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DAVID HOCKnEY: SEVEN YORKSHIRE LANDSCAPE VIDEOS, 2011Through January 20

fútbol: the beautiful gameOpens February 2Through July 20Member Previews: January 30 and 31, and February 1

AGNÈS VARDA IN CALIFORNIALANDThrough June 22

Masterworks of Expressionist Cinema: The Golem and Its AvatarsThrough February 16

Murmurs: recent contemporary acquisitionsThrough June 22

PRINCELY TRADITIONS AND COLONIAL PURSUITS IN INDIAThrough October 12

John Divola: As Far as I Could GetThrough July 6

The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent CollectionThrough March 2

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Periodicals |VOLUME 53 ISSUE 1

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James Turrell: A RetrospectiveThrough April 6

Shaping Power: Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central AfricaThrough May 4

CALDER AND ABSTRACTION: FROM AVANT-GARDE TO ICONICThrough July 27

under the mexican Sky: gabriel figueroa—Art and film Through February 2

See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon CollectionThrough March 23

four abstract classicistsThrough June 29

Hassan Hajjaj: my rock stars experimental, volume 1, 2012Ongoing

Kaz Oshiro: Chasing GhostsCharles White Elementary School January 24–June 7

Hacienda heights Art+Film LabOpens February 21Through March 23

05Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic10:30 am | Resnick Pavilion

Highlights of the MuseumNoon | L.A. Times Central Court

Andell Family Sundays12:30–3:30 pm | North Piazza

Shaping Power: Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central Africa2:30 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

Sundays Live: Pianist Vadim Monastyrski 6 pm | Bing Theater

04See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon CollectionNoon | Resnick Pavilion

Highlights of the Museum3 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

03Life in the Maya Royal Court1 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

Story Time in the Galleries2 pm | Hammer Building

02Highlights of the Museum3 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

06 Story Time in the Galleries2 pm | Hammer Building

Member Monday6–10 pm | Museum-wideAfter-hours access for members to select exhibitions. Reservations recommended. Info: lacma.org/members


Conversation with Diane von Furstenberg and Stefano TonchiDesigner Diane von Furstenberg and editor in chief of W Magazine Stefano Tonchi in conversation. 6 pm | Bing Theater Tickets: lacma.org or 323 857-6010


30Member Preview: Fútbol: The Beautiful Game

31Member Preview: Fútbol: The Beautiful Game



Book Launch: The Expressions of the Inexpressible: The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism7 pm | Brown Auditorium | Free; tickets: lacma.org or 323 857-6010

14 Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic11:30 am | Resnick Pavilion

John Divola: As Far as I Could Get1 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

Tuesday Matinee: Gilda 1 pm | Bing Theater $4; $2 LACMA members and seniors (62+)

Curator’s Gallery Tour: Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to IconicAssistant curator Lauren Bergman leads a tour of the exhibition.7 pm | Resnick Pavilion | Tickets: lacma.org or 323 857-6010

Traditional Korean BojagisCurator emerita at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Kumja Paik Kim speaks about the history and uses of bojagi. 7 pm | Hammer Building Space is limited. Free; tickets: lacma.org or 323 857-6010

17 Life in the Maya Royal Court1 pm | L.A. Times Central Court


16 18 See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon CollectionNoon | Resnick Pavilion

[de]-lusions of Grandeur: A Project by Liz Glynn (Final Performance) 1 pm | Wilshire East Garden

From Mexico’s Forgotten Century: 19th-Century Costumbrismo and the Paintings of Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez 2 pm | Brown Auditorium


19Free Day at LACMA for Altadena Residents All day | Museum-wide Excludes admission to James Turrell: A Retropspective and Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic10:30 am | Resnick Pavilion


Demonstration: Traditional Craft of Bojagi by Youngmin Lee1 pm | L.A. Times Central Court, Plaza Studio

Shaping Power: Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central Africa2:30 pm | L.A. Times Central Court Sundays Live: Pianist Inna Faliks 6 pm | Bing Theater



Tuesday Matinee: The Guns of Navarone1 pm | Bing Theater$4; $2 LACMA members and seniors (62+)

09Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking—Princely Treasures 12:30 pm | BP Grand Entrance

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OVERLEAF (LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM):

LACMA9 Art+Film Lab, 2013, © Jorge Pardo Sculpture, photo by Duncan Cheng

Kaz Oshiro, Dumpster (Yellow with Blue Swoosh), 2010, gift of Steven Hull and Tami Damree, Yasmine Benyamini, and Samuel Kashani

David Hockney, May 12th, 2011 Rudston to Kilham Road 5pm (detail) from Seven Yorkshire Landscape Videos, 2011, courtesy of and © David Hockney

Attributed to Ángel Corona Villa, film still from Macario (detail), 1959, © Televisa Foundation

Paul Wegener and Carl Boese (directors), film still from Der Golem: Wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem: How He Came into the World), 1920, written by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen, produced by Paul Wegener

Guatemala, northern Petén, Carved and Incised Box (detail), 450–550, purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost through the 2008 Collectors Committee

Imogen Cunningham, Magnolia Blossom (detail), 1925, the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of the Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, © 1925, 2013 Imogen Cunningham Trust

James Turrell, Raemar Pink White (detail), 1969, Shallow Space, Collection of Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles installation view at Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA, 2004, © James Turrell, photo by Robert Wedemeyer, courtesy Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba-Hemba Peoples, Bowl-Bearing Figure, 19th century, collection Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren, photo R. Asselberghs, RMCA Tervuren ©

Agnès Varda, still from the film Mur Murs (detail), 1980, © ciné-tamaris

Carter Mull, Autopoetics and Wire (detail), 2012, purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund and the Photographic Arts Council, 2013, © Carter Mull

Lorser Feitelson, Hardedge Line Painting (detail), 1963, anonymous gift through the Contemporary Art Council, Modern Art, © The Feitelson / Lundeberg Art Foundation

John Divola, As Far as I Could Get (R02F33), 10 Seconds (detail), 1996–7, courtesy of and © John Divola

Alexander Calder, La Demoiselle, 1939, Glenstone © 2013 Calder Foundation, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Arthur William, The Honorable William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire, c. 1786, gift of Hearst Magazines

Hassan Hajjaj, My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1, 2012, Mr M. Toliver (detail), 2013, courtesy of the artist and GUSFORD | los angeles

Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon, Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait (detail), 2006, © Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon

LACMA9 Art+Film Lab (detail), 2013, © Jorge Pardo Sculpture, photo by Duncan Cheng

ABOVE (TOP TO BOTTOM):

Auguste Salzmann, Jerusalem—Enciente Du Temple (detail), c. 1856, printed c. 1856, the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of the Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin

Viva!—Radio—Ragni—Varda in “Hommage to Magritte,” Agnès Varda’s film LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES) (detail), 1968, © Max Rabb / Agnès Varda

Installation photograph, Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic, November 24, 2013–July 27, 2014, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, © Calder Foundation, New York, Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, photo © Fredrik Nilsen

Vol. 53, no. 1, Connect (ISSN 1551-0654) is published monthly by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036.

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ExHIBITIONSTALKS & COURSESTOURS

MEMBER MONDAY: JANUARY 6 | 6–10 pmOnly members may visit after hours to see:

• Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic

• James Turrell: A Retrospective

• See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection

• Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film

Reservations recommended. Learn more at lacma.org/members.

Family Art Every DayCelebrate Chinese New Year and the year of the horse! Drop by the Boone Children’s Gallery to make art together as a family. On Mondays and Fridays at 2 pm, join gallery staff for stories about horses in the adjacent Korean art galleries.

WINTER Art ClassesMake art inspired by LACMA’s collection! Enroll now in encaustic painting for adults, explore color creation for families, visual storytelling for teens, and more!

Visit lacma.org/art-classes for a complete list of offerings.

Free Daily Tours and TalksLACMA offers free 15–50 minute gallery and exhibition tours every day at 1, 1:30, 2, and 3 pm. Drop in to learn more about works in our vast collection, from the ancient to the present.

FILM INDEPENDENT AT LACMAEvery month, Film Independent and LACMA offer classic and contemporary films and documentaries, drawing on L.A.’s film commu- nity. Screenings often feature Q&As with directors, actors, artists, and more. Visit lacma.org for a complete listing.

LACMA FILM CLUBAdd Film Club to your LACMA membership (Individual level and above) to get invites to exclusive members-only screenings, ticket presales for popular events such as Jason Reitman’s Live Reads, and discounts on all Film Independent at LACMA events. Learn more at lacma.org/filmclub.

10OPENING: Monterey Park

Art+Film Lab East Los Angeles College Open house | 6–8 pm Live music by Buyepongo 7 pm Film screening: Searching for Sugarman | 8 pm More info: lacma.org /artfilmlab


11See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon CollectionNoon | Resnick Pavilion






Sundays Live: Capitol Ensemble6 pm | Bing Theater



Tuesday Matinee: Born Yesterday 1 pm | Bing Theater $4; $2 LACMA members and seniors (62+)

23Panel Discussion: Mythologies of the Diva in Mexican Cinema With artists Amalia Mesa-Bains and María José Cuevas 7 pm | Brown Auditorium

20Target Free Holiday Monday Admission to LACMA is free to all visitors. Excludes admission to James Turrell: A Retrospective and Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic


Music: Afrik Moto 12:30 pm | L.A. Times Central Court


Music: Afrik Moto 2:45 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

Art Workshop: Korean Bojagi Make your own bojagi in this workshop. Tools and materials provided. 7 pm | Hammer Building Space is limited. Free; tickets: lacma.org or 323 857-6010

24opening: Kaz Oshiro:

Chasing Ghosts 6 pm Off-site: Charles White Elementary School




A Conversation about Muslim Cultures Today Amyn B. Sajoo discusses the implications of the Muslim holistic view of faith and culture. 1 pm | Bing Theater


Sundays Live: Chamber Ensembles from Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute 6 pm | Bing Theater

25See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon CollectionNoon | L.A. Times Central Court

Talk: What Google Glass Means for the Future of Photography Stanford professor Marc Levoy discusses the features and capabilities of Google Glass and its implications for photography. 2 pm | Bing Theater


28Calder and Abstraction: From Avant Garde to Iconic 11:30 am | Resnick Pavilion

John Divola: As Far as I Could Get 1 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

Tuesday Matinee: To Sir, with Love 1 pm | Bing Theater $4; $2 LACMA members and seniors (62+)

Tour: John Divola: As Far as I Could Get with Edward Dimendberg Edward Dimendberg, Professor of Film and Media Studies at UC Irvine, leads a walkthrough of the exhibition. 7 pm | Ahmanson Building Space is limited. Free; tickets: lacma.org or 323 857-6010

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