One of the earliest and best-preserved areas of artistic production across the globe, ceramics remain a vital field of expression and experimentation into the present. Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection explores the medium through 14 case studies, placing historical works in visual dialogue with contemporary examples to illuminate symbolic meanings, technical achievements, and resonances throughout time.
Visit LACMA on Tuesday, November 29, and Sunday, December 4, to enjoy a free docent-led tour of the exhibition
Now On View
New Abstracts: Recent Acquisitions
Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980
The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art
Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising
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)
Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany
Charles White Elementary School
What Would You Say?: Activist Graphics from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
California State University, Northridge
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
Virtual Evenings for Educators Lecture: Conversing in Clay
Tue, Nov 29 | 5 pm | Online
Migrant Sounds Film Series—A Magical Substance Flows Into Me
Wed, Nov 30 | 5 pm | Online
Poetry in Color Live!
Wed, Nov 30 | 7 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza
Virtual Evenings for Educators Workshop: Ceramics From the Heart
Thu, Dec 1 | 5 pm | Online
Film Screening—Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me and Post-Screening Conversation with Alek Keshishian
Thu, Dec 1 | 7 pm | Online | LACMA members only
Art 101—Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection
Thu, Dec 1 | 7 pm | Online | LACMA members only
Art & Meditation
Fri, Dec 2 | 10 am | BCAM
Jazz at LACMA: Judy Wexler
Fri, Dec 2 | 6–8 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza
Film Screening—Nanny and Post-Screening Conversation with Filmmakers
Fri, Dec 2 | 7 pm | Online | LACMA members only
Boone Children's Gallery
Sat, Dec 3 | 11 am–5 pm | LACMA
Film Screening—All Quiet On The Western Front and Post-Screening Conversation with Filmmakers
Sat, Dec 3 | 7 pm | Online | LACMA members only
Classes & Camps
Friday Art Night—Fantastic Flag Books
Fri, Dec 2 | 6–9 pm | LACMA
Communities Create LA! Stained Glass Winter Scene
Sat, Dec 3 | 10 am–2 pm | Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park
Communities Create LA! Abstract Word Sculpture
Sat, Dec 3 | 1–2 pm | A.C. Bilbrew Library