Installation photograph, Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 20, 2024–March 2, 2025, 2025, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

This Week at LACMA

February 2, 2025

Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures presents a group of rare and visually stunning artworks from different cultures and time periods to explore the variety of human attempts to explain the universe’s origins, mechanics, and meaning.

This week, several programs take a deeper look at the exhibition. On Thursday, February 6, John Mulchaey, President, Carnegie Science, and Director, Carnegie Science Observatories, and Juna Kollmeier, Director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, will discuss 20th- and 21st-century astronomical discoveries during a walkthrough of Mapping the Infinite.

On Sunday, February 9, you can join the first session of Poetry in the Galleries: The Universe's Plaything, a five-session poetry writing class inspired by Mapping the Infinite and works in LACMA's collection. The class will feature writing exercises, discussions of poetry and ekphrasis, and daily practices to keep you writing at home. 

Now On View

Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics

Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film

Mapping the Infinte: Cosmologies Across Cultures

We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art

Modern Art

New Acquisitions to the Rifkind Center

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

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

Near and Far

Nature on Notice: Contemporary Art and Ecology
Charles White Elementary School

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! Scrap Paper Stories
Sat, Feb 5 | 3:30 pm | Lennox Library

Gallery Tour—Mapping the Infinite with John Mulchaey and Juna Kollmeier
Thu, Feb 6 | 7 pm | Resnick Pavilion

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

Boone Children's Gallery: Pop Up Art Workshop
Sat, Feb 8 | 11 am–5 pm | LACMA

Andell Family Sundays—Imagining Black Diasporas (In Person)
Sun, Feb 9 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA

Fiber Maker's Circle
Sun, Feb 9 | 12:30–3:30 pm | LACMA

Members Only

Exclusive In-Person Member Screening—Dune: Part Two
Wed, Feb 5 | 7 pm | Location details via email

2025 Academy Awards® Nominees Film Series—Short Film Showcase with Filmmaker Conversations
Wed, Feb 5–Wed, Feb 12 | Online

Exclusive In-Person Member Screening—Nosferatu
Thu, Feb 6 | 7:30 pm | Location details via email

Classes & Camps

Kids Art Class: Reimagining Sculptures (Ages 9–12)
Sun, Feb 9 | 10 am | 3 sessions | LACMA

Adult Art Class: Poetry in the Galleries—The Universe's Plaything
Sun, Feb 9 | 2 pm | 5 sessions | LACMA

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