Paul Poiret, Atelier Martine, Textile Length, c. 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Nelya Dubrovich and David Woodruff

This Weekend at LACMA

October 10, 2014
Roberto Ayala, Marketing Coordinator

Visit the museum this long weekend for your art and culture fix. Check out the continuation of this month’s movies series, Haunted Screens: Expressionism in the German Cinema and Its Influence on Friday night and The Perfect Match: Hollywood Costume Collaborations on Saturday evening. Friday, Nosferatu, the quintessential vampire flick, haunts the big screen at 7:30 pm, followed by a new restoration of the 1979 adaptation from Werner Herzog, Nosferatu the Vampyre, at 9 pm. Then on Saturday, see the legendary comedy trio of Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short in ¡Three Amigos! at 5 pm and the novel mix of comedy and terror in An American Werewolf in London at 7 pm.

Around the galleries, exhibitions such as Art Deco Textiles and Kimono for a Modern Age (closing after Sunday) demonstrate how art isn’t just bound to frames. Get more insight on Japanese art during a 20-minute tour on Saturday at 1 pm, or switch gears and learn about Marsden Hartley: The German Paintings 1913–1915 on Sunday at 2 pm. As is the norm, free docent-led tours happen daily and span the museum’s diverse array of interests. A final note, Haunted Screen: German Cinema in the 1920s is now on view and well worth a visit—the Los Angeles Times writes, “Once you enter, it may be hard to leave this show.”



Installation view, Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s, September 21, 2014–April 26, 2015, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

For your listening pleasure, stop by Jazz at LACMA on Friday at 6 pm, this week presenting the Erskine-Pasqua-Oles Trio. And then at Sundays Live pianist Norman Krieger, violinist Lyndon Taylor, and cellist Gloria Lum take center stage in the weekly, free classical concert series. A special performance takes place on Saturday during the California Beat Scene, happening at 2 pm in the Bing Theater, featuring the Eric Reed Trio. Sunday also brings two lectures to campus: architect Bart Prince (recognized for, among other things, his work on the Pavilion for Japanese Art) speaks at 1 pm and contemporary American artists Allen Ruppersberg and Allan McCollum make an appearance at Art Catalogues starting at 4 pm. Last of all, Andell Family Sundays, taking place at 12:30 pm, hosts special guest Hervé Tullet, New York Times best-selling picture-book author, for a giant collaborative floor mural. And, yes, the museum is open on Monday, so we’ll see you here.