“Barack Obama” by Kehinde Wiley, oil on canvas, 2018. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama” by Amy Sherald, oil on linen, 2018.
The Obama Portraits Tour
Through January 2, 2022
Resnick Pavilion
Portrait of a Sailor (Paul Cuffe?), United States, circa 1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Cecile Bartman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Black American Portraits
Through April 17, 2022
Resnick Pavilion
Image: Chen Haiyan, Horse and Rose, 2005
Ink Dreams
Through December 12, 2021
Resnick Pavilion
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Watch: Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera—Gallery Walkthrough and Conversation
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Image: Gloria Stuart, Watts Towers with Rodia in doorway
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Lyle Ashton Harris
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5 Questions, 5 Artists: Reframing Portraiture | Lyle Ashton Harris
Nov 30 | 12 pm
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Evenings for Educators
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Evenings for Educators Lecture: Portraiture, Identity, and Community
Nov 30 | 5 pm
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Film Screening—LFG and a post-screening conversation with directors Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Nov 27 | 7 pm
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Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
November 23, 2021
As part of LACMA’s mission to share its collections with communities throughout Southern California and beyond, particularly during the construction of the David Geffen Galleries, the museum has begun touring Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of

Los Angeles County
Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Open Today: 10 am–7 pm
Free for L.A. County residents with valid ID weekdays after 3 pm (except Wednesdays).
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