Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute thematic tour of works in the Modern Art Galleries.

Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the day for details.

Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour of Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection.

Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection.

The natural environment holds historical and spiritual significance. LACMA educator Alicia Vogl Sáenz will lead slow looking and meditative exercises in conjunction with the exhibition Grounded. No meditation experience necessary; instruction will be given.

Experience a contemplative evening in the exhibition Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia. Connect with yourself, others, and artwork on view through guided meditation and gallery-based activities that invite creative responses led by Mariko Tu, a certified meditation teacher specializing in mindfulness and compassion.

For National Grief Awareness Day, Brian Lee of Open Market and Koreatown Wine Club and archivist Rosie Grant will delve into the linked history of alcoholic spirits and the commemoration of the dead. Guests will partake in a guided wine and soju tasting while also learning about some of the drinking vessels in LACMA’s permanent collection.

Guests must be 21 years or older to attend. Validated garage parking is included with a ticket.

Writer, relational architect, and guerrilla theorist Neema Githere will contextualize “Oceanic Refractions” across Melanesia—a region whose protocols embody and insist upon repair. 

Filmmaker, educator, and ancestral ecologist Petna Ndaliko Katondolo curates possibilities of remembering—a program of ritualization through storytelling and film from Congo and beyond. 

This event is part of a series in conjunction with Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics that presents video works, in-person discussions, and somatic participations to tap into the contemporary resonances of the Black diaspora.

Join LACMA educators for live, virtual gatherings that encourage careful looking, creative responses, the sharing of multiple perspectives, and mindful reflection. Presented on Zoom.

Join LACMA educators for live, virtual gatherings that encourage careful looking, creative responses, the sharing of multiple perspectives, and mindful reflection. Presented on Zoom.