See the artistic manipulation of advertising in Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising, which showcases how, through re-photography, appropriation, and simulation, artists create a shared photographic language that puts the onus on the viewer to determine what exactly these pictures are asking of us.

In conjunction with the exhibition, join Los Angeles artists Jo Ann Callis, Carter Mull, and Kim Schoen for a free conversational walkthrough of the exhibition on Monday, October 24.

Now On View

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

Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection

Park Dae Sung: Virtuous Ink and Contemporary Brush

Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800

Modern Art

Yassi Mazandi: Language of the Birds

LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives (Collection II)

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

LACMA Around L.A.

What Would You Say?: Activist Graphics from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
California State University, Northridge

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

Installation photograph, Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 4–December 18, 2022, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Events

Gallery Walkthrough: Objects of Desire
Mon, Oct 24 | 7 pm | BCAM

Mixer and Film Screening: Aalto
Tue, Oct 25 | 7–10 pm | Helms Design Center

Jazz at LACMA: Angel City Jazz Festival with Jonathan Pinson's Boom Clap
Fri, Oct 28 | 6–8 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza

Awards-Contending Documentary Film Series—Wildcat and Post-Screening Conversation with Melissa Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost
Fri, Oct 28 | 7 pm | Online | LACMA members only

Opening Reception—Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany
Sat, Oct 29 | 1–4 pm | Charles White Elementary School

Andell Family Sundays Anytime—Soar to New Heights (Online)
Sun, Oct 30 | 12:30 pm | Online

Classes & Camps

Friday Art Night—Reframing Visual Narratives
Fri, Oct 28 | 6–8 pm | Online