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Discover thousands of works of art spanning time and the world at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Los Angeles
Joined June 2008
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About last night. Did you know that the limited edition exhibition catalogue for "Yoshitomo Nara" includes a vinyl LP with original music and covers by American indie rock band @TheRealYLT?. Find the catalogue online: @michinara3
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Big thanks to @Patron for sponsoring tonight's opening for "Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters." #GDTatLACMA
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Me trying to maintain a social life, keep my plants alive, work out more often and look cute all the time
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If you've been enjoying our tweets with @MerriamWebster, check out this Twitter Moment for a chronological list!⚡️
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We are deeply saddened to note the passing of Chris Burden, whose impact on art and on LA has been profound. http://t.co/xQQSCLjeEP.
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"Everyone discusses my art & pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love." — Monet
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Dear @rAndomHQ, it's your call—you created #RainRoom after all. Tomorrow, LACMA will have #PurpleRain in memory of Prince 💜☔️.
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General Public tix are on sale for "Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters!" #GDTatLACMA
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We are deeply saddened by the events unfolding in Paris. Our thoughts are with friends, colleagues, & all Parisians.
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Happy Birthday to Alphonse Mucha, born in 1860. His 1896 print, "Zodiac" in our collection:
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A serene and snowy late night collection highlight 🌌. Kawase Hasui, "Snow, Nakayama-shichiri Road, Hida," color woodblock print, 1924, © Estate of Kawase Hasui, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA.
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Happy birthday to celebrated American landscape photographer, Ansel Adams, born in 1902!
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We are proud to announce that Yoshitomo Nara's 25 foot 7 inch tall, 4,446 pound bronze sculpture "Miss Forest (LACMA Version)" is now in our permanent collection. Read more about this exciting acquisition:
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To @metmuseum, we thought instead of a #MuseumBouquet, we'd gift you a whole field of California poppies to send a little west coast cheer your way. 🌼.
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Happy birthday to Chris Burden, born on this day in 1946. Thank you for creating #UrbanLight
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Cactoid Labs curator and co-founder @LadyCactoid recently sat down with artist @emilyxxie to explore her process & the work she is creating in dialogue with LACMA’s permanent collection for the project "Remembrance of Things Future" ✨ Learn more →
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Happy birthday to Eadweard Muybridge, father of motion-picture projections:
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Just announced! BØRNS @bornsmusic will perform at tonight's #ArtandFilm gala ⚡️ Follow us & @gucci on Snapchat today
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Happy birthday to Andy Warhol, born in 1928! Enjoy his Pop Art works in our collection:
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It's #catsgiving! Here's a purr-fectly accurate artwork of cats ignoring us. We're ready to see some paw-some pieces from other museums today! 🐱
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"I love the silent hour of night. For blissful dreams may then arise." – Anne Brontë. Pictured here: "Tunnel of Night," Shinsaku Izumi, Japan, circa 1931
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Learn more about LACMA's acquisition of the first and largest collection of artworks minted on blockchain to enter an American art museum, gifted by collector Cozomo de' Medici ➡️
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Wishing you a happy and safe holiday season 🌨. A reminder that LACMA is closed today for the Christmas holiday, and will reopen tomorrow during normal hours. Takahashi Hiroaki, "Plum Tree in Snow," color woodblock print, before 1936.
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Explore rare early ukiyo-e prints from Japan in our "Living for the Moment" exhibition:
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For Mark Rothko, color was the key to a spiritual realm, evoking transcendental truths:
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Winding down with a late night collection highlight 🌕. Takahashi Hiroaki, "Edo River," color woodblock print, before 1923.
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In regard to the recent destruction of antiquities in Syria, we are sharing #PalmyraArtworks: http://t.co/h9tL7fDQ2y
http://t.co/jKsq4LUmS1.
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LACMA will be reopening on April 1, with Member Previews starting March 26! We can’t wait to welcome you back to our galleries. (1/6)
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As promised, @MerriamWebster, here’s one last artwork for you to mull over tonight… send us the word tomorrow!
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A lucky little mouse has blessed your feed 🐁. Tsukioka Kōgyō, "Mouse and Radish" circa 1900, color woodblock print in an album.
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A collection highlight for a rare rainy L.A. evening 🌧. Franz Skarbina, "Cab in the rain," lithograph, 1896.
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✨ Exhibition Update! We are happy to share that the closing date for "Yoshitomo Nara" at LACMA has been extended until January 2, 2022. ✨. Visit to reserve your tickets to see it (or see it again) soon!
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Take some relaxing breaths to help reduce anxiety 🌕. -Breathe in quietly through your nose for 4 seconds.-Hold for 7 seconds.-Exhale forcefully through your mouth, pursing your lips, for 8 seconds.-Repeat up to 4 times.
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LACMA hosted its eighth annual Art+Film Gala on Saturday, November 3, 2018, honoring photographer Catherine Opie and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. See highlights from the evening here: Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA
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“Weeping Woman with Handkerchief” represented Picasso's public and private agony. On view in the Ahmanson building.
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We're absolutely stuck on the @USPS's new Forever Stamps featuring the ethereal wire hangings of pioneering Japanese American artist #RuthAsawa! 💌. Head to to add the stunning new stamps to your home collection.
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"Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters" is sold out today—get tix for the last 2 days:
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summer dreamin 💭 . fun fact: Twachtman was a member of "The Ten," a loosely-allied group of American artists dissatisfied with professional art organizations, who banded together in 1898 to exhibit their works as a unified group. [John Henry Twachtman, Harbor Scene, circa 1900]
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Here's to 2022 and another incredible year of art with you ✨. 📸: @christineanneho on Instagram
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LACMA has partnered with Yoshitomo Nara and @TheSkateroom to create limited edition skate decks inspired by Nara's unmistakable work. This collaboration supports social skate projects and empowers youth around the world through skateboarding and education.
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"Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz" is the 1st major retrospective of the artist's work. Opening Aug 6
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*waves* 👋. "Woman’s Kimono with Sea Eagle, Ocean Waves, and Rocks," Japan, silk plain weave, paste-resist dyed (yūzen) with gilt-paper-wrapped-silk embroidery, applied metallic foil, Taishō period (1912 – 1926)- early Shōwa period (1926 – 1989), first half 20th century.
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❗️ Museum alert ❗️. LACMA will close to the public at 1 pm today, Saturday, November 6, for a private event. The Pritzker Parking Garage will remain open to ticketed LACMA guests until 1 pm. Normal hours will resume on Sunday, November 7.
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"You’ll be fine, just be yourself.". First of all, I don’t even know who I am.
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"The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel." — Piet Mondrian
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Happy birthday to Wassily Kandinsky, born in 1866! Explore his work in our collection:
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Did you know LACMA offers free online art classes? 🔍.In this introductory course on Chinese painting, LACMA curator Stephen Little will guide you as you observe handscrolls, hanging scrolls, album leaves, and fans from the museum's collection.
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Cactoid Labs curator @LadyCactoid sat down with artist @williamapan to discuss his art on view at our Stark Bar screens, and the work he is creating in dialogue with our permanent collection for the project "Remembrance of Things Future." →
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Wrapping up the week with a serene late night collection highlight 🌕. Kawase Hasui, "Moon at Matsushima," color woodblock print, circa mid-1930s. © Estate of Kawase Hasui, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA.
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July 18 at LACMA: Visual artist and singer/songwriter Solange Knowles (@SaintRecords) presents an extended directors cut featuring new scenes and musical arrangements of her interdisciplinary performance art film “When I Get Home”. Learn more:
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"Woman n°001" (2021) by Yam Karkai is part of the recent gift to LACMA from collector Cozomo de' Medici, the first and largest private collection of blockchain artworks to enter an American art museum. Learn more about the Cozomo de' Medici collection ➡️
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Okay I'm only going to say hi and stay for a little . Me two hours later:
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Firooz Zahedi documented Elizabeth Taylor's 1976 visit to Iran in a series of vivid pictures
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Happy 170th, Vincent Van Gogh 🎈 . Van Gogh was born #onthisday 1853—and while he became known for self-portraits, that's not him ↓ it's "The Postman Joseph Rulin," one of his muses.
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Happy Birthday to Amedeo Modigliani! The Italian artist was born in 1884—more on Unframed:
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