Christian Marclay, Detail from The Clock, 2010, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Steve Tisch through 2011 Collectors Committee, © Christian Marclay, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York and White Cube, London

This Week at LACMA

July 20, 2026

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

Modern Art

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

Deep Time Cinematography

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

john gerrard: SPIRITS

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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