LA - West. November 3, 2019. Of the four buildings, the Bing was generally Angelenos’ favorite. This is solely an East Campus project though; buildings west of the plaza entrance and the Bruce Goff-designed Pavilion for Japanese Art … Here's what's happening… Redesign of LACMA has caused controversy, as the museum continues with construction of new project. The exhibition explores the span of Mapplethorpe's career, from early drawings and collages to iconic photographs and seldom-seen video works. Through March 22, 2020 (BCAM, Level 1), May 17, 2020 (BCAM, Level 3) Co-organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Whitney Museum of American Art, Julie Mehretu is a mid-career survey that will unite nearly 40 works on paper with 35… Betye Saar: Call and Response. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) LACMA raises general admission price to $20 Children play in artist Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image via LACMA According to LACMA’s dedicated website for the projec t, the horizontal layout with no front or back aims to give every cultures equal focus. Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, fields new questions from critics of the revised Peter Zumthor design, up for county approval Tuesday. LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). This “micro-museum” will travel over 3,000 miles through Guatemala, Mexico, and Southern California before opening to the public at LACMA on September 2017. Presented by: East of Borneo and LACMA What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share Background: This meetup is one of more than 125 Art and Feminism events happening around the world on in the month of March to address the gender gap on Wikipedia—where only about 13% of contributors identify as female—and to improve coverage of … News Headlines Coronavirus Earthquakes Education Environment Homelessness … LIVE UPDATES AT THE TOP OF EACH HOUR ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) -- We've created this live blog to bring you the latest coronavirus news happening right now. “That this watershed gift is happening in Los Angeles is a testament, not just to LACMA, but to all of Los Angeles as a cultural center,” Govan said. July 2020 events calendar for Los Angeles. Lakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille.. View this post on Instagram. Demolition began on April 6, and by Easter Sunday, the Leo S. Bing Theater was reduced to a pile of rubble. Largest art museum in the West inspires creativity and dialogue. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is taking down four buildings to make room for a new $750 million* structure. At the 2016 LACMA Art + Film Gala, from left, Adele Irwin, honoree Kathryn Bigelow, honoree Robert Irwin, co-chairs Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, and LACMA director Michael Govan. LACMA, like so many institutions around the world, has had day-to-day life overturned by the COVID-19 pandemic, shutting galleries and forcing staff to work remotely. Save LACMA acts as voice for those unhappy with redesign. Connect with cultures from ancient times to the present. Log In WATCH LIVE. September 22, 2019. The Los Angeles Review of Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.