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Artist-Led Exhibition Walkthroughs: New Topographics
Sunday, November 1 | 2:00 pm
Join artist Mark Ruwedel for a fresh perspective on the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape.
BCAM Level 2 | Free with paid admission, tickets required | Available one hour before the program
"Great Northern #2A", 2005, gelatin silver print, copyright Mark Ruwedel, collection of the artist, courtesy of Gallery Luisotti and Yossi Milo Gallery
Decorative Arts and Design Lecture Series—The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest
Tuesday, November 3 | 7:00 pm
Larry Kreisman, program director, Historic Seattle, will deliver a lecture based on his highly praised book The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest, exploring the theme of regional identity.
Brown Auditorium | $20 General Admission, $15 LACMA members, free for Decorative Arts and Design Council members and students with ID | Tickets: 323 857-6528 or email decartscouncil@lacma.org
This lecture was made possible by the Elsie de Wolfe Foundation.
Image: Edward Timothy Hurley, Rookwood Pottery, Vase, 1909, Ceramic, earthenware, Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans in Honor of the Museum's Twnety-fifth Anniversary, M.89.151.18
Gallery Course: Heroes and Villains—The Battle for Good in India's Comics
Thursday, November 5 | 7:00 pm
Join exhibition curator Julie Romain, curatorial assistant, South and Southeast Asian Art, for an in-depth look at the current exhibition Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics. An introductory lecture on the depiction of the heroic divine in Indian art and its legacy in contemporary Indian comic books will be followed by a private gallery tour of the exhibition.
Refreshments and parking fees included in tuition.
Brown Auditorium | Members $30; non-members $35 | For reservations: 323 857-6010
Image: Saumin Patel (India, b. 1979), "Devi Vanquishes Bala," Devi, 2006, Pencil and ink on art board, 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.0 cm), Liquid Comics, Bangalore, India. © 2008 Liquid Comics. All rights reserved.
Exhibition Symposium:
What's at Stake? New Topographics: Photography and the Man-Altered Landscape
Saturday, November 7 | 11:00 am
This program investigates the issue of restaging the groundbreaking 1975 exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man Altered Landscape with regard to curatorial practice, urbanism, environmentalism, and architecture. Speakers include Matthew Coolidge, Douglas Crimp, Norman Klein, Philipp Kaiser, Richard Meyer, Christopher Hawthorne, and LACMA curators Britt Salvesen and Edward Robinson. The symposium will be followed by a special preview screening presented by James Venturi of an excerpt from Learning from Bob and Denise, a documentary about his parents, architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.
Bing Theater | $10 general admission, $7 LACMA members and seniors 62+, $5 students with valid ID | Call 323 857-6010 or purchase tickets at the museum box office | CLICK HERE for full Symposium details
This event is organized by the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and is make possible by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund and through a collaboration with The Contemporary Project at USC. The Contemporary Project is a multiyear initiative to create new forms of dialogue between the academic community and the art world.
South Belridge Oil Field, Kern County, California, Landscan, 2009, Blu-ray video disc (10:00), Sound design by George Budd, Videography by Ron Chapple, Aerial Filmworks, Directed by Matthew Coolidge, Edited by Susan Dempster, Commissioned by LACMA, purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Artist-Led Exhibition Walkthroughs: New Topographics
Sunday, November 8 | 2:00 pm
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Join artist Amir Zaki for a fresh perspective on the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape.
BCAM Level 2 | Free with paid admission, tickets required | Available one hour before the program
Amir Zaki, Untitled, 60"x76", Epson Archival Inkjet Photograph, 2009
From the Wild West to Wilshire: One Hundred Years of LACMA
Sunday, November 8 | 3:00 pm
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was born of a wild west craze for land and nurtured by civic leaders whose only cultural capital was big-city dreams. In this presentation, Los Angeles-based scholar and writer Karen Lansky will reveal untold chapters from Los Angeles history.
Brown Auditorium | Free, no reservations
This lecture is made possible by the East Asian Art Council at LACMA.
Image: © LACMA/Museum Associates 2009
Artist-Led Exhibition Walkthroughs: New Topographics
Sunday, November 15 | 2:00 pm
Join artist Peter Holzhauer for a fresh perspective on the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape.
BCAM Level 2 | Free with paid admission, tickets required | Available one hour before the program
Peter Holzhauer, Balloons, 2008, Gelatin silver print, 26 1/2 x 40 in. Courtesy of the artist
The Art of Wine and Food: Spain in the Time of Luis Meléndez
Wednesday, November 18 | 7:00 pm
This evening of food and wine features a buffet inspired by the still lifes of Luis Meléndez, which were commissioned to show off the abundant food produced in eighteenth-century Spain. Wine historian Barbara Baxter of Planet Wine will discuss the rich selection of Spanish wine. The evening begins with an overview of the exhibition. The galleries will be open for private viewing of the exhibition Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life.
Wayne Foyer, second floor Ahmanson Building | Tickets: $75 | For reservations, call 323 857 6010
Image: Luis Melendez, Still Life with Small Pears, Bread, White Pitcher, Glass Bottle, and Earthenware Bowl, 1760, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, © Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Gallery Course—Luis Melendez: Master of the Spanish Still Life
Saturday, November 21 | 9:00 am
Mary Lenihan presents this behind-the-scenes look at the special exhibition Luis Melendez: Master of the Spanish Still Life. After an introductory lecture, enjoy a private gallery tour of paintings that are rarely seen outside Europe.
Refreshments and parking fees included in tuition.
Brown Auditorium | Members $30; non-members $35 | For reservations: 323 857-6010
Image: Luis Melendez, Still Life with Small Pears, Bread, White Pitcher, Glass Bottle, and Earthenware Bowl, 1760, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, © Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Artist-Led Exhibition Walkthroughs: New Topographics
Sunday, November 22 | 2:00 pm
Join artist Shannon Ebner for a fresh perspective on the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape.
BCAM Level 2 | Free, tickets required | Available one hour before the program
Performance: Imaginary Knots
Tuesday, November 24 | 7:00 pm
Celebrate the cultural origins of Persian Carpets with Hamid Saeidi, Mamak Khadem, and Shida Pegahi. Three of Iran's most creative and cutting-edge artists present an evening celebrating their rich Persian heritage and the musical roots they draw upon-a classical tradition as timeless and as beautiful as the Ardabil and Coronation Carpets in LACMA's collection.
Bing Theater | Free, tickets required | Available one hour before the program
Project Management by SoCiArts Productions. Video Art by Afshin Javadi.
Image: © SoCiArts Productions 2009
Please visit the Public Programs page for current programming. The Art of Looking and Art Chat listings provide detailed information about facilitated gallery discussions.
Music and Film programming as well as Adult Studio Courses are offered throughout the year.
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Unless noted otherwise, public programs posted on this page are free to all. No seating is reserved.
Education programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are supported in part by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, and Rx for Reading.
For more information on education programs, please contact the Education Department at 323 857-6512 or educate@lacma.org (English and Spanish).
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