May at LACMA

	EXHIBITIONS
	_ IN WONDERLAND: THE SURREALIST ADVENTURES OF WOMEN ARTISTS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES CLOSES MAY 6! Don’t miss the final days of LACMA’s blockbuster, unprecedented exhibition of surrealist art created by women in North America. In Wonderland, hailed by critics as “thrilling” and “engaging,” explores the fantastic worlds of Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Francesca Woodman, and others who delved into their subconscious and dreams to create art that shocks, delights, and amazes. Reserve tickets now! Learn more and reserve ticketsPurchase the catalogue in print or for your iPad _
	_ CALIFORNIA DESIGN, 1930–1965: "LIVING IN A MODERN WAY" ON VIEW THROUGH JUNE 3 May marks the final month that LACMA’s groundbreaking exhibition of mid-century art and design, California Design, 1930–1965: “Living in a Modern Way,” will be on view. The exhibition features more than 350 objects—including furniture, clothing, jewelry, and even an entire Eames living room—that helped to define a distinct era of California art and style. Learn more Visit the California Design online store _
	__ MORE EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS TO EXPLORE Common Places—closes May 13 Maria Nordman “FILM ROOM: SMOKE,” 1967–Present—closes May 20 Shadi Ghadirian—closes May 28 Robert Adams: The Place We Live—closes June 3 Children of the Plumed Serpent Fracture: Daido Moriyama Russian Avant-Garde Whistler’s Etchings: An Art of Suggestion Chris Burden's Metropolis II
	TALKS + EVENTS
	_ PERFORMANCE: ORION, THE GREAT MAN OF THE SKY MAY 5 & 6 | 2 PM Inspired by prehistoric, pre-Columbian, American Native, and Indian culture and artifacts, surrealist artist Alice Rahon once designed costumes and puppets for a dance production called Ballet d’Orion. The production was never staged in her lifetime. Now, the dance company Laboratorio de la Máscara travels from Mexico City for two special performances in conjunction with In Wonderland. Learn more _
	_ DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECTS LECTURE SERIES: JEANNE GANG MAY 8 | 7:30 PM MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, FAIA, LEED AP, leads Studio Gang Architects, a collective of architects, designers, and thinkers whose projects confront contemporary issues. Recent projects include a proposal reimagining the suburb of Cicero, Illinois, as a part of MoMA’s exhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream; and Reverse Effect, a book intended to explore and spark a radically greener future for the Chicago River and Great Lakes. Learn more and purchase tickets _
	_ TALK: WHAT’S SO CALIFORNIA ABOUT CALIFORNIA DESIGN? MAY 14 | 7 PM Bill Stern, executive director of the Museum of California Design in Los Angeles and consulting curator for LACMA's exhibition California Design, 1930–1965, discusses how local materials, war industries, and California’s burgeoning population made the state a beacon of style and design in the mid-century. Learn more _
	_ SPECIAL: TARGET FREE HOLIDAY MONDAY MAY 28 | 12–8 PM Visitors of all ages are invited to a free day at the museum, with live music by George Kahn Jazz and Blues Revue at 12:30 and 2:45 pm. Free bilingual tours, programs, and other activities occur throughout the day. Learn more _
	_ FOOD TOUR: A TASTE OF MEXICO: THE ART OF MOLE JUNE 2 | 10 AM Food plays an essential role in Children of the Plumed Serpent. LACMA and local food tour company Six Taste invite you to explore the lasting culture of ancient Mexico through food. The day begins with a curator-led tour of the exhibition. Participants will then take a private shuttle for mole tastings at two renowned local restaurants, Guelaguetza and Moles La Tia, to see how anicent Mexican cuisine lives on today. It's a tour not to be missed! Learn more and purchase tickets _
	CONCERTS
	_ ART & MUSIC CONCERT: DAVID HENRY HWANG AND THE MUSIC OF OSVALDO GOLIJOV MAY 5 | 4 PM Playwright and librettist David Henry Hwang, best known for his Tony Award–winning play, M. Butterfly, is joined by Long Beach Opera artistic and general director Andreas Mitisek to discuss Hwang’s opera Ainadamar, composed by Osvaldo Golijov. Throughout the evening, Long Beach Opera will perform excerpts from the opera. This program is presented by LACMA and the Long Beach Opera. Learn more and purchase tickets _
	_ MUSIC: THROUGH THE MIC: LACMA X HIP HOP MAY 17 | 8 PM Through the Mic is a new concert series at LACMA that explores contemporary Los Angeles hip hop, with an emphasis on the diversity of L.A.-based artists. Co-curated by LACMA and hip hop artist Murs, concerts will take place on the third Thursday of every month, May through October 2012. On May 17, Murs reunites with Eligh and Scarub to kick off the series with the first performance by their group 3MG in more than five years. Learn more and purchase tickets _
	_ MUSIC: LATIN SOUNDS MAY 26 | 5 PMKick off this season of Latin Sounds in Hancock Park with a free performance by Ricardo Lemvo! Learn more _
	FILMS
	_ EXHIBITION FILM SERIES: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: FEMALE SURREALIST CINEMA MAY 3 | 7:30 PM In conjunction with In Wonderland, this series of shorts surveys more than thirty years of experimental filmmaking by women that delves into a rich netherworld of dark memories, primal sensations, double worlds, and marvelous visions. Learn more _
	_ FILM INDEPENDENT AT LACMA: SPOTLIGHT ON PHILLIP GLASS MAY 4 | 7:30 AND 9:05 PM In celebration of Phillip Glass's seventy-fifth birthday, Film Independent at LACMA screens two films from the composer's ongoing series of collaborations with filmmaker Godfrey Reggio. Koyaanisqatsi (1982) and Powaqqatsi (1988) both offer awe-inspiring visions of modern life juxtaposed with nature’s sublime immensity. Learn more and purchase tickets _
	_ EXHIBITION FILM SERIES: THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST: MID-CENTURY CALIFORNIA NOIR MAY 18–19 & 25–26 | Times varyExperience the dark side of modern living with this series of film noirs. Shot on location and set amid the bustle of big cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as the rugged emptiness of their surrounding deserts and forests, these films inject the Golden State’s benign climate with a strong dose of postwar angst. Learn more and purchase tickets _
	_ PREVIEW SCREENING: GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING MAY 31 | 7:30 PM Artist Gerhard Richter offers viewers rare insight into his artistic process in this intimate new documentary. Considered one of the world’s greatest living painters, the eighty-year-old Richter is seen working on a number of large-scale canvases in his Cologne studio. Learn more and purchase tickets _
	MORE AT LACMA
	_ CHECK OUT THESE ADDITIONAL TALKS, EVENTS, & FILMS: Jazz at LACMA continues every Friday night Talk: Contemporary Chinese Art: Looking Back, Looking Forward—May 6 Robert Adams exhibition walkthrough with Anthony Lepore—May 8 Film: Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century—May 8 Film Independent at LACMA: Khrustalyov, My Car!—May 10 Teen Night at LACMA—May 12 Film Independent at LACMA: The Italian Job & Funeral in Berlin—May 17 Art Museum Day, free admission—May 18 Building Collections of African American Art: LA Perspectives—May 19 Panel Discussion: Turquoise Mosaics in Ancient Mexico—May 21 Lecture: The Body Adorned: To the Divine through Beauty—May 22