In Focus Tour: Line, Form, Qi
- Thu, Jun 19, 2025
- 2 pm - 2:30 pm PT
- Resnick Pavilion | LACMA
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Free with museum admission
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection.
An examination of the innovations in calligraphic art, Line, Form, Qi highlights experimental works of modern and contemporary calligraphic art made by artists including Fung Ming Chip, Gu Wenda, Inoue Yūichi, Lee In, Henri Michaux, Nguyễn Quang Thắng, Qiu Zhijie, Tong Yangtze, Wang Dongling, Wei Ligang, and Xu Bing. Works on view reveal the evolution of the pictograph, explorations of the relationship between content and form, the development of new scripts, and the abstraction of the written word. Accompanied by a scholarly exhibition catalogue, Line, Form, Qi is the second in a series of exhibitions of works from the Fondation INK Collection, a 400-piece collection of contemporary art in the spirit of ink that was promised to LACMA in 2018.
Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the day for details.
Image Credit: Nguyen Quang Thang, Youth Never Return, 2011, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, promised gift of the Fondation INK Collection, © Nguyen Quang Thang, photo by Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva, courtesy of the Fondation INK
Image Credit: Nguyen Quang Thang, Youth Never Return, 2011, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, promised gift of the Fondation INK Collection, © Nguyen Quang Thang, photo by Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva, courtesy of the Fondation INK