A Community Votes: The Journey of a Painting from Aguascalientes
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A Community Votes: The Journey of a Painting from Aguascalientes
Dec 27, 2017
Co-organized with Fomento Cultural Banamex, Painted in Mexico: 1700–1790: Pinxit Mexici  brings together over 100 paintings, many restored and…
Uncovering the History of an Edo-Period Japanese Chest
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Uncovering the History of an Edo-Period Japanese Chest
Oct 01, 2021
… I met with scientists and conservators from the Getty Conservation Institute working on the Characterization of …
An Aztec Offering on View in Contested Visions
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An Aztec Offering on View in Contested Visions
Jan 04, 2012
The Aztec cache known as Ofrenda 7, on view in the exhibition Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World, is one of some 130 offerings that were…
50 Works 50 Weeks: Robe à l’anglaise Ensemble
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50 Works 50 Weeks: Robe à l’anglaise Ensemble
Dec 02, 2025
As LACMA prepares for the 2026 public opening of the new David Geffen Galleries, the future home of the museum’s permanent collection spanning a…
Restoring Antonio de Torres's The Elevation of the Cross
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Restoring Antonio de Torres's The Elevation of the Cross
Nov 30, 2017
… about the history of this masterpiece, its creator, and the conservation process it underwent in the video below, …
Melchor Pérez Holguín’s Pietà: A Restoration in Context
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Melchor Pérez Holguín’s Pietà: A Restoration in Context
Jun 08, 2022
LACMA’s exhibition Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800 features over 90 works from the museum’s notable…
From the Collection: Portrait of Marten Looten
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From the Collection: Portrait of Marten Looten
Jan 12, 2017
Rembrandt painted Portrait of Marten Looten in 1632, in his mid-20s, shortly after setting himself up as a professional portraitist in Amsterdam.
This Weekend at LACMA
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This Weekend at LACMA
May 04, 2018
… on new research in the archaeology, art history, and conservation of Teotihuacan, in conjunction with City and …