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Photos: Lupita Nyong'o, Ke Huy Quan, Heidi Klum, & More Arrive in Audi's Fully Electric Fleet to the LACMA Art+Film Gala
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 5, 2023

Check out photos of Lupita Nyong’o, Ke Huy Quan, Laura Harrier, Eva Longoria, Heidi Klum, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Colman Domingo, Quinta Brunson, Neicy Nash Betts, and more arriving in Audi’s Fully Electric Fleet to the LACMA Art+Film Gala here!

Art Institute Announces Major Barbara Kruger Exhibition
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2021

The Art Institute of Chicago has announced Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You., a major solo exhibition devoted to the work of renowned artist Barbara Kruger.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Building Campaign Revived by $50 Million Gift
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 1, 2020

LACMA'S stalled building project has been revived thanks to a generous $50 million gift.

Independent Curators International Will Honor Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo With The 2019 Leo Award
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 15, 2019

Independent Curators International (ICI), the leading arts organization focused on the role of the curator in contemporary art and culture, announced today that it will honor Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo with the 2019 Leo Award. Sandretto Re Rebaudengo will be presented with the award at ICI's Annual Benefit & Auction in New York on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.

LA/LA Officially Closes on 1/28 with Nearly a Quarter of the Exhibitions Due to Travel
by Julie Musbach - Jan 24, 2018

Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA will officially close on January 28, 2018, after the presentation throughout Southern California of hundreds of concurrent exhibitions, programs, and events about Latin American and Latino art. With the support of $16.3 million in grants from the Getty Foundation, and five years of research and planning, more than 70 cultural institutions ranging from small community-based centers to the region's largest museums participated in this unprecedented, four-month-long exploration of the rich past and vital present of Latin American and Latino art.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gifted the Big Lebowski House
by Christina Mancuso - Feb 18, 2016

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today that fashion and basketball aficionado James Goldstein has promised his John Lautner-designed home, its contents, and the surrounding estate to LACMA. The promised gift, which is in a new area of collecting for the museum, includes a James Turrell Skyspace in its extensive landscaped tropical gardens, an infinity tennis court, and an entertainment complex. Mr. Goldstein's extensive fashion collection, works by artists including Ed Ruscha, DeWain Valentine, Bernar Venet, and Kenny Scharf, architectural models of the property, and an iconic Rolls Royce Silver Cloud from 1961 are included in the gift.

Terry Morello Named Chief Advancement Officer of The Public Theater
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 14, 2016

The Public Theater announced today that Terry Morello has been named the new Chief Advancement Officer. Morello, who will start at The Public on January 19, has more than 25 years of experience working with leading non-profits in the arts and culture industry, and most recently served as the Senior Vice President of External Affairs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the past eight years.

Doug Pray's LEVITATED MASS Premieres at Landmark's Nuart Theater Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Sep 5, 2014

First Run Features announces the worldwide theatrical premiere of Doug Pray's latest documentary, Levitated Mass, at Landmark's Nuart Theater in Los Angeles, tonight, September 5, 2014. Produced by Jamie Patricof and Electric City Entertainment (Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), Levitated Mass will follow its Los Angeles opening with runs in New York and other cities.

Doug Pray's LEVITATED MASS to Premiere at Landmark's Nuart Theater, 9/5
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 23, 2014

First Run Features announces the worldwide theatrical premiere of Doug Pray's latest documentary, Levitated Mass, at Landmark's Nuart Theater in Los Angeles, on September 5, 2014. Produced by Jamie Patricof and Electric City Entertainment (Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), Levitated Mass will follow its Los Angeles opening with runs in New York and other cities.

LA Opera Celebrates Verdi with Falstaff, Audra McDonald in Concert, Einstein on the Beach in Review
by Rosie Hertzman - Oct 16, 2013

To honor Verdi's 200th birthday, LA Opera will present a new production of the crowning glory of the composer's magnificent career, his comic masterpiece Falstaff. LA Opera Music Director James Conlon, praised internationally for his mastery of Verdi, conducts this unabashed celebration of Merrie Olde England's lusty days and bawdy nights, starring Italian baritone Roberto Frontali. When Shakespeare's portly knight of Windsor hatches a plot to improve his love life by courting two different married women, he launches a flood of comic chaos and romantic misadventure.

Warner Bros to Restore Film Classic REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
by Caryn Robbins - Sep 25, 2013

Gucci, The Film Foundation and Warner Bros. Entertainment are pleased to announce the 2013 restoration of Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955).

Summer Public Programs Announced at the Guggenheim Museum
by Ben Peltz - Jun 11, 2013

In conjunction with the Guggenheim's summer exhibitions James Turrell and New Harmony: Abstraction between the Wars, 1919-1939, the museum presents the following public programs.

Robert Crumb and More on View at 55th Venice Biennale
by BWW News Desk - Jun 1, 2013

The 55th Venice Biennale is underway! Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the exhibition at Arsenale includes works by Robert Crumb, The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb, and Christopher Williams, Angola to Vietnam* (on view through November 24).

The Academy Announces First Stanley Kubrick Retrospective Exhibit
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 16, 2012

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Academy) are pleased to co-present the first U.S. retrospective of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, developed in collaboration with the Kubrick Estate and the Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt.