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… on a lavish octagonal pedestal. This imposing sculptural object was created in Bolivia, which was part of the … dismal conditions to extract the precious metal. Silver objects fulfilled both practical and symbolic functions. … What’s kind of remarkable about this…

… packed, and relocated over 125,000 permanent collection objects. The team responsible for this gargantuan … as organizing and maintaining accurate locations in the objects database. How did the Costume and Textiles … Costume and Textiles had been known for key…

… activity. When we can, we collaborate with the Wildlife Conservation Society, a critical organization actively … on the funerary bench—also crafted of cut stone—along with objects comprising the mortuary assemblage. Excavation of … on view through February 4,…

… so I’m very grateful for that. Aurora (center) in LACMA's Conservation Lab, with LACMA-ASU Fellow Ariana Enriquez (left) and LACMA Objects Conservator Silviu Boariu (right), photo courtesy of …

… initially installed outdoors on the Smidt Welcome Plaza for conservation treatment and a hot wax coating, then made its … be too tall to fit into a truck or airplane. Though these objects can be and have been installed without a lifting … Smidt Welcome Plaza: ©…

… are used in later context as paradigms of virtue or as objects of derision. Shirin Neshat, Amir (Villains) from the … the image of the pahlavan, along with actual objects of the type associated with the zurkhaneh, in a …

… Precision, however, does not mean plausibility. Most of the objects or poems created by Brossa are furiously literal. … of continuous transference and in-betweeness. His poems are objects and plays and music and graphic signs and gestures …

… over the three long days, with the input of LACMA’s head of objects conservation, John Hirx, the team carefully, … past few years cleaning the sculptures and preparing the objects for installation. Through a combination of invisible …