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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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...
In Focus Tour: Modern Art
BCAM, Level 3Adults
In Focus Tour: Modern Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-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 .
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...
In Focus Tour: Sculpture, Then and Now
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Sculpture, Then and Now
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to the diversity of sculpture on view in the David Geffen Galleries at this 30-minute docent-led tour highlighting three key works from LACMA’s collection, from the historical to the contemporary. 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...
Andell Family Sundays: Home of the Future
W.M. Keck PlazaKids & Families
Andell Family Sundays: Home of the Future
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get inspired by the exhibition Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias and make your own art at a drop-in workshop led by artists Bianca Argueta and Karl Petion. All ages are welcome. Workshops inspired by Home of the Future will take place outside the W.M. Keck Education Center on Sundays, November 1, 8, and 15. More for Families Kids and families can also join a 30-minute docent-led family...
In Focus Tour: Fashion in Art
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Fashion in Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to the craft and artistry of fashion, costume, and textiles in the David Geffen Galleries at this 30-minute docent-led tour examining three key objects in LACMA’s collection. 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...
In Focus Tour: Eileen Cowin
BCAM, Level 2 Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Eileen Cowin
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise. Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise presents the provocative photography and video of the Los Angeles–based artist who has explored romance and rivalry, the personal and the political, and the monotony and mystery of daily life, for more than 50 years. Often blurring the distinction between nonfiction and fiction, Cowin draws on cinema, literature, poetry...
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: David Geffen Galleries, Atlantic Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Atlantic Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get to know 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. This docent-led tour will explore nine key artworks in LACMA’s collection, from ancient ceramics from Panama and Colombia to Todd Gray’s new commission Octavia’s Gaze (2025). Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our...
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, Indian Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: David Geffen Galleries, Indian Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get to know the Indian 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 six key artworks in LACMA’s collection, from an Indonesian sarong (c. 1910) to Andreas Gursky’s photographic series Ocean I−VI (2009−10). Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team...
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 .
Personal Connections (Virtual)
OnlineAdults
Personal Connections (Virtual)
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
In this free online program, we'll look at artworks from LACMA’s collection with Alzheimer’s LA. LACMA teaching artist Elonda Norris will guide people living with early stage Alzheimer’s and dementia in engaging conversation and activities. Care partners are encouraged to participate, but not required. This program is free and will take place online via Zoom. To RSVP, contact aoh@alzla.org .
In Focus Tour: Sculpture, Then and Now
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Sculpture, Then and Now
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to the diversity of sculpture on view in the David Geffen Galleries at this 30-minute docent-led tour highlighting three key works from LACMA’s collection, from the historical to the contemporary. 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...
In Focus Tour: Modern Art
BCAM, Level 3Adults
In Focus Tour: Modern Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Join a LACMA docent for a 30-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 .