Installing Yoshitomo Nara's "Miss Forest" for Nara's Retrospective at LACMA
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Installing Yoshitomo Nara's "Miss Forest" for Nara's Retrospective at LACMA
Aug 12, 2020
The goal was to bring Yoshitomo Nara's Miss Forest—a 25 foot 7 inch tall, 4,446 pound bronze sculpture—to Wilshire Boulevard next to Chris Burden's…
The Story of Shorty: A Decade of Art Preparation at LACMA
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The Story of Shorty: A Decade of Art Preparation at LACMA
Jun 29, 2020
Senior Art Preparator Gerardo Arciniega, who goes by Shorty, began his journey at LACMA in 2010 installing Egyptian sarcophagi in the museum’s…
DA² 2022: Recent Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions
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DA² 2022: Recent Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions
Sep 20, 2022
… show of support, we were able to raise funds towards the conservation of the Raymond Loewy–designed Avanti, which was …
DA² 2022: Recent Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions
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DA² 2022: Recent Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions
Sep 20, 2022
… show of support, we were able to raise funds towards the conservation of the Raymond Loewy–designed Avanti, which was …
Emily Mast: The Least Important Things
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Emily Mast: The Least Important Things
Mar 27, 2014
For The Least Important Things, Emily Mast stages sixteen poems by Joan Brossa (1919–1989), a Catalan artist and poet little known to American…
An Olmec Transformation Figurine in "Ancient Bodies"
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An Olmec Transformation Figurine in "Ancient Bodies"
Jan 09, 2018
During our excavation of an ancient Maya royal tomb (c.
Concluding The Blackburn Project
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Concluding The Blackburn Project
Dec 03, 2020
… a consistent, high-quality setting designed by Senior Imaging Specialist and Photographer Yosi Pozeilov. The image …
My Internship in the Culture Wars
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My Internship in the Culture Wars
Jun 06, 2016
Twenty-seven years ago, controversy erupted over Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs. It changed my life. In June 1989, I was 22, a newly declared art…