Returning to Los Angeles for the first time since 2015, Christian Marclay’s The Clock is a 24-hour single-channel montage constructed from thousands of moments of cinema and television history depicting the passage of time, excerpted and edited together to create a functioning timepiece synchronized to local time wherever it is shown. The result marks the exact time for the viewer for 24 consecutive hours, weaving together Marclay’s interests in collage and found visual and aural artifacts with his roots in live performance.
The Clock kicks off with the first of two 24-hour screenings beginning Saturday, July 25, tickets for which are now available. From Sunday, July 26, through Sunday, August 23, The Clock will be on view during regular museum hours and is included in general admission. Member Previews also take place during museum hours this week from Thursday, July 23, through Saturday, July 25.
Now on View
Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity
Fútbol Is Life: Animated Sportraits by Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr.
Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures
Danse Macabre: Death in Print from Durer to Dix
Pablo Picasso—Portraits in Disguise
Christina Quarles: Now We’re There (And We’ Only Just Begun)
Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.: In Between Stops
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
Personal Connections
Mon, Jul 20 | 11 am | Online
Jazz at LACMA: David Ornette Cherry Heritage Ensemble
Fri, Jul 24 | 6 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza
Family Art-Making Workshop: Our Blooming Community
Sat, Jul 25 | 12–4 pm | Charles White Elementary School
Latin Sounds: Moraga South American Jazz
Sat, Jul 25 | 5 pm | Hancock Park
Andell Family Sundays: Outdoor Art
Sun, Jul 26 | 12:30–3:30 pm | W.M. Keck Education Center
Fiber Maker's Circle
Sun, Jul 26| 12:30–3:30 pm | W.M. Keck Education Center
Teen Studio: Figure and Form
Sun, Jul 26 | 2 pm | W.M. Keck Education Center
Members Only
Member Monday | Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean Sections of the David Geffen Galleries
Mon, Jul 20 | 6:30–9 pm | David Geffen Galleries
Member Previews—Christian Marclay: The Clock
Thu, Jul 23–Sat, Jul 25 | BCAM
Boone Children's Gallery
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat | 11 am–5 pm | W.M. Keck Education Center
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