Upcoming events
Events and programs presented by LACMA welcome all audiences with a wide array of offerings—from traditional talks, tours, classes, and film screenings to experimental forms of performance and unexpected experiences designed to cultivate community. In the warmer months, Jazz at LACMA and Latin Sounds create lively gatherings of Angelenos of all ages with free weekly concerts by renowned artists. Programs and events are presented at the main campus on Wilshire and throughout Los Angeles County. Please note the event location in each listing.
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In Focus Tour: California Stories in the David Geffen Galleries
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: California Stories in the David Geffen Galleries
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Uncover some of the diverse narratives that define the Golden State’s past, present, and future through thoughtful conversation and close looking. At this 30-minute docent-led tour, we’ll examine three key artworks in LACMA’s collection that reflect the history, culture, and identity of California and Los Angeles while reflecting on our own local stories. Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our...
Gallery Tour: Home of the Future and The Kitchen and Its Discontents
Resnick Pavilion Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: Home of the Future and The Kitchen and Its Discontents
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour of Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias and The Kitchen and Its Discontents. Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias Between 1925 and 1985, Americans were offered an astonishing array of domestic utopias. Self-cleaning kitchens, plastic houses assembled in a day, push-button appliances, and desktop computers all shaped aspirations about how to live. Through architectural models, drawings, photographs, films...
In Focus Tour: Eileen Cowin
BCAM, Level 2 Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Eileen Cowin
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise. Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise presents the provocative photography and video of the Los Angeles–based artist who has explored romance and rivalry, the personal and the political, and the monotony and mystery of daily life, for more than 50 years. Often blurring the distinction between nonfiction and fiction, Cowin draws on cinema, literature, poetry...
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Atlantic Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Atlantic Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get to know the Atlantic Ocean galleries, one of four sections in the David Geffen Galleries where you’ll discover visual and thematic connections across time and geography. This docent-led tour will explore nine key artworks in LACMA’s collection, from ancient ceramics from Panama and Colombia to Todd Gray’s new commission Octavia’s Gaze (2025). Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our...
Boone Children's Gallery
Kids & Families
Boone Children's Gallery
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
The whole family is invited to explore the joy of art-making at the Boone Children's Gallery, located inside the W.M. Keck Education Center, LACMA's new home for hands-on learning, creativity, and family programs. This free, hands-on art-making space welcomes everyone. No experience necessary—just drop in, pick up a brush or a pencil, try something new, and create! The Boone Children's Gallery is free and open to all. No membership required...
Art & Music: Tonal Variations Featuring Gerald Clayton
David Geffen GalleriesAdults
Art & Music: Tonal Variations Featuring Gerald Clayton
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Exploring the deep kinship between photography and music, this special Art & Music concert will feature Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Gerald Clayton performing a varied program of music responding to the work on view in the David Geffen Galleries presentation Tonal Variations: Photography and Music. The concert, ranging from classical to jazz standards and improvisations, takes its cues from photographers like William Eggleston, Lisette Model, and Ansel Adams, who trained...
Member Previews—The Brockman Gallery: Los Angeles, 1967–1990
BCAM, Level 1Members
Member Previews—The Brockman Gallery: Los Angeles, 1967–1990
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
The Brockman Gallery: Los Angeles, 1967–1990 is the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to the impact of the Brockman Gallery, founded in South L.A. by brothers Alonzo and Dale Brockman Davis in the wake of the Watts Rebellion. Their space became vital for young artists of color, nurturing the early careers of David Hammons, Suzanne Jackson, and Carrie Mae Weems, among others. Featuring rich archival material and over 60 works of...
A Conversation with Stephanie Shih
David Geffen GalleriesAdults
A Conversation with Stephanie Shih
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Hear from artist Stephanie Shih and LACMA curator Susie Ferrell, who will discuss the artist’s practice and her 梅國 (Still life with chamoy and Dirty T Tamarindo). For this photographic work, which is now on view in the David Geffen Galleries’ presentation The Global Appeal of Blue-and-White Ceramics, Shih incorporated ceramics from LACMA’s permanent collection with decadent floral arrangements and confections. This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA...
In Focus Tour: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
Resnick Pavilion Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Collecting Impressionism at LACMA. Inspired by breakthroughs in industry and technology, visual culture in the final quarter of the 19th century in France expanded well beyond the traditional media of painting, sculpture, and drawing to include advances in printmaking, photography, decorative arts, and fashion. Yet, 150 years later, French Impressionism single-handedly defines this period at American art museums. Unpacking the reasons...
Mindful Movement
David Geffen Galleries, Plaza LevelAdults
Mindful Movement
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Experience art in motion! Led by Audrey Sides of L.A. Dance Project, slow down and engage with Tony Smith’s monumental outdoor sculpture Smoke through simple, guided movement as you connect with yourself, each other, and art in a completely new way. All bodies are welcome; no prior movement experience is necessary. This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA, a monthly line-up of free and ticketed programs inspired by...
Gallery Tour: Textile Alchemy
Resnick Pavilion Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: Textile Alchemy
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour of Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudō and NUNO. Reiko Sudō is a textile alchemist who, for more than 40 years, has pioneered innovative textiles that merge tradition with experimentation and handicraft with technology. Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudō and NUNO provides an in-depth survey of the acclaimed Japanese designer’s work created with her textile collective NUNO, often in...
Jazz at LACMA: Dave Tull Quartet
Smidt Welcome PlazaAdults
Jazz at LACMA: Dave Tull Quartet
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Celebrate L.A.'s finest jazz musicians with Jazz at LACMA, presented Friday evenings from May through October. This week, join us for a concert with Dave Tull. Dave Tull has long been known as one of the world’s finest jazz drummers and has also built a reputation as a premiere jazz singer and songwriter. Singing from the drums, Dave brings to the stage a rare combination of joyous songwriting, world-class jazz...
Curator Walkthrough of Home of the Future
Resnick PavilionAdults
Curator Walkthrough of Home of the Future
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
How did the designers of the past imagine the world of tomorrow? Explore the exhibition Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias with curators Grace Converse and Margaret Hanson and discover the stories behind groundbreaking visions that imagined, packaged, and predicted the way we live today, from self-cleaning kitchens and plastic houses assembled in a day to push-button appliances and desktop computers. This program is part of Third Weekends...
Gallery Tour: The Everyday in Art
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: The Everyday in Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Discover surprising stories behind scenes of daily life, local landscapes, and contemporary events in art and objects from LACMA’s collection. At this docent-led tour, we’ll examine five key works in the David Geffen Galleries exploring the “everyday,” from George Bellows' Cliff Dwellers (c. 1913) to Betye Saar’s I’ll Bend But I Will Not Break (1998). Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member...
Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection
Adults, Kids & Families
Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
This series of docent-led tours celebrates LGBTQ+ artists in the permanent collection, exploring how personal experiences shaped artworks on view in the Modern Art Galleries. Participants of all ages and identities are invited to join us and discover creativity, community, and surprising stories behind beloved pieces of art. Co-presented by One Institute for Circa: Queer Histories Festival. Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station)...
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Indian Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Indian Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to the Indian Ocean galleries, one of four sections in the David Geffen Galleries where you’ll discover visual and thematic connections across time and geography. At this 30-minute docent-led tour, we’ll examine three key artworks in LACMA’s collection to uncover stories and influences across the section’s “coasts.” Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the...