Simone Leigh, Martinique, 2022, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, © Simone Leigh, photo by Timothy Schenck

This Week at LACMA

September 1, 2024

Over the past two decades, Simone Leigh has created works exploring questions of Black femme subjectivity and knowledge production. The exhibition Simone Leigh, now on view, offers visitors a timely opportunity to gain a holistic understanding of the artist’s complex and profoundly moving work.

This week, join events presented alongside the exhibition. On Friday, September 6, an Art & Meditation session will provide a slow art-looking excerise in the galleries followed by meditation. No meditation experience necessary; instruction will be given. Docent-led tours of the exhibition will also take place on Thursday, September 5, and Saturday, September 7.

On Sunday, September 8, don't miss an evening of art and poetry. Poetry in Color: Art and Words in Conversation will present readings inspired by works on view across exhibitions, including Simone Leigh, ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, and more, by poets Nyarae Francis, Michele Lorusso, Durmerrick Ross, and Vanessa Tahay, hosted by Matthew Cuban Hernandez and Jasmine Williams.

Now On View

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard

Simone Leigh

ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN

Modern Art

New Acquisitions to the Rifkind Center

Artist Selects: Silke Otto-Knapp, The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others

Yassi Mazandi: Language of the Birds

LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives (Collection III)

Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads

Mark Bradford: 150 Portrait Tone

Robert Irwin: Miracle Mile

Barbara Kruger: Untitled (Shafted)

Richard Serra: Band

Chris Burden: Metropolis II

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

Public Programs

Communities Create LA! Underwater Creatures
Wed, Sep 4 | 3:30 pm | Lennox Library

Art & Meditation
Fri, Sep 6 | 10 am | Resnick Pavilion

Jazz at LACMA: Peter Erskine Trio with Alan Pasqua & Darek Oles
Fri, Sep 6 | 6 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza

Boone Children's Gallery: Pop Up Art Workshop
Sat, Sep 7 | 11 am–5 pm | LACMA

Communities Create LA! Underwater Creatures
Sat, Sep 7 | 1 pm | A C Bilbrew Library

Cooking with LACMA: Hungry Ghost Festival
Sat, Sep 7 | 3 pm | Los Angeles Cooking School

Insurgent Sisters: Women of the L.A. Rebellion and Beyond—Recoveries of Spirit
Sat, Sep 7 | 6 pm | Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw

Andell Family Sundays—Playful Pottery (In Person)
Sun, Sep 8 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA

Fiber Maker's Circle
Sun, Sep 8 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA

Poetry in Color: Art and Words in Conversation
Sun, Sep 8 | 6 pm | LACMA

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