Upcoming events
Events and programs presented by LACMA welcome all audiences with a wide array of offerings—from traditional talks, tours, classes, and film screenings to experimental forms of performance and unexpected experiences designed to cultivate community. In the warmer months, Jazz at LACMA and Latin Sounds create lively gatherings of Angelenos of all ages with free weekly concerts by renowned artists. Programs and events are presented at the main campus on Wilshire and throughout Los Angeles County. Please note the event location in each listing.
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In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Atlantic Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Atlantic Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to the Atlantic Ocean galleries, one of four sections in the David Geffen Galleries where you’ll discover visual and thematic connections across time and geography. At this 30-minute docent-led tour, we’ll examine three key artworks in LACMA’s collection to uncover stories and influences across the section’s “coasts.” Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the...
In Focus Tour: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
Resnick Pavilion Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Collecting Impressionism at LACMA. Inspired by breakthroughs in industry and technology, visual culture in the final quarter of the 19th century in France expanded well beyond the traditional media of painting, sculpture, and drawing to include advances in printmaking, photography, decorative arts, and fashion. Yet, 150 years later, French Impressionism single-handedly defines this period at American art museums. Unpacking the reasons...
Gallery Tour: Textile Alchemy
Resnick Pavilion Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: Textile Alchemy
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour of Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudō and NUNO. Reiko Sudō is a textile alchemist who, for more than 40 years, has pioneered innovative textiles that merge tradition with experimentation and handicraft with technology. Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudō and NUNO provides an in-depth survey of the acclaimed Japanese designer’s work created with her textile collective NUNO, often in...
Boone Children's Gallery
Kids & Families
Boone Children's Gallery
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
The whole family is invited to explore the joy of art-making at the Boone Children's Gallery, located inside the W.M. Keck Education Center, LACMA's new home for hands-on learning, creativity, and family programs. This free, hands-on art-making space welcomes everyone. No experience necessary—just drop in, pick up a brush or a pencil, try something new, and create! The Boone Children's Gallery is free and open to all. No membership required...
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Contemporary Works in Context
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Contemporary Works in Context
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Discover contemporary art in LACMA's collection through a historical lens. At this docent-led tour, we’ll examine visual, historical, and stylistic conversations across time and geography between six key artworks and new commissions in the context of their respective presentations in the David Geffen Galleries. Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the day for details. Go Metro. The...
Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection
BCAM, Level 3 Adults, Kids & Families
Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
This series of docent-led tours celebrates LGBTQ+ artists in the permanent collection, exploring how personal experiences shaped artworks on view in the Modern Art Galleries. Participants of all ages and identities are invited to join us and discover creativity, community, and surprising stories behind beloved pieces of art. Co-presented by One Institute for Circa: Queer Histories Festival. Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station)...
In Focus Tour: Large Scale Art
Adults
In Focus Tour: Large Scale Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a thirty minute thematic tour of some of the most massive sculptures and installations around the museum's campus. Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the day for details. Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station). Plan your trip at Metro.net .
Gallery Tour: Home of the Future and The Kitchen and Its Discontents
Resnick Pavilion Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: Home of the Future and The Kitchen and Its Discontents
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour of Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias and The Kitchen and Its Discontents. Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias Between 1925 and 1985, Americans were offered an astonishing array of domestic utopias. Self-cleaning kitchens, plastic houses assembled in a day, push-button appliances, and desktop computers all shaped aspirations about how to live. Through architectural models, drawings, photographs, films...
Gallery Tour: Get to Know the David Geffen Galleries
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: Get to Know the David Geffen Galleries
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Discover the David Geffen Galleries, LACMA’s new home for the permanent collection, at a docent-led tour that will cover the expanse of the building’s exhibition level. We’ll explore visual and thematic connections across time and geography through seven key artworks, from ninth-century Assyrian reliefs to Do Ho Suh’s installation Jagyeong Hall, Gyeongbok Palace (2025). Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of...
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Pacific Ocean
David Geffen GalleriesAdults
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Pacific Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get to know the Pacific Ocean galleries, one of four sections in the David Geffen Galleries where you’ll discover visual and thematic connections across time and geography. This docent-led tour will explore seven key artworks in LACMA’s collection, from Diego Rivera’s Flower Day (1927) to Raymond Lowey’s Studebaker Avanti automobile (1961). Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on...
Gallery Tour: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
Resnick Pavilion Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour of Collecting Impressionism at LACMA. Inspired by breakthroughs in industry and technology, visual culture in the final quarter of the 19th century in France expanded well beyond the traditional media of painting, sculpture, and drawing to include advances in printmaking, photography, decorative arts, and fashion. Yet, 150 years later, French Impressionism single-handedly defines this period at American art museums. Unpacking the reasons...
Gallery Tour: Modern Art
BCAM, Level 3Adults
Gallery Tour: Modern Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour in the Modern Art Galleries. Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the day for details. Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station). Plan your trip at Metro.net .
LACMA Family Tours
Resnick LawnKids & Families
LACMA Family Tours
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute, interactive family tour of outdoor sculptures and highlights from our Modern Art Galleries. These tours meet outdoors on the on the W.M. Keck Plaza. Museum admission is required. Do you live in Los Angeles County? Find out about LACMA's free NexGenLA membership for kids and teens 17 and under. NexGenLA members can visit the museum for free anytime and bring one guest for...
Boone Children's Gallery
Kids & Families
Boone Children's Gallery
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
The whole family is invited to explore the joy of art-making at the Boone Children's Gallery, located inside the W.M. Keck Education Center, LACMA's new home for hands-on learning, creativity, and family programs. This free, hands-on art-making space welcomes everyone. No experience necessary—just drop in, pick up a brush or a pencil, try something new, and create! The Boone Children's Gallery is free and open to all. No membership required...
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Atlantic Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Atlantic Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to the Atlantic Ocean galleries, one of four sections in the David Geffen Galleries where you’ll discover visual and thematic connections across time and geography. At this 30-minute docent-led tour, we’ll examine three key artworks in LACMA’s collection to uncover stories and influences across the section’s “coasts.” Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the...
In Focus Tour: Large Scale Art
Adults
In Focus Tour: Large Scale Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a thirty minute thematic tour of some of the most massive sculptures and installations around the museum's campus. Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the day for details. Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station). Plan your trip at Metro.net .