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, Pacific Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Pacific Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to 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. At this 30-minute docent-led tour, we’ll examine three key artworks in LACMA’s collection to uncover stories and historical influences across the building’s “coasts.” Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on...
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: The Everyday in Art
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
Gallery Tour: The Everyday in Art
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Discover surprising stories behind scenes of daily life, local landscapes, and contemporary events in art and objects from LACMA’s collection. At this docent-led tour, we’ll examine five key works in the David Geffen Galleries exploring the “everyday,” from George Bellows' Cliff Dwellers (c. 1913) to Betye Saar’s I’ll Bend But I Will Not Break (1998). Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member...
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 .
Communities Create LA! Sculptural Feasting
Lennox LibraryKids & Families
Communities Create LA! Sculptural Feasting
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Create and savor your own small-scale sculptural feast, inspired by the rich textures and delicious details in Clara Peeters’s Still Life with Cheeses (1625). Mold your own miniature food creations using clay—from wedges of cheese to sweet treats. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
We Make the World with Patrisse Cullors
LACMAAdults
We Make the World with Patrisse Cullors
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Hear from artist, activist and author Patrisse Cullors, who will discuss her newest book, We Make the World: Guided Aesthetics Practices for Art, Power, and Healing, with LACMA curator Dhyandra Lawson. A book signing will take place after the conversation. This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA, a monthly line-up of free and ticketed programs inspired by our collection and special exhibitions. Go Metro. The D Line now...
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...
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: 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...
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...
Curator Walkthrough of Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
Resnick PavilionAdults
Curator Walkthrough of Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get a deeper look at Collecting Impressionism at LACMA with exhibition curator Leah Lehmbeck and LACMA curator of Japanese Art Rika Hiro, who will explore the dialogue between Japanese printmaking and Impressionist painting through works on view. This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA, a monthly line-up of free and ticketed programs inspired by our collection and special exhibitions. Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly...
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Pacific Ocean
David Geffen Galleries Adults, Kids & Families
In Focus Tour: Coastal Connections, Pacific Ocean
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Get an introduction to 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. At this 30-minute docent-led tour, we’ll examine three key artworks in LACMA’s collection to uncover stories and historical influences across the building’s “coasts.” Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on...
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...
Sketch the View in the David Geffen Galleries
David Geffen GalleriesAdults
Sketch the View in the David Geffen Galleries
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Drop in for a relaxed drawing session exploring the architecture and landscapes of LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries, where you’ll capture the building, light, and perspectives at your own pace, with tips from teaching artist Shannon Green. Bring your own drawing supplies (pencils and graphite only). A limited amount of supplies will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. All skill levels are welcome. Co-presented with Heavy Manners Library. This...
How Paul R. Williams Made Los Angeles
East West Bank CommonsAdults
How Paul R. Williams Made Los Angeles
May 5–Aug 11, 2019
Resnick Pavilion
Resnick Pavilion
Hear from artist Janna Ireland and LACMA curators Staci Steinberger and Sarah Locke, who will explore Paul R. Williams’s profound impact on Los Angeles at a talk presented alongside the exhibition Paul R. Williams: Architect for Living, which examines the legacy of the most prominent Black American architect of his generation. They’ll discuss the indelible marks Williams left on his native Los Angeles from the 1920s through the early 1970s...
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...