Yassi Mazandi's The Thirty Birds Speaks to Migration, Climate, and the Search for Oneself
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Yassi Mazandi's The Thirty Birds Speaks to Migration, Climate, and the Search for Oneself
Apr 04, 2024
… medium.  The stark, abstract birds in Mazandi’s lens are fashioned in the same manner as those in her kinetic bronze …
Costume Inspiration for a Plant-Powered Halloween
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Costume Inspiration for a Plant-Powered Halloween
Oct 15, 2025
… Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA John Bell, Fashion Plate, 'Parisian Ball Dress' for 'La Belle …
The Americas Go to China!
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The Americas Go to China!
Aug 24, 2017
… I was encouraged to explore objects in an interdisciplinary fashion, looking at archaeological reports, ethnographies, …
Exporting L.A. Art
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Exporting L.A. Art
Jul 25, 2013
… pop culture icons and values put together in typical fashion of LA-based artist Paul McCarthy.  Ken Price …
The Controversial Act of Taking Pictures of Children
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The Controversial Act of Taking Pictures of Children
Oct 11, 2012
… lives. Any brief perusal of Facebook, Flickr, or an old-fashioned photo album reveals the naïve nudity of children …
Decorative Arts from the Gilbert Collection Return to LACMA
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Decorative Arts from the Gilbert Collection Return to LACMA
Jan 12, 2011
… The British pieces in the collection on view at LACMA were fashioned mainly for domestic use and span the late …
Postwar Worlds in Fracture: Daido Moryiama and California Design, 1930–1965
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Postwar Worlds in Fracture: Daido Moryiama and California Design, 1930–1965
May 10, 2012
… Sportswear As I pondered these Japanese men in their fashionable swim trunks, another LACMA exhibition came to …
Conserving Finnish Design: Part 1—The Study of the Original Upholstery Fabric on the Domus Armchair
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Conserving Finnish Design: Part 1—The Study of the Original Upholstery Fabric on the Domus Armchair
Jul 17, 2020
… conservation. Aside from historical and contemporary fashion, tapestries, and ikat robes, occasionally we come …