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Time flies. 

Today, Conjunto Oye! kicks off the 2017 season of Latin Sounds at LACMA. Put on those dancing shoes and head to Hancock Park at 5 pm for some salsa music! http://ift.tt/2rsusJm

This Memorial Day, we remember those who gave their lives for our country with Vincent Valdez’s “Excerpts For John” (2012). The series presents an unfolding sequence of a military funeral procession. Uniformed pallbearers carry a casket out of a cemetery and silently march their way through city streets and into an American barrio. The procession carries on until it reaches its final resting place: home. View the series in the upcoming exhibition “Home—So Different, So Appealing: Art from the Americas since 1957,” opening June 11. #MemorialDay #lacma #VincentValdez #pstlala #pstatlacma http://ift.tt/2rOysDB

This oil painting on paper by artist Albert Bierstadt depicts the Grizzly Giant sequoia in Mariposa Grove in @Yosemitenps—one of countless examples of portraying our environment’s beauty in art. See it now on level 3 of the Art of the Americas Building. #AlbertBierstadt #GrizzlyGiant #lacma http://ift.tt/2qLDBI7

June is the last month to see “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present,” as well as the complementary exhibition “Light Play: Experiments in Photography, 1970 to the Present.” On view Saturdays and Sundays only in LACMA’s Study Center for Photographs and Works on Paper, “Light Play” features still- and moving-image works by artists who have extended the parameters of photography—a medium defined as the recording of light. #lacma #FarrahKarapetian #photography http://ift.tt/2qNqR8I

Frans Snyders’s monumental paintings of larders and market scenes were originally displayed as pairs or groups of four. “Game Market” hung with a second painting of equal dimensions representing a fish market until both were sold to separate owners in 1987. Check out the painting in the Ahmanson Building. #lacma #FransSnyders #stillife #regram via @unanane http://ift.tt/2sdYCQA

#regram via @myrahassaram “the museum as a playground” – Now at LACMA as part of the exhibition “Home–So Different, So Appealing,” “Magic Carpet/Home” by artist María Elena González invites visitors to play on its undulating surface that replicates the floor plan of an apartment. Member previews continue tomorrow, June 9 and the exhibition opens Sunday, June 11 as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA! Learn more about this artwork on unframed.lacma.org. #MaríaElenaGonzález #pstlala #pstatlacma #lacma http://ift.tt/2rbeLl8

Today is the second Tuesday of the month, which means free general admission for all visitors! Take advantage of free tours offered throughout the day featuring some of our special exhibitions and permanent collection highlights. #lacma #LACMAPlusYou #SamFrancis #regram via @cassianomecchi featuring Sam Francis’s “Toward Disappearance” (1957). http://ift.tt/2s7Ur6m

This copper sculpture depicts the Hindu gods Shiva and Parvati united as one being called Ardhanarishvara. This androgynous image united masculinity and femininity to emphasize the non-duality of the divine principle. See it now in the Ahmanson Building, level 4. #lacma #sculpture http://ift.tt/2sxqSON

Last chance to see “Maholy-Nagy: Future Present”! Closing this Sunday, the exhibition surveys the expansive oeuvre of artist and educator László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) through approximately 300 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages, photographs, photomontages, films, and examples of graphic, exhibition, and theater design. #lacma #maholynagy #maholynagyfuturepresent http://ift.tt/2satcJO

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” — Matisse ⠀ ⠀ Stop by the museum this weekend to escape the heat and get lost in art. 🌿 #Matisse #LACMA #LACMAPlusYou #regram via @alyssapacaut featuring Henri Matisse’s “La Gerbe” (1953) http://ift.tt/2te6LSJ

TFW your cats start wrecking things. 😿#Caturday #LACMA http://ift.tt/2sC9Cah

Happy #FathersDay to all the dads and father figures! It’s never too early to expose the little ones to art. #LACMA #LACMAPlusYou #regram via @jenifuru http://ift.tt/2rJPP4C

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

Summer is a great time to get creative. 🎨 Kids can channel their inner artist at the family-friendly Boone Children’s Gallery. Stop by for some art-related fun! #LACMA #boone #LACMAPlusYou #regram via @paulszoldra http://ift.tt/2sKUQyy

California poppy fields have always been well-loved. Granville Redmond became identified with his paintings of poppy fields; this piece is from 1926. 🌼 See it now in the Art of the Americas building, level 3. #lacma #firstdayofsummer http://ift.tt/2rS6hQj

Most fully developed in 18th-century Britain, the conversation piece was a specific type of group portrait that usually depicted a family involved in some everyday activity. Here, William Hamilton depicts Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children. Which figure represents you on a #SundayFunday? We would be the snoozing dog. 🐶 💤 http://ift.tt/2sFCJch

Congrats grads! Here’s to the next chapter in your journey. #LACMAPlusYou #lacma #urbanlights #regram via @sdiane27 http://ift.tt/2sIQRBp

@SoCalMuseums are about to have a very public summer fling, coming together on Thursday, June 29 for the 2nd annual #LAInstaFling! Each of the 21 participating museums—covering art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will post on its own Instagram account about another institution, sharing what makes its subject a must-see destination for visitors, both digitally and IRL. Follow along as we post about all things related to @sbmuseart! #MuseumInstaSwap http://ift.tt/2siuPa2

Welcome to the @SoCalMuseums #InstaFling! All throughout the day we’re sharing photos from our visit to @sbmuseart. Our first stop was the Summer Art Camp. 🎨 ☀️ Each week of the camp focuses on a different art technique – from painting to ceramics – and a fun theme. We got to see works inspired by Pop Art, from Campbell’s soup cans to cartoon dots. The next art camp theme is “About Face: Portraits in Art.“ #LAInstaFling #summer #MuseumInstaSwap #museums http://ift.tt/2sVj8ox

In Celebration of @sbmuseart’s 75th anniversary in 2016, the museum is displaying some gorgeous highlights of the museum’s permanent collection. You can see works by Richard Diebenkorn, Claude Monet, Michael Light and Marc Chagall (get excited for LACMA’s exhibition exploring Chagall’s creations for the stage, coming this summer!) We loved walking through the galleries to take in works from modern art, photography, arts of Asia and more. #LAInstaFling #SoCalMuseums #museums #lacma #MuseumInstaSwap http://ift.tt/2t5TEmP

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

“Abdulnasser Gharem: Pause” has been extended until July 16! See it now at the Ahmanson Building, Level 4. #lacma #weekendplans #art #museums #regram via @skyiivalencia http://ift.tt/2usgJQ8

This Egyptian sculpture from the 21st - 26th Dynasty (1081 - 525 B.C.) shows the goddess Bastet as a cat. Happy #Caturday! #sculpture #lacma #history http://ift.tt/2t3ai8t

Doodling or writing in a notebook never gets old. ✍️ “Portrait of a Woman Holding a Pencil and a Drawing Book” by Robert-Jacques Lefèvre is proof. See it now in the Ahmanson Building, level 3. #lacma #SundayFunday #painting http://ift.tt/2sC0U82

It’s the final week of “The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts.” Iconic figures, masks, initiation objects, and reliquary guardians guide people to spirit realms, to the highest levels of esoteric wisdom, and to the afterlife. Many works possess downcast eyes of contemplation and spiritual reverence, while others depict piercing projections of power and protection, or a multiplicity of eyes for heightened vigilance and awareness. The exhibition addresses various ways of seeing and encourages viewers to notice how works were made to look upon, gaze within, and see beyond ordinary limitations. On view until July 9 at the Resnick Pavilion. #lacma #InnerEye http://ift.tt/2tak1tr

As a guest in 1871 of the official government survey team led by Ferdinand Hayden, Moran explored the headwaters of the Yellowstone River and became the first professional artist to paint the area. While he was out in the field, Moran worked in pencil and watercolor. These watercolor field sketches were used to influence Congress in its decision to declare the Yellowstone area America’s first national park.⠀ ⠀ See the work in person in the Art of the Americas building, level 3. #lacma #painting #fourthofjuly http://ift.tt/2umgeru

This is Guadalupe Rosales (founder of @veteranas_and_rucas and @map_pointz) and will be running LACMA’s Instagram feed for the next 6 weeks. I am starting off with one of my favorite works in the exhibition, “Home- So Different, So Appealing”, Badge of Honor by Pepon Osorio. Pepon Osorio’s work has taught me to value everything I have experienced (every memory and every place I have been in) and to reflect on those experiences because that is what has built the person I am today, something I come to terms with every day.

Osorio wants people to think about who we are in relationship to what we have just seen (when looking at his work), and start a negotiation not only with the artwork but with the public at large, who we are and where do we stand… “As you stand and you’re not allowed to come in, then you need to reflect and you need to confront yourself almost as if I placed giant mirror right in front of you.”-Pepon Osorio

Badge of Honor (Medalla de honor), 1995 http://ift.tt/2tK4IJn

In response to my previous post of Pepón Osorio’s installation, “Badge of Honor” (now on view as part of “Home- So Different, So Appealing. Here is a photo of my friend posing in her bedroom in East Los Angeles CA.

This is what most bedrooms I hung out in (including my own) looked like. - Guadalupe Rosales (of @veteranas_and_rucas And @map_pointz)

#teenagebedrooms #LACMAInstaResidency Photo info: East Los Angeles, CA around 1998/99. Photo courtesy of @myr0se http://ift.tt/2stp8Cw

The Estrada Courts in Boyle Heights are one of many housing projects decorated with murals painted by L.A. artists like Charles “Cat” Felix’s, Judithe Hernández and David Botello. These murals are nostalgic to me because even though i never lived in the projects, my mother and I spent a lot of time here visiting friends, relatives and playing in the playground. I considered it my second home. I didn’t understand the murals as art at the time, but I still enjoyed looking at them and small details of the paintings have stuck with me. I took this photo of them a few years ago on a cloudy Monday morning with my Yashica point and shoot. —Guadalupe Rosales (of @veteranas_and_rucas And @map_pointz) #LACMAInstaResidency http://ift.tt/2uSuS9q