Since March 13, 2020, when shops, restaurants and schools closed down, so did museums. After several months, one popular museum opened back up: the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts (LACMA). Featuring new and old exhibits, viewers enter each room in awe. Scroll through this photo gallery to see some of the LACMA’s most notable exhibits.
All photos by Anneliese Duong.
When you enter the right side of the museum, you are welcomed with “Do Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street,” which replicates the artist’s residence using translucent fabric to memorialize the space we grow up in.
A LACMA worker rests on a stool in front of vibrantly tinted windows.
Multiple home objects lie on a table while projectors project videos across the walls to reflect creativity, utopianism and spirituality in Cauleen Smith’s “Give It Or Leave It.”
Inspired by another artist’s duck prints, artist Hashiguchi Goyō paints a scene of two ducks feeling calm in the water.
“Metropolis II” showcases a small city made of blocks and other materials.
Upon entering the Yoshitomo Nara exhibit, visitors find Nara’s illustrations—children with several emotions such as anger, joy and disgust—across the rooms.
A small, cozy miniature home exemplifies what a “place like home” is.
Figures in a large cup spit out water while visitors pass the rooms.
Many of Nara’s sketches are showcased.
Nara explores different types of canvases such as kraft paper.
Cute ceramics gaze left and right with different expressions.
Revisiting the LACMA was a joyful experience; all of the exhibits exceeded my expectations and every snap I took on my camera was aesthetic and memorable. With museums opening back up, the LACMA is one that you should put on your bucket list.
