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Equine Power, Myth, and Beauty 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
I am in constant wonder of the Tang horse. It sits in the middle of the Chinese art gallery, its glistening glaze somehow indicative of motion. The caramel color of the form runs over, like rain strea...
This Weekend at LACMA: Get Down at Muse ‘til Midnight, Partake in the San Bernardino Art + Film Lab, Enjoy Free Music, See Unique Artworks, and More! 24 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
Trust me when I say, you’ll want to be at LACMA this weekend for Saturday’s Muse ‘til Midnight all out bash celebrating Hans Richter: Encounters. The party begins at 8 pm with after-hours access to th...
From the Ground: A Character in Two LACMA Exhibitions 20 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
A golem—a large, powerful creature made of clay—is a figure from Jewish folklore. Based on the best-known version of the legend, Paul Wegener’s 1920 film Der Golem: Wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem: ...
This Weekend at LACMA: Worldwide Art, Free Jazz and Brazilian Music, Free Outdoor Films, Family Workshops, and More! 17 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am
You could take out a small loan and plan an intricate getaway to a faraway place in a quest for a new outlook on life or simply see inspired works of art and diverse perspectives from around the globe...
VIDEO: John Solt on Avant Garde “Plastic Poetry” from Japan 14 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
We recently interviewed scholar, poet, and collector John Solt in the Pavilion for Japanese Art, about the extraordinary exhibition Kitasono Katue: Surrealist Poet, currently on view. Soft-spoken and ...
Entering the Public: Representations of Women in the Work of Newsha Tavakolian 13 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
I attended a lecture by Nazila Noebashari, owner of Aaran Gallery in Tehran, when I first started my internship for the Art of the Middle East department here at LACMA. Aaran Gallery is a participant ...
This Weekend at LACMA: One-of-a-Kind Exhibitions, Live Music, Free Workshops and Film, and More! 10 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
Something about warm mornings, washed-out afternoons, and orange-tinted evenings makes summertime a focus point for nostalgia. Make this weekend a memorable one with LACMA. In our galleries see The Pr...
Architecture, Displaced 8 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
Can omitting the context of location from a photograph of architecture remove its identity? Is a building defined by its country of origin? Is a photograph? These are some of the questions that come ...
FiFo 7 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
FiFo. No, this is neither the name of a new restaurant nor that of an energy drink, but the abbreviation for Film und Foto (Film and Photography), a 1929 landmark exhibition on modern art, which inspi...
Jesús Rafael Soto’s “Penetrable” at LACMA Dematerializes the Viewer 5 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
In the 1950s and 1960s, several Latin American artists settled in Paris, where they became key players in the movement of kinetic and op art. One such artist was the Venezuelan Jesús Rafael Soto, whos...
