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READING: RABBITS, BUGS, AND TRUMPETS: A VISIT TO A FEW VERBAL WONDERLANDS
MAR 5 | 8 PM
Critically acclaimed author Aimee Bender (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt) reads her own work as well as a short story by In Wonderland surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.
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LECTURE: THAT CALIFORNIA LOOK: MID-CENTURY FASHION MAGIC
MAR 7 | 2 PM
LACMA curator Kaye D. Spilker discusses the influence of Los Angeles on the evolution of sportswear.
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GALLERY DISCUSSION: THE ART OF LOOKING
MAR 8 | 12:30 PM
Join museum educators as they offer one-hour facilitated gallery dicussions looking in depth at the permanent collection. In March, tour the galleries of Chinese Art with educator Kristin Bengtson.
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LECTURE: A SURREALIST FRIENDSHIP: LEONORA CARRINGTON AND GLORIA ORENSTEIN
MAR 10 | 2 PM
An In Wonderland research assistant and a personal friend of Leonora Carrington discuss the artist's life and career.
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SPECIAL EVENT: YOUNG DIRECTORS NIGHT
MAR 10 | 7:30 PM
Witness cinematic stardom in the making with the eleventh annual Young Directors Night, a celebration of art and cinema that showcases the emerging talent of the Los Angeles film community. After a screening of all the short-film submissions, a panel of judges and the viewing audience vote on the year’s best.
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LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING: EXHIBITING BLACKNESS
MAR 11 | 2 PM
Author and UC Irvine professor Bridget R. Cooks discusses her new book, Exhibiting Blackness, which critically examines museum exhibitions of African American art.
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GALLERY COURSE: CALIFORNIA DESIGN
MAR 17 | 9 AM
LACMA educator and program director Mary Lenihan gives a behind-the-scenes look at the special exhibition that features hundreds of objects highlighting the inventive spirit of California designers during the mid-century. An introduction and refreshments are followed by a private tour before the galleries open to the public.
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SPECIAL EVENT: NOWRUZ CELEBRATION
MAR 18 | 11 AM–7 PM
Celebrate the arrival of spring with a full day of exciting activities, including a world-premiere music-dance-video performance created by Hamid Saeidi, a live performance by pop sensation KamyR, and a traditional Nowruz display known as “Haft Sîn.”
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LECTURE: AN ALTERNATE MODERNITY— TWENTIETH-CENTURY BALINESE PAINTING
MAR 19 | 7 PM
Adrian Vickers, professor and program director of Asian Studies at the University of Sydney, explores the development of art in early twentieth-century Bali, reassessing the story of Balinese art in terms of a dynamic modernism to shed light on its ingenuity and creativity.
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SPECIAL SCREENING: DAVID HOCKNEY: A BIGGER PICTURE, WITH DIRECTOR Q&A
MARCH 19 | 7 PM
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bruno Wollheim discusses his acclaimed documentary David Hockney: A Bigger Picture.
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ROBERT ADAMS WALKTHROUGH WITH MATT RITTER
MAR 22 | 7 PM
Matt Ritter, botany professor and director of the Cal Poly Plant Conservancy in San Luis Obispo, leads a gallery walkthrough exploring the history of the plants in Robert Adams's photographs. Ritter’s newest publication, A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us, provides an entertaining survey of California’s trees.
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SPECIAL EVENT: 24-HOUR SCREENING OF THE CLOCK
MAR 24, 12 PM–MAR 25, 12 PM
Join us for a very special screening of Christian Marclay’s The Clock, a twenty-four-hour single-channel montage constructed from thousands of moments of cinema and television history depicting the passage of time.
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GALLERY READING: SUSAN STRAIGHT
MAR 27 | 7 PM
Author Susan Straight reads an original essay and reflect on Robert Adams’s distinguished landscapes in the exhibition Robert Adams: The Place We Live, a Retrospective Selection of Photographs. Straight is a lifelong Riverside resident and an award-winning author of seven novels. Her latest novel, Take One Candle Light a Room, was named one of the best novels of 2010 by the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.
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ENVY AND KINDNESS, A READING WITH JUDITH FREEMAN AND OTHER GUESTS
MAR 30 | 7:30 PM
Author Judith Freeman and students of USC's Master of Professional Writing Program read from works exploring envy and kindness.
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LECTURE: FRIDA KAHLO’S PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY HALE: DREAMS, DRAMAS, AND REVELATIONS
MAR 31 | 2 PM
Writer Myra Bairstow narrates the saga of Dorothy Hale, a beautiful socialite who plunged to her death in 1938 and became the subject of one of Frida Kahlo’s famous paintings.
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SPECIAL EVENT: WINE TASTING AND FILM SCREENING
MAR 31 | 6:30 AND 7:30 PM
In 1976, a blind taste test comparing Californian to French wines resulted in a decided victory for the Golden State what became known as “The Judgment of Paris.” This is a unique opportunity to taste wines similar to those honored in 1976 and to screen Bottle Shock, the hit 2008 film based on the saga. A Q&A with the film’s producer, Robert Baizer, follows the screening.
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GALLERY CONVERSATIONS: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART
EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY
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FILM INDEPENDENT AT LACMA
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