Nearly every ancient culture has seen the heavens as a mirror of cosmic structure and process, and ancient measurements of time were directly influenced by the movements of heavenly bodies. Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures reveals how, as religions evolved, cultures conceived of and depicted cosmic deities and concepts of time and space through works of art and sacred architecture.
Mapping the Infinite opens Sunday, October 20, presented as part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide. See it first during Member Previews, Thursday October 17, through Saturday, October 19. Not a member? Join now.
Visitors of all ages can also make their own art inspired by the exhibition at a galaxy-themed workshop for Andell Family Sundays on Sunday, October 20.
Now On View
We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard
New Acquisitions to the Rifkind Center
Artist Selects: Silke Otto-Knapp, The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others
LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives (Collection III)
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
Public Programs
Vogue Inventions: The Art of Commanding Attention
Tue, Oct 15 | 7 pm | Pieter Theater
Communities Create LA! Magical Masks
Wed, Oct 16 | 3:30 pm | Lennox Library
Boone Children's Gallery: Pop Up Art Workshop
Fri, Oct 18 | 11 am–5 pm | LACMA
Jazz at LACMA: Yuko Mabuchi
Fri, Oct 18 | 6 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza
Boone Children's Gallery: Pop Up Art Workshop
Fri, Oct 19 | 11 am–5 pm | LACMA
Andell Family Sundays—Guide to the Galaxy (In Person)
Sun, Oct 20 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA
Fiber Maker's Circle
Sun, Oct 20 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA
Members Only
Member Previews—Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures
Thu, Oct 17–Sat, Oct 19 | Museum hours | Resnick Pavilion
Simone Leigh Double Walkthrough
Sat, Oct 19 | 10:30 am | LACMA and California African American Museum | Avante-Garde members
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