Founded in 1965, the Museum is located on a 20-acre campus in the heart of Los Angeles. More than 120,000 objects dating from antiquity to the present are housed in five major buildings. LACMA is the largest and most comprehensive art museum in the western United States.
Strengths include Japanese art, modern and contemporary art, Latin American works from pre-Colombian to present, a significant collection of Islamic art, and a naturally lit, open-plan museum space with a rotating selection of major exhibitions.
The grounds also include a 600-seat theatre for public programs.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
Afro-Atlantic Histories
Dec 11 2022 - Sep 10 2023
130+ works of art and documents explore the transatlantic slave trade
Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938–1945
Dec 18 2022 - Jun 19 2023
Spiritual abstraction with symbols and imagery drawn from the collective unconscious
Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection
Aug 7 2022 - May 21 2023
14 case studies place historical works in dialogue with contemporary examples
The Five Directions: Lacquer Through East Asia
Dec 18 2022 - Apr 16 2023
Traces the dynamism of materials and ideas throughout the region
New Abstracts: Recent Acquisitions
Nov 12 2022 - May 29 2023
Showcases an expansive range of practices constituting abstract art today
Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany
Oct 29 2022 - Jul 22 2023
Examines direct and indirect points of exchange
Conversing in Clay: - Ceramics from the LACMA Collection
Aug 7 2022 - May 21 2023
14 case studies place historical works in dialogue with contemporary examples
Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982
Feb 12 2023 - Jul 2 2023
Explores how the rise of computer technology impacted the making of art
Light, Space, Surface: - Selections from LACMA’s Collection
Apr 2 2023 - Oct 1 2023
Southern California artists' works that investigate perceptual phenomena
Women Defining Women In Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond
Apr 23 2023 - Sep 24 2023
75 works by women artists born or living in Islamic societies
Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing
Apr 9 2023 - Jul 16 2023
60 works explore aspects of Japanese aesthetics
Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone
Aug 20 2023 - Feb 11 2024
Natural features of stones with comparative examples in other media
Imagined Fronts: The Great War and Global Media
Dec 3 2023 - Jul 7 2024
200 objects by artists, war photographers, and filmmakers as well as soldiers from several continents
The World Made Wondrous: The Dutch Collector's Cabinet
Sep 17 2023 - Feb 11 2024
300+ objects create a fictive 17th-century Dutch collector’s cabinet
