Feature
LACMA’s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path
Some visitors may feel unmoored by the museum’s open plan and free-floating associations, but others will welcome the unconventional approach.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Opinion
Museum Leaders, Recognize Your Unions Now
Art institutions in the United States continue to force elections and exclude workers from eligibility to join unions, running counter to their own purported values and goals.
News
LACMA Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize
A whopping 96% of staff at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art voted in favor of a union, calling for higher pay and “increased transparency.”
News
With the Help of LA, a Las Vegas Art Museum Forges Ahead
Of the 30 largest US cities, Las Vegas is the only one without a standalone art museum.
News
Nazi Symbol Appears on Fence Near LACMA
A video shared online shows a swastika that appears to transform into an emblem of the Islamic Republic taped to a fence in front of the museum.
Art
Art in the Attention Economy
If there is an object you have ever desired in your life, rest assured that someone in the advertising industry made money convincing you of exactly that.
News
Iran Massacre Prompts Poignant Protest at LACMA
The performance marked 40 days since the Zahedan Massacre, when Iranian security forces opened fire into a crowd and killed almost 100 people.
News
Lil Nas X’s “I Will Avenge U Mr Van Gogh” Meme Goes Viral
The rapper posted an image miming an attack on one of Andy Warhol’s tomato soup cans, and as usual, his fans ate it up.
News
Three Arrested During "Die-In" Protest for Abortion Rights Outside LACMA
Activists chained themselves to the cast-iron lampposts of Chris Burden’s outdoor sculpture installation “Urban Light” (2008) and covered themselves in fake blood.
News
LACMA Receives 109 Indigenous American Artworks
The gift from the Reiter Family includes 82 ceramic pieces made by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest.
Art
A New Movie on Moholy-Nagy, Inspiring Artist and Teacher
The New Bauhaus traces the artist’s journey from joining the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany to founding the New Bauhaus in Chicago.
In Brief
Tom Gores, Owner of Prison Telecom Company, Resigns From LACMA Board
Last month, a letter signed by over 100 artists, including Andrea Fraser and EJ Hill, demanded Gores’s removal from the board, accusing his company of price gouging.