Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so we’re getting in the spirit by sharing some highlights from LACMA’s collection showcasing just some of the many forms of love throughout art history. If you're looking for Valentine’s Day plans, the museum will be open this weekend as usual, so bring a date, a friend, the family, or just your love of art and come explore all our current exhibitions and events as you find inspiration wandering the galleries.

Peter Behrens, Untitled, c. 1898, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Attributed to Isoda Koryūsai, school of Suzuki Harunobu, Lovers Smoking, c. 1772–74, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Kelli Connell, Convertible Kiss, 2002, printed 2003, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © Kelli Connell, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Otto Schubert, I love you, 1919, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, © Otto Schubert, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Hans Thoma, Die Quelle (The Spring), 1895, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, European Art Acquisition Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Elaine Lustig Cohen, On Love, 1957, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Tamar Cohen, Cover design © Estate of Elaine Lustig Cohen, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Robert Mapplethorpe, Two Men Dancing, 1984, promised gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

Noel Le Mire, The First Kiss of Love, 1773, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Mary B. Regan, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Abdullah Bukhari, A Couple in Amorous Embrace, 1744/A.H. 1157, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Franz Radziwill, Sorrow of love, c. 1921, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, © 2026 Franz Radziwill/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Alma Lavenson, Child With Doll, 1932, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, © Alma Lavenson Archives. All Rights Reserved., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Nan Goldin, The Hug, NYC, 1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Photographic Arts Council, 2005, © Nan Goldin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Laura Aguilar, Clothed #5 from the series Clothed/Unclothed, 1991, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Photography Discretionary Fund, © Laura Aguilar Trust, digital image © Museum Associates/LACMA