Pigment and Perspective: A Deep Dive into Mesoamerican Color
- Tue, May 6, 2025
- 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm PT
- Resnick Pavilion | LACMA
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Free, RSVP required
As part of our quarterly tours of We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art, this tour will be led by Diana Magaloni, Deputy Director, Program Director of the Art of the Ancient Americas, and the Conservation Center Director at LACMA. It will delve into the invention and use of pigments, offering insights into the Mesoamerican worldview and the deep significance of color.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Mural Fragment of Scalloped Shell with Hands and Animal Head, Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan, (Teotihuacan), 350–450 CE, lime plaster with pigment, height: 16 1⁄2 in. (42 cm); width: 42 7⁄8 in. (109 cm), Museo de Murales Teotihuacanos, Beatriz de la Fuente, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA, by Javier Hinojosa
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Mural Fragment of Scalloped Shell with Hands and Animal Head, Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan, (Teotihuacan), 350–450 CE, lime plaster with pigment, height: 16 1⁄2 in. (42 cm); width: 42 7⁄8 in. (109 cm), Museo de Murales Teotihuacanos, Beatriz de la Fuente, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA, by Javier Hinojosa