ART.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Writer Patience will be a vital virtue for those who wish to see ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs'' at the 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. . The last time the relics of Egypt's boy king were on display here, in 1978, a record 1.25 million visitors queued up at LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association for a look. Fortunately, there's a lot more to the summer art scene than Tut. ONGOING Dos Visiones/Two Visions, 20 paintings and mixed media. Museum of Latin American Art MoLAA reopened on 9 June 2007 after a nearly three year renovation. 40,000 square feet of exhibition space was added and a sculpture garden created. Works include Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Jose Clemente Orozco, Fernando Botero and many other pieces from Latin American artists. , through June 5. (562) 437-1689; www.molaa.org. German and Austrian Posters: War, Revolution and Protest, 70 posters that inspired political action in the early 20th century. LACMA, through June 12, $5-$9. (323) 857-6010; www.lacma.org. Images of Fashion From the Court of Louis XIV, books, accessories and textiles that set trends for 17th-century nobles. LACMA, through June 26, $5-$9. (323) 857-6010; www.lacma.org. Women Here, Women There, Women Everywhere, exhibit by prominent female L.A. artists. Watts Towers Arts Center, through July 17. (213) 847-4646; www.culturela.org. PeaceWorks, a collection of art created by 45 individuals with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. . Skirball Cultural Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , through Aug. 7, free admission for this exhibition; general admission $6-$8. (310) 440-4500; www.skirball.org. Light and Water: Drawing in 18th-Century Venice, sketches from one of the city's most important periods in art. Getty Center, through Aug. 21, free admission. (310) 440-7300; www.getty.edu. Three Roads Taken: The Photographs of Paul Strand, showcasing his profound portraits and his use of photography as a modern art form. Getty Center, through Sept. 4, free admission. (310) 440-7300; www.getty.edu. Hollywood in Vegas: Celebrating Las Vegas at 100, photos and memorabilia of the Rat Pack, Elvis and more. Hollywood Entertainment Museum, through Sept. 11, $5-$12. (323) 465-7900; www.hollywoodmuseum.com. Japan Goes to the World's Fairs: Japanese Art at the Great Expositions in Europe and the United States, 1867-1904, art that inspired cultural exchange and a Western appetite for Eastern decor. LACMA, through Oct. 10, $5-$9. (323) 857-6010; www.lacma.org. 600 Images/60 Artists/6 Curators/6 Cities, collecting digital black-and- white images from Bangkok, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Manila and Saigon for a simultaneous exhibition in galleries around the world, all coordinated on the Internet. Brewery Arts Complex, through June 25, free admission. (323) 222-0222; www.experiencela.com. FRIDAY California Landscape, paintings, prints and photos of a century of California scenes. Long Beach Museum of Art The Long Beach Museum of Art is a museum located on Ocean Blvd. in the Bluff Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California. The museum occupies the historic 1912 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson house and carriage house (designed by Charles Alonzo Rich[1]) and a new two-story , through July 21, $4-$5. (562) 439-2119; www.lbma.org. SATURDAY L.A. Art Fest, billed as the largest indoor/outdoor art festival ever in Los Angeles. Downtown Arts District, through June 5, free admission. (310) 387-3395; www.laartfest.org. Villa America: American Moderns, 1900-1950, paintings by such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove and Charles Demuth. Orange County Museum of Art The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is a museum located in Newport Beach, California. External links
JUNE 7 Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits, collection of 16 paintings of saints and apostles. Getty Center, through Aug. 28, free admission. (310) 440-7300; www.getty.edu. JUNE 10 A Mordant mordant (môr`dənt) [Fr.,=biting], substance used in dyeing to fix certain dyes (mordant dyes) in cloth. Either the mordant (if it is colloidal) or a colloid produced by the mordant adheres to the fiber, attracting and fixing the colloidal Wit: Engravings by William Hogarth, 18th-century satirical social commentary. 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 Aug. 15, $4-$8. (626) 449-6840; www.nortonsimon.org. Lakota artists' show and sale, works by Robert Freeman, Tom Red Bear and Russell Means. Southwest Museum, through Aug. 14, $3-$7.50. (323) 221-2164; www.southwestmuseum.org. JUNE 11 Downtown Burbank Fine Arts Festival The Fine Arts Festival ( Turkish: Güzel Sanatlar Festivali) is a yearly festival held at Robert College of Istanbul. It is the largest secondary school festival in Turkey. It has been held annually since 1982 by the Robert College Student Council. , the largest fine art fair in the East Valley. San Fernando Boulevard at Magnolia, through June 12, free admission. (818) 709-2907; www.westcoastartists.com. 3 X Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Hilma af Klint Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were amongst the first abstract art. She belonged to a group called 'The Five' and the paintings or diagrams were a visual representation of complex philosophical ideas. , Emma Kunz and Agnes Martin, exploring spiritual and mystical subjects. Santa Monica Museum of Art The Santa Monica Museum of Art is a museum located in Santa Monica, California. External links
Your Fashion on a Plate, historic men's and women's fashion illustrations. Heritage Square Museum Heritage Square is a living history museum that tells the story of the development of Southern California through architecture. Eight historic structures, a train car, and a trolly car were all saved from demolition and moved to the site between 1969 - 2005. , through Aug. 31, $8-$10. (626) 796-2898; www.heritagesquare.org. JUNE 12 Andre Kertesz, photography retrospective. LACMA, through Sept. 5, $5-$9. (323) 857-6010; www.lacma.org. JUNE 16 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, the season's hottest ticket, now including a CT scan of the mummy and video images. LACMA, through Nov. 15, $15-$30 for time-stamped tickets. (323) 857-6010, www.lacma.org. JUNE 25 Absolut Chalk Festival, where some 600 artists create pavement murals. Paseo Colorado in Pasadena, through June 26, free admission. (626) 440-7379; www.absolutchalk.com. From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and Its Impact in Civil Liberties, final seminar, looking at post-9/11 propaganda. Japanese American National Museum The Japanese American National Museum opened its doors in 1992. The museum is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown Los Angeles, California. It is devoted to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. , $4-$8. (213) 625-0414; www.janm.org. JUNE 26 Tim Hawkinson, collecting some of the L.A. sculptor's creations in unusual media. LACMA, through Aug. 28, $5-$9. (323) 857-6010; www.lacma.org. Master of Landscape: Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th-century Dutch paintings. LACMA, through Sept. 18, $5-$9. (323) 857-6010; www.lacma.org. Patty Chang and Fiona Tan video installations, Stephen Shore landscape photographs. Hammer Museum, through Oct. 16, $3-$5. (310) 443-7000; www.hammer.ucla.edu. JULY 29 An Assortment of Beauties: Japanese Woodblock wood·block n. 1. See woodcut. 2. also wood block Music A hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick to produce percussive effects in an orchestra. Prints Collected by Frank Lloyd Wright, 17th- to 19th-century renderings of women. Norton Simon Museum, through Jan. 9, $4-$8. (626) 449-6840; www.nortonsimon.org. AUG. 11 Sacred Spaces: Historic Houses of Worship in the City of Angels, photo studies by Robert Berger. Skirball Cultural Center, through Nov. 13, $6-$8. (310) 440-4500; www.skirball.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS JUNE 16 - NOV. 15 |
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