Installation photograph, New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919-1933, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 4, 2015–January 18, 2016, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

This Weekend at LACMA

January 15, 2016
Katie Antonsson, USC Annenberg Journalism Fellow

Friday evening, artist Liz Glynn will discuss her current exhibition The Myth of Singularity, a suite of eight bronze sculptures placed throughout the LACMA campus. The Myth of Singularity features bronzes born out of extensive research of Auguste Rodin, Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, and Donald Judd in the LACMA collection. Her talk begins at 7:30 pm in the Brown Auditorium.

This weekend also marks the beginning of new gallery sessions, studio sessions, and children's art classes. Children's classes are still open, with registration on a first-come, first-served basis. Classes include a sketchbook class for teens, family classes for ages 3 1/2–5, family classes for ages 5+, childrens' color classes for ages 10–13, and math and art classes for children ages 6–9.

Begin (and end) your Sunday with Michael Mortilla's improvised silent film score in New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919–1933. From 10:30 am to 6:50 pm, Mortilla will accompany all four of the exhibition's silent films, creating an improvised piano score for each as the day unfolds.

Sunday afternoon, Polly Roberts, UCLA professor of world arts and cultures and consulting curator for African art at LACMA, will lead a tour of Senses of Time: Video and Film-Based Works of Africa at 2 pm. The exhibition features six works of contemporary African video-based works that revolve around the question of temporality. Explore this magnificent exhibition and get your questions answered with the curator!

At 6 pm, make your way over to the Bing Theater for Sundays Live, featuring the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra directed by Daniel Alfred Wachs. The OCYSCO will perform the U.S. premiere of Mark Anthony Turnage's Sounds About Town to mark the centenary of WWI.

Tours this weekend include a tour of the Art of Japan on Friday at 2 pm, a tour of special exhibition Frank Gehry on Saturday at 11 am, and a final tour of New Objectivity at 11 am on Sunday. New Objectivity closes on Monday, so be sure to take advantage of the final day.