LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy—a group of nearly 40 alabaster sculptures that have never before been presented together outside of France—on vie…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Collectors Committee Brings in Eight New Acquisitions
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announce the acquisition of eight artworks through the museum’s 26th Annual Collectors Committee fundraiser. The event featured a weekend of curator-led art presentations, private dinn…
LACMA and Film Independent Join Forces on New Film Series
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that it has entered into a partnership with Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival. As a result of t…
LACMA Presents First Ever Thematic Exhibition of Renowned American Sculptor David Smith
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy, the first major thematic exhibition devoted to the renowned twentieth-century American sculptor David Smith (1906-65). Organized by LACMA, the exhib…
LACMA Launches Image Library Expanding Online Access to Museum’s Collection
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announce that it will provide access to free high-resolution images of the museum’s rich encyclopedic collection through its newly created Image Library. Visitors to the library can do…
LACMA Displays Most Extensive Presentation of Museum’s Contemporary Collection in Ten Years
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) displays the most extensive presentation of the museum’s permanent collection of contemporary art in ten years. Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection features approximatel…
LACMA to Host Exhibition of Vija Celmins’s Work Created in Los Angeles Between 1964 and 1966
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster 1964-1966, exploring an essential yet often overlooked period of the artist’s work. Throughout much of her career, Vija Celmins has been internat…
The Whitney Presents a Mid-Career Retrospective of Groundbreaking New York Artist
NEW YORK. N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the pas…
The Whitney Presents a Mid-Career Retrospective of Groundbreaking New York Artist
NEW YORK. N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the pas…
LACMA And The Getty Museum Acquire Robert Mapplethorpe Art And Archive
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the J. Paul Getty Trust announced their joint acquisition of art and archival materials by or associated with Robert Mapplethorpe, one of the great photographers of the second half of t…