the Ancient World (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Before Midnight [bt]

May 22, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED

May 23, Thursday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: Art of the Ancient Americas (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: Cubism (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Architecture and Art (50 mins) [latcc]

May 24, Friday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Hans Richter: Encounters (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: American Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: CJS [bpge]

May 25, Saturday

  • 11:00 AM NexGen: Family Tours [bpge]
  • 12:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Ancient to Modern (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Ming Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: European Art: Dutch Painting (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Korea (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 5:00 PM Music: BombaChante [hp]

May 26, Sunday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Hans Richter: Encounters (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 12:30 PM NexGen: Andell Family Sundays [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: American Art: Portraits (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: American Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Art of the Ancient World (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Colburn School [bt]

May 27, Monday

  • 11:00 AM NexGen: Target Free Holiday Mondays [var]
  • 12:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Art of the Americas (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Korea (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Islamic Art (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: European Art (50 mins) [latcc]

May 28, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Film: Family Plot [bt]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: European Art: Cezanne (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Museum: Ancient to Modern (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art: Contemporary Art (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Pussy Riot—A Punk Prayer [bt]

May 29, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED

May 30, Thursday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art: Art of the Ancient Americas (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Japan (50 min) [latcc]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: American Art: Decorative Arts (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 7:00 PM Talk: Irma Boom [ba]
  • 7:30 PM Film: The East [bt]

May 31, Friday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Ming Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum (20 mins) [latcc]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM NexGen: Story Time [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Hans Richter: Encounters (50 mins) [bpge]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Art of East Asia: Korea (50 mins) [latcc]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Sandra Booker [bpge]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Paths of Glory [bt]
  • 9:05 PM Film: Time Without Pity [bt]

LACMA Building Codes

ahm Ahmanson Building lw LACMA West
aoa Art of the Americas Building latcc LA Times Central Court
bt Bing Theater lbc Leo Bing Center
bcg Boone Children's Gallery np North Piazza
bpge BP Grand Entrance off Off-site
bcam Broad Contemporary Art Museum pja Pavilion for Japanese Art
ba Brown Auditorium res Resnick Pavilion
ham Hammer Building var Various
hp Hancock Park