The first comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art organized by an American museum, The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka presents some 240 works addressing nearly two millennia of…
February 17
June 9, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
The first major 21st-century museum retrospective on this famed mid-century artist, Charles White: A Retrospective traces White’s career and impact in the cities he called home:…
October 28, 2018
June 9, 2019
BCAM, Level 3
One of the most pioneering artists of the last century, Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) produced a diverse body of work characterized by experimentation, the use of varied mediums…
February 16
June 2, 2019
Ahmanson Building, Level 2
April 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus (1919–1933), an architecture and applied art school that moved between the German cities of Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin before…
September 30, 2018
April 21, 2019
Ahmanson Building, Level 2
The late 20th century was a transformational period for graphic design. Questioning the increasingly rigid rules of modernism, designers pressed for greater autonomy in their work…
January 20
April 7, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler’s Flora is based on their discoveries about the unknown American artist Flora Mayo, with whom the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti had a love…
July 15, 2018
April 1, 2019
Art of the Americas Building, Level 2
The quest for perfect 3D representation drives innovation, stimulates creative expression, and sparks wonder in generation after generation. 3D: Double Vision is the first…
October 28, 2018
March 31, 2019
BCAM, Level 1
During his prolific 60-year career, choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) revolutionized dance by challenging every aspect of the form. Perhaps most radical was his idea that…