Keeping Tabs on an Art Collection, Part I
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Keeping Tabs on an Art Collection, Part I
Sep 21, 2009
… painted directly on the objects. With advances in modern conservation work, museums now use a removable and …
Looking at Labor
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Looking at Labor
Aug 31, 2010
Winslow Homer, The Cotton Pickers, 1876.
The Graphic Legacy of José Guadalupe Posada in Two LACMA Exhibitions
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The Graphic Legacy of José Guadalupe Posada in Two LACMA Exhibitions
Jun 14, 2023
… (DA²)​, © Rupert García, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA Conservation, by Yosi Pozeilov Decades later, Chicano …
Because You Asked
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Because You Asked
May 20, 2013
… the painting had hung in the historic home. And indeed, our conservation center had cleaned the painting, rendering it …
Reframing German Expressionism
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Reframing German Expressionism
May 30, 2024
Our German Expressionist paintings, which entered the collection as early as 1946, had frames that reflected a variety of tastes and trends over the…
Painted in Mexico, 1700–1790: Pinxit Mexici
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Painted in Mexico, 1700–1790: Pinxit Mexici
Nov 15, 2017
Growing up in Mexico City, I was keenly aware of the legacy of the so-called colonial era.
Edward Biberman: On and Off the Wall
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Edward Biberman: On and Off the Wall
Aug 04, 2014
… 16. In this special installation celebrating its recent conservation, the 1941 mural by Edward Biberman hangs high …
A Bold New Genre: Manuel de Arellano's Precursors of Casta Painting
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A Bold New Genre: Manuel de Arellano's Precursors of Casta Painting
Apr 30, 2025
These two paintings are groundbreaking precursors of the famous casta (caste) paintings, a distinctive pictorial genre invented in Mexico to depict…