ART.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Autumn is just around the corner - you can tell because coffee bistros are offering pumpkin scones. The weather may not be brisk yet, but it still is a good time to celebrate the great indoors with a visit to a museum. The Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. The original museum opened in 1913. Among its important patrons was William Randolph Hearst, whose enormous collection brought the museum major status among the country's art houses. of Art's highly successful summer attractions featuring the works of Modigliani and French artists from the State Pushkin Museum will be closing soon, as will the Getty Center's exhibit of medieval books. Next on the horizon: Buddhist art Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Gautama Buddha, 6th to 5th century BCE, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world. at LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association , and the works of sculptors Lee Bontecou at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Hammer and Jean-Antoine Houdon at the Getty, and a collection of Mexican folk art at the Natural History Museum. Come on in. TONIGHT ONLY Cabaret LACMA: A Celebration for Los Angeles, is a thank-you to the community for such wonderful support of the museum this year, and includes food, live music and a bar until 2 a.m. Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. , 9 tonight through 7 a.m. Friday, free admission; (323) 857-6000 or www.lacma.org. CONTINUING Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, through Sept. 28, $1-$7; (323) 857-6000 or www.lacma.org. The Making of a Medieval Book, Getty Center, through Sept. 28, free admission, parking $5; (310) 447-7300 or www.getty.edu. Old Masters, Impressionists and Moderns: French Masterworks From the State Pushkin Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, through Oct. 13, $1-$7; (323) 857-6000 or www.lacma.org. Treasures From the Himalayas: Sacred Images From Tibet, Nepal and Northern India, Norton Simon Museum This article is for the Norton Simon Museum in California. See this link for the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida.'' The Norton Simon Museum is a premier art museum located in Pasadena, California. , through Oct. 27, $3-$6; (626) 449-6840 or www.nortonsimon.org. Salvation: Images of the Buddhist Deity of Compassion, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, through Jan. 18, $1-$7; (323) 857-6000 or www.lacma.org. Transmitting Culture: Korean Ceramics From Korean-American Collections of Southern California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, through Feb. 1, $1-$7; (323) 857-6000 or www.lacma.org. OCT. 1 The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, brings together 1,500 years' worth of paintings, sculpture, textiles and other works from Himalayan, or Tantra Tantra (tŭn`trə), in both Hinduism and Buddhism, esoteric tradition of ritual and yoga known for elaborate use of mantra, or symbolic speech, and mandala, or symbolic diagrams; the importance of female deities, or Shakti; cremation-ground , Buddhism. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, through Jan. 4, $1-$7; (323) 857-6000 or www.lacma.org. OCT. 5 Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective, collects sculptures in welded, steel, bronze, canvas, wire and other media by this influential woman, some of which have not been shown publicly. UCLA Hammer Museum, through Jan. 11, admission $3-$5, free on Thursdays; (310) 443-7000 or www.hammer.ucla.edu. OCT. 19 Grandes Maestros: Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art, celebrates Mexico's culture through paintings, sculpture, pottery, textiles and other art forms. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910. , through Jan. 4, $2-$9; (213) 763-3466 or www.nmh.org. NOV judgment notwithstanding the verdict (N.O.V.) n. reversal of a jury's verdict by the trial judge when the judge believes there was no factual basis for the verdict or it was contrary to law. The judge will then enter a different verdict as "a matter of law. . 4 Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828): Sculptor of the Enlightenment, worked in bronze, plaster, marble and terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] to create likenesses of such icons of the day as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, as well as his friends and family. Getty Center, through Jan. 25, free admission, parking $5; (310) 440-7300 or www.getty.edu. NOV. 7 Learning to Look: Line, examines various artists' use of line to describe objects and structure compositions, by conventional and inventive means. Norton Simon Museum, through Feb. 23, $3-$6; (626) 449-6840 or www.nortonsimon.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Salvation: Images of the Buddhist Deity of Compassion LACMA Nov. 7 through Jan. 18 |
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