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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) to temporarily close to the public effective tomorrow, Saturday, March 14

March 14, 2020
Vera Lutter, Rodin Garden, I: February 22, 2017, 2017, unique gelatin silver prints, 95 × 126 in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, promised gift of Sharyn and Bruce Charnas, © Vera Lutter, photo courtesy of the artist

Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera

March 02, 2020
Yoshitomo Nara, I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 78 3/4 × 76 3/4 in. (200 × 194.9 cm), © Yoshitomo Nara 2017, photo courtesy of the artist

Yoshitomo Nara

February 11, 2020

2020–2022 Advance Exhibition Schedule

February 04, 2020
Chris Burden, Urban Light, 2008, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Urban Light is made possible by Willow Bay and Bob lger, and is open 24 hours a day thanks to their generosity. Special thanks to the Brandon-Gordon family for their founding support of the 2008 installation, © Chris Burden/licensed by The Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

W.M. Keck Foundation’s $50 Million Gift Pushes Building LACMA Campaign Toward $650 Million Mark to Launch Construction Project

January 30, 2020
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled, 1970, oil on canvas, 30 × 50 in., courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, © Luchita Hurtado, photo: Jeff McLane

Luchita Hurtado: I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn

January 28, 2020
Qiu Ying, The Jiucheng Palace (detail), Ming dynasty, c. 1525–33, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Abe Collection, photo © Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts

Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying

January 10, 2020
Rufino Tamayo, Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul), 1979, etching, 21 3/4 × 30 in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art, © 2019 Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Rufino Tamayo: Innovación y experimentación

December 30, 2019
Rufino Tamayo, Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul), 1979, etching, 21 3/4 × 30 in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art, © 2019 Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation

December 18, 2019
Missile Club (iula tavatava), Fiji, early to mid-19th century, wood and sperm whale ivory, Fiji Museum, Suva: 78.670, collected by Reverend James Royce 1857-61; given to him by Ratu Seru Cakobau, Vunivalu of Bau, photo © Fiji Museum

Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific

November 19, 2019

Fifth Class of The Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows Announced by Six Major U.S. Museums

November 13, 2019
Art + Film Gala

LACMA’s Ninth Annual Art+Film Gala Honors Betye Saar and Alfonso Cuarón and Raises More Than $4.6 Million, a Record-Breaking Year for the Annual Fundraiser

November 03, 2019