Saturday, 29 June 2019

Arts & Culture in Los Angeles

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Mid-City)
December 2019
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is bringing the world's leading film sciences museum to L.A.'s Miracle Mile. This exciting project is designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, and will encompass six stories of state-of-the-art galleries, exhibition spaces, movie theaters, educational areas, and special event spaces. Inaugural exhibitions will include a retrospective of legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and Making of: The Wizard of Oz.
www.academymuseum.com

LA Plaza Cocina (Olvera Street, Downtown)
Early 2020
LA Plaza Cocina will be the first museum and teaching kitchen dedicated to Mexican food when it opens in Downtown L.A.'s Olvera Street at LA Plaza Village. The multi-disciplinary venue will aim to celebrate and educate visitors on Mexico's culinary heritage, from its indigenous roots to its contemporary interpretations through an array of exhibitions, cooking classes, lectures, workshops, and culinary festivals.
lapca.org/content/la-plaza-cocina-la-plaza-village

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (Exposition Park, Downtown)
2021
Los Angeles will welcome the 275,000-square-foot, $1-billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to Downtown L.A.'s Exposition park in 2021. Works on display will come from George Lucas' personal collection of art, which consists of approximately 10,000 paintings and illustrations along with Hollywood memorabilia from films such as “Star Wars” and “The Ten Commandments.”
www.lucasmuseum.org

Skirball Cultural Center (Westside) “Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich”
Now Through September 1, 2019
A must-see, the Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center presents an in depth look at the ways in which the famed designer impacted fashion through his beliefs on gender identity, utilitarianism and body positivity. On view through September 1, 2019, Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich features more than eighty ensembles and is the first exhibition to focus on the social and cultural impact of Gernreich's vision.
www.skirball.org/exhibitions/fearless-fashion-rudi-gernreich

Hammer Museum (Westside) “Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel”
June 9, 2019 – September 1, 2019
The Hammer Museum will present the first American survey the U.K.'s influential Sarah Lucas in Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel. Over her 30-year-career, Lucas has developed a provocative, humorous body of work that subverts society's traditional notions on gender, sexuality, and identity as it relates to the human body and power. More than 130 photographs, collages, sculptures and installations will be on display.
www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2019/sarah-lucas-au-naturel/

Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art (LACMA) (Mid-City) “The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China” “Beyond Line: The Art of Korean Writing”
June 2, 2019 – January 5, 2020
June 16, 2019 – September 29, 2019
Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art (LACMA) adds two Asian art exhibitions in late spring. The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China will bring 34 works from 40 years in which material choice has become a symbol of artistic expression. The installation includes 20 of the most influential Chinese artists working today including Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Tianmiao. Beyond Line: The Art of Korean Writing will be the first exhibition held outside of Asia to focus on the history and art of writing and calligraphy in Korea.
www.lacma.org/art/exhibitions/coming-soon

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