Image: Plate with Smiling Serpent, Millipede, or Tadpole Creature, Panama, Conte Style, 600–800 CE

Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: Painting the Panamanian Cosmos

July 30, 2017
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September 3, 2018
Ahmanson Building, Level 2
Ancient Panamanian art has not yet received the scholarly or public attention it deserves. Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: Painting the Panamanian Cosmos presents a unique…
Image: Standing Figure, Tlalocan [tunnel under Feathered Serpent Pyramid], Teotihuacan, Mexico, 200–250

City and Cosmos: The Arts of Teotihuacan

March 25
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September 3, 2018
Resnick Pavilion
The ancient city of Teotihuacan flourished in central Mexico in the first millennium CE. This multi-ethnic, cosmopolitan city was the largest urban center in the Americas in its…
Image: Richard Seewald, Revolution, 1913

Picturing the Masses: Germany, 1900–1938

April 14
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August 26, 2018
Ahmanson Building, Level 2
Mass movements are a modern phenomenon and became a popular subject of early 20th-century German art, a time of political revolutions, popular entertainments, proletarian workers…

Mark Grotjahn: 50 Kitchens

May 20
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August 19, 2018
BCAM, Level 3: Nathanson Gallery
Los Angeles-based artist Mark Grotjahn (b. 1968) has made “Butterfly” compositions since 2002, and the latest to come out of his studio is 50 Kitchens (2013–18), exhibited here…
Image: David Hockney, Barry Humphries, 26th, 27th, 28th March 2015 from 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life, 2015

David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life

April 15
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July 29, 2018
BCAM, Level 3: Nathanson Gallery
In 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life, David Hockney offers a vibrant and intimate view of people with whom he has developed relationships over the past 50 years. The majority of the…
Image: Young-Il Ahn, Water BLBP 16(detail), 2016

Unexpected Light: Works by Young Il Ahn

February 25, 2017
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July 22, 2018
Hammer Building, Level 2
Korean-American artist Young Il Ahn was born in 1934 in Gaeseong, historically known as the capital of the Goryeo dynasty (912–1392) and geographically located in North Korea…
Image: Human Head with Canine Muzzle, Veracruz, 600–900

Ancient Bodies: Transformation, Personhood, and Power in Mesoamerica

April 12
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July 8, 2018
Art of the Americas Building, Level 4
In ancient Mesoamerica, people transformed their bodies to express a range of roles in society and to gain access to metaphysical powers. Bodily conversions were achieved…
Image: Maqsud Kashani, Ardabil Carpet (detail), dated 1539-40 (A.H. 946)

A Tale of Two Persian Carpets (One by One): The Ardabil and Coronation Carpets

September 17, 2017
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July 8, 2018
Resnick Pavilion
Dating to the first half of the 16th century, LACMA’s two spectacular Persian carpets, both the gift of J. Paul Getty, have only rarely been exhibited due in part to their size…