January 27
November 2, 2008
Ahmanson Building, Level 2
Who defines an avant-garde? African art inspired the early twentieth-century avant-gardes of cubism, Dada, and surrealism. But Africa has always had its own pioneers who keep…
June 15
November 2, 2008
LACMA West, Level 1
The Cheech Marin collection is notable for classic examples of Chicano art produced from the inception of the Chicano movement to the present, with a concentration in painting…
June 22
September 14, 2008
Pavilion for Japanese Art
Hosoe Eikoh (b. 1933) is considered a preeminent contemporary Japanese photographer and filmmaker; he emerged in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II Japan. This…
June 22
September 14, 2008
Pavilion for Japanese Art
The Etsuko and Joe Price Collection is world-renowned for its collection of Japanese paintings of the Edo Period (1615–1868) featuring screens, hanging scrolls, and fan-format…
May 23
September 14, 2008
Ahmanson Building, Level 1
Philip-Lorca diCorcia is one of the most influential photographers of all time. This exhibition features works from his key series of the past twenty years including Hustlers…
May 8
September 7, 2008
Ahmanson Building, Level 2
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) was among the founders of German expressionism, and one of the most original printmakers of the twentieth century. A selection of more than forty…
April 6
September 1, 2008
Art of the Americas Building, Level 2
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement is the largest exhibition of cutting-edge Chicano art ever presented at LACMA. Chicano art, traditionally described as work…
April 10
July 6, 2008
Hammer Building, Level 3
Focusing on a rare impression of one of James Ensor’s most important and politically subversive etchings, Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor…