august 2013 |Member calendar CoNNECT August.pdf06 Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA 2 pm | Resnick Pavilion 05 08 Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking—Renaissance and Baroque Art

The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent CollectionThrough October 30

On VIEW NOW

Construction/Deconstruction: Defining Architectural Photography Through August 18

Compass for Surveyors: Nineteenth-Century American LandscapesThrough December 31

Kitasono Katue: Surrealist Poet August 3–December 1

under the mexican Sky: gabriel figueroa, Art, and film September 22, 2013–February 2, 2014 Member Previews: September 19–21

San Bernardino: Through August 25More info: lacma.org/artfilmlab

Down to Earth: Modern Artists and the Land, Before Land ArtAugust 17–December 8

Henri Matisse: La GerbeThrough September 8

Hans Richter: Encounters Through September 2

Stephen Prina: As He Remembered ItThrough August 4

Ends and Exits: Contemporary Art from the Collections of LACMA and The Broad ART FoundationThrough August 4

Between Art and Politics: Hans Richter’s Germany Through August 11

Talk of the Town: Portraits by Edward Steichen from the Hollander CollectionAugust 3–December 1

Donald JuddThrough August 4

LEARN MORE AT lacma.org

^

hoursMonday, Tuesday, Thursday: 11 am–5 pmWednesday: ClosedFriday: 11 am–11 pm Summer HoursSaturday and Sunday: 10 am–7 pm

restaurantsRay’s: 11:30 am–3 pm; 5–10 pmReservations: 323 857-6180Stark Bar: 11 am–11 pmC+M: Opens at 10 amLACMA Café: Open during museum hours

SHOPPINGThe LACMA Store: 323 857-6146Art Catalogues: 323 857-6587Online Store: thelacmastore.org

ContactGeneral info: 323 857-6000 Tickets: 323 857-6010TTY: 323 857-0098 Membership: 323 857-6151 [email protected]

LACMA.ORGNews, exhibition and event info, and more | Updated daily

Follow LACMA on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram

Mobile: Download the LACMA app for iPhone/Android

Los Angeles County Museum of Art5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles California 90036

Periodicals |VOLUME 52 ISSUE 8

august 2013 |Member calendar

CoNNECT

Visitart+film lab COMING SOON

James Turrell: A RetrospectiveThrough April 6, 2014

Shaping Power: Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central AfricaThrough January 5, 2014

Pinaree Sanpitak: Hanging by a ThreadThrough September 29

The Presence of the Past: Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA Through September 15

20Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA 2 pm | Resnick Pavilion

23Hans Richter: Encounters2 pm | Resnick Pavilion

Jazz at LACMA: Cross Hart Jazz Experience 6 pm | BP Grand Entrance | FREE


Matisse: La Gerbe 1:30 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

Highlights of the Museum 2 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

Latin Sounds: Justo Almario Afro-Colombian Ensemble 5 pm | Hancock Park | FREE

Muse ’til Midnight 8 pm | BP Grand Entrance Tickets and info: lacma.org/muse

25CLOSING: LACMA9 Art+Film Lab

Perris Hill Park, San Bernardino

Hans Richter: Encounters 12 pm | Resnick Pavilion

Andell Family Sundays 12:30 pm | Hancock Park | FREE

Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central Africa 2:30 pm | L.A. Times Central Court


Sundays Live: Los Angeles Symphonic Winds 6 pm | Bing Theater | FREE

22Life in the Royal Maya Court 1 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

SUMMER HOURSThroughout August, BCAM and Resnick Pavilion

—including James Turrell: A Retrospective, Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA, Hans Richter: Encounters, and more—will be open until 11 pm every Friday night!

01 04CLOSING: Donald Judd

Ends and Exits: Contemporary Art from the Collections of LACMA and The Broad Art Foundation

Stephen Prina: As He Remembered It

Hans Richter: Encounters12 pm | Resnick Pavilion



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

Sundays Live: Oboist Kimaree Gilad and Friends 6 pm | Bing Theater | FREE


Jazz at LACMA: Bobby Bradford Mo’Tet 6 pm | BP Grand Entrance | FREE


Matisse: La Gerbe1:30 pm | L.A. Times Central Court


Latin Sounds: Chuchito Valdés Afro-Cuban Ensemble 5 pm | Hancock Park | FREE

11CLOSING: Between Art and

Politics: Hans Richter’s Germany

Hans Richter: Encounters 12 pm | Resnick Pavilion


Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central Africa 2:30 pm | L.A. Times Central Court


Sundays Live: The Encore Saxophone Quartet 6 pm | Bing Theater | FREE

01

REVERSE: Kitasono Katue, VOU Magazine, number 113 (detail), November 1968, collection of John Solt

Edward Steichen, Mrs. Paul Abbott (detail), Vanity Fair, February , 1924, reproduced with permission of Joanna T. Steichen, gift of Richard and Jackie Hollander

Lee Mullican, Untitled (detail), 1946, purchased with funds provided by Alice and Nahum Lainer through the 2004 Drawings Group

Jack Goldstein, Untitled (detail), 1988, The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, © Jack Goldstein Estate

Installation view, Donald Judd (detail), LACMA, 2013

Stephen Prina, As He Remembered It (detail), 2011, installation view, Secession Vienna, 2011, © 2013 Stephen Prina, courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, and Petzel Gallery, New York, photo by Wolfgang Thaler, Vienna, Austria

Albert Bloch, Knabe mit Apfelsine (Boy with Orange) (detail), purchased with funds provided by Cecile Bartman

Manuel Carrillo, 5022, the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of the Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin

Attributed to Hans Richter, Rhythmische Studie (Rhythmical Study) (detail), 1920s, private collection

Henri Matisse, La Gerbe (The Sheaf), 1953, gift of Frances L. Brody, in honor of the museum’s twenty-fifth anniversary, © 2012 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY

Demolition of LACMA plaza for the construction of the Anderson Building, 1984, © Tim Street-Porter

Pinaree Sanpitak, Hanging by a Thread (detail), courtesy of the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, installation view, LACMA, 2013, © Pinaree Sanpitak

Vessel with Snake-Lady Scene (detail), Mexico or Guatemala, Southern Campeche or Northern Petén region, Maya, AD 600–800, anonymous gift

Thomas Hill, Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe (detail), 1864, William Randolph Hearst Collection

Male Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba Peoples, 19th century, Royal Museum for Central Africa

James Turrell, Afrum (White), 1966, Cross Corner Projection, LACMA, partial gift of Marc and Andrea Glimcher in honor of the appointment of Michael Govan as Chief Executive Officer and Wallis Annenberg Director and purchased with funds provided by David Bohnett and Tom Gregory through the 2008 Collectors Committee, © James Turrell

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

Ángel Corona (attributed), Macario, 1959, still of Ángel Lucero as Death and Ignacio López Tarso as Macario, Cacahuamilpa, Gerrero, Mexico, © Televisa Foundation

THIS PAGE, TOP: Pinaree Sanpitak, Hanging by a Thread (detail), courtesy of the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, installation view, LACMA, 2013, © Pinaree Sanpitak

BOTTOM: Kitasono Katue, Tsukue Journal, vol. 8, no. 2 (February 1957), collection of John Solt, © Hashimoto Sumiko. Used with permission.

Vol. 52, no. 8, Connect (ISSN 1551-0654) is published monthly by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Periodicals postage paid at Los Angeles, CA. LACMA is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. © 2013 Museum Associates dba Los Angeles County Museum of Art. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted all photographs © 2013 Museum Associates/LACMA.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Connect, Membership Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Editor: Scott Tennent Graphic designer: Laura Bernstein, LACMA Graphic Design

Printer: COP communications

Printing: 60lb Smooth Opaque Offset on a Hantscho press

Questions or comments about Connect? Please email Scott Tennent at [email protected].

image Credits PRODUCTION

MONDAY11 am–5 pm

tuesday11 am–5 pm | Closed Wed

Thursday11 am–5 pm

FRIDAY11 am–11 pm

saturday10 am–7 pm

SUNDAY10 am–7 pm

august 2013 lacma.org

FILMMUSICKIDS & FAMILIESEVENTS

ExHIBITIONSTALKS & COURSESFREE TOURS

03OPENING: Kitasono Katue:

Surrealist Poet

Talk of the Town: Portaits by Edward Steichen

Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA 12 pm | Resnick Pavilion



Latin Sounds: Hansen Latin Band 5 pm | Hancock Park | FREE


05 08Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking—Renaissance and Baroque Art 12:30 pm | BP Grand Entrance FREE with general admission

Life in the Royal Maya Court 1 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

New BenefitsUnlimited entry to select specially ticketed exhibitions

One of our favorite new benefits for members at the Friend level or above is the ability to return as often as you like to select specially ticketed exhibitions. See exhibitions such as James Turrell, or the upcoming Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic more than once at no extra cost!

For more information about all the new benefits, visit lacma.org/members.

fall Art ClassesMake art inspired by LACMA’s collection! Enroll now in a watercolor class for adults, 3-D art for families, mixed-media painting and drawing for teens, and more! Visit lacma.org for a complete list of offerings.

Family Art Every DayDrop by the free Boone Children’s Gallery every day to make art together as a family. On Mondays and Fridays at 2 pm, join gallery staff for Story Time in the adjacent Korean art galleries.

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 ancient to contemporary times.

support lacma Gift annuities provide a guaranteed lifetime stream of income, a sizeable income tax deduction, and allow you to make a gift that will benefit generations to come.

A Charitable Gift Annuity is truly a gift that gives back, providing not only for LACMA’s future but for yours as well. 2013 rates are 4.7% for a 65-year-old, 5.8% for a 75-year-old, and 6.8% for an 80-year-old.

For more information, please call the Office of Planned Giving at 323 857-6207 or visit lacma.org/plannedgiving.


28Japanese Kites: A Vanishing Art 7 pm | Brown Auditorium Collector David M. Kahn speaks about this unique genre of Mingei.FREE, tickets required—available at Ticket Office one hour prior to event

29 30Hans Richter: Encounters 2 pm | Resnick Pavilion

Jazz at LACMA: Denise Donatelli 6 pm | BP Grand Entrance | FREE




Latin Sounds: Johnny Polanco 5 pm | Hancock Park | FREE

26

13Highlights of the Museum12 pm | L.A. Times Central Court


1512 16Hans Richter: Encounters2 pm | Resnick Pavilion

Jazz at LACMA: Luther Hughes & Canonball/Coltrane Project 6 pm | BP Grand Entrance | FREE

17OPENING: Down to Earth: Modern

Artists and the Land, Before Land Art




Latin Sounds: Dori Caymmi 5 pm | Hancock Park | FREE

18CLOSING: Construction/

Deconstruction: Defining Architectural Photography

Hans Richter: Encounters12 pm | Resnick Pavilion


Highlights of the Museum2 pm | L.A. Times Central Court

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

Sundays Live: Theodore Norman Legacy Concert: Ensemble Fret and UCLA Guitarists 6 pm | Bing Theater | FREE


Jazz at LACMA: Bob Sheppard 6 pm | BP Grand Entrance | FREE

GALLERIES CLOSED

Documents

august 2013 |Member calendar CoNNECT August.pdf06 Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA 2 pm | Resnick Pavilion 05 08 Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking—Renaissance and Baroque Art