“When I Stand In Front Of A Canvas, I Never Know What I’m Going To Do–and Nobody Is More Surprised

One hundred and five miles; twenty-two cities; four counties; one monumental sculpture. Over eleven nights in early 2012, this 340-ton granite megalith made the slow and steady journey from a Riverside County quarry to LACMA’s campus, where it sits atop a 456-foot-long concrete slot, together forming Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass.” The sculpture offers visitors a series of visual oppositions: weight and lightness, mass and emptiness, up and down, natural and man-made. In the words of LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan, it “makes the impossible possible.” #lacma #MichaelHeizer #LACMAPlusYou #regram via #@​kidfuture_​ http://ift.tt/2nO4B8V

This type of sculpture is called a haniwa, meaning “clay ring.” Haniwa were placed on top of tombs for the wealthy elite in Japan from 300 to 600 AD. There are many surviving examples of haniwa, but this horse is extraordinarily tall, at four feet. See it now in the Pavilion for Japanese art, level 4. #lacma http://ift.tt/2rFIQOK

LACMA’s South and Southeast Asian Art collection, consists of paintings, sculptures, and decorative art from India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. “A Princess Visiting a Forest Shrine at Night,” attributed to Indian artist Mir Kalan Khan, circa 1760, incorporates drawing and opaque water colors on gold paper to create this detailed scene. #lacma #indianart http://ift.tt/2m6wFYI

The “Room of the Present” is an immersive installation featuring photographic reproductions, films, slides, posters, and examples of architecture, theater, and industrial design, including an exhibition copy of László Moholy-Nagy’s kinetic “Light Prop for an Electric Stage” (1930)—a unique, motor-driven light-display apparatus (shown here). A hybrid between exhibition space and work of art, the “Room” was originally conceived around 1930 but realized only in 2009, based on the few existing plans, drawings, and related correspondence the artist left behind. Visit the “Room” as part of the ongoing exhibition, “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present” (on view through June 18). #lacma #MoholyNagy #modernart #regram via @lorene.anderson http://ift.tt/2nPB1AJ

1940s Pachucas Arti, Alice, Becky and Helen from Pasadena CA. Photo taken in 1944 at a photo booth on the Santa Monica Pier Photo: @thephilth http://ift.tt/2uvcswx

How does art help us virtually travel to other places and worlds? That’s a question we pondered as we walked through “You Are Going on a Trip: Modern and Contemporary Prints from the Permanent Collection,” on view until August 20. If you’re looking for inspiration for a summer getaway, this is a great place to start! #LAInstaFling #SoCalMuseums #museums #MuseumInstaSwap http://ift.tt/2tuKseJ

Time flies. 

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Remembering Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle) on her birthday (1 August -26 July 1937) Gerda Taro is regarded as the first female photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war and to die while doing so. Taro died during her coverage of the Spanish Civil War. In a tragically short but prolific life Gerda Taro took some of the most impactful war images ever.—Guadalupe Rosales (of @veteranas_and_rucas And @map_pointz) http://ift.tt/2vks34J