Afro-Atlantic Histories charts the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies in the African diaspora. The exhibition features artworks produced in the last four centuries that reexamine histories and stories of enslavement, resilience, and the struggle for liberation.
Visit LACMA to see this remarkable exhibition and check our calendar to join events and free docent-led tours related to the exhibition.
Now On View
Matthew Barney: REPRESSIA (decline)
Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond
Light, Space, Surface: Selections from LACMA’s Collection
New Abstracts: Recent Acquisitions
Artist Selects: Silke Otto-Knapp, The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others
Yassi Mazandi: Language of the Birds
LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives (Collection II)
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Mark Bradford: 150 Portrait Tone
Barbara Kruger: Untitled (Shafted)
Museum Hours
Monday and Tuesday: 11 am–6 pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 11 am–6 pm
Friday: 11 am–8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am–7 pm
Events
Pop-Up Workshop: Listening to Geometric Abstraction
Fri, Aug 11 | 11 am–5 pm | BCAM
Jazz at LACMA: Ray Fuller Band
Fri, Aug 11 | 6 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza
Members-Only Series Screening: Emmy® Nominees Showcase—Obi-Wan Kenobi
Fri, Aug 11–Thu, Aug 17 | Beginning 7 pm | Online | LACMA members only
Boone Children's Gallery
Sat, Aug 12 | 11 am–5 pm | LACMA
Latin Sounds: Daniela Soledade
Sat, Aug 12 | 5 pm | Hancock Park
Members-Only Series Screening: Emmy® Nominees Showcase—Judy Blume Forever
Sat, Aug 12–Fri, Aug 18 | Beginning 7 pm | Online | LACMA members only
Classical Around Town: Pamela Park
Sun, Aug 6 | 5 pm | Pamela Park
Andell Family Sundays—Afro-Atlantic Histories (In Person)
Sun, Aug 13 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA
Fiber Maker's Circle
Sun, Aug 13 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA
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