Tag: LACMA
Encounter with Ice Age past, gift shop for crafts, global view
New programming at local museums promises encounters with Los Angeles’ past, from an Ice Age animal to the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple-turned-Marciano Art Foundation. Holiday gift shopping and exhibits on animation and works by Black artists are also featured this month. Ice Age Encounters returns Wed., Dec. 4, to the La Brea Tar Pits in […]
LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries building 90 percent complete
Construction scaffolding used to support the forms for pouring LACMA’s new concrete museum building have been removed. Ninety percent of construction has been completed, and an opening is planned for April 2026. Learn more at: buildinglacma.org.
Family festival at ‘Collide’
• PST ART to come to LACMA, La Brea Tar Pits Explore the intersection between art and science at several programs offered this and the next several months in what is among the largest art events in the world, PST ART: Art + Science Collide. LACMA A two-channel film and sculptural installation, “American Artist: The […]
First Ruscha retrospective in 20 years opens April 7 at LACMA
The Impressionists painted flowers and lush landscapes, and Rembrandt mastered self-portraits. Ed Ruscha’s palette, however, has been his adopted home, Los Angeles, depicting a mixture of commercial advertising, entertainment and the words and images of everyday American life. Paintings of a can of Spam, a Standard gas station and the Hollywood sign are among some […]
Miracle Mile is a place to live, work, and play
By John Welborne For more than 100 years, the Miracle Mile and surrounding areas have been in the heart of Los Angeles. Primarily residential neighborhoods, the Mile vicinity includes several Historic Preservation Overlay Zones plus the largest multifamily residential complex west of the Mississippi (Park La Brea). The spine of the community, Wilshire Boulevard, has […]