Debuting to the public on Sunday, African Textiles and Adornment: Selections from the Marcel and Zaira Mis Collection presents the brilliant color, bold patterns, and intriguing symbols found in dress across the African continent. The exhibition features over 35 textiles and headdresses laden with emblems of power and esteem. Members have early access to these extraordinary garments and headpieces on Friday and Saturday during Member Previews.
Friday night at 7:30 pm, a free screening for LACMA Film Club members of Clouds of Sils Maria also includes a conversation with Kristen Stewart. Throughout the weekend enjoy free docent-led tours of the collection. Saturday’s 50 minute walkthrough of our Modern art galleries at 3 pm explores movements like Cubism, German Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, and Minimalism. On Sunday, delve into the religious beliefs of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism through paintings, sculptures, and furniture in the Wondrous India tour at 2 pm.
For more from the permanent collection, visit Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, in which links between the past, present, and future of Middle Eastern art are drawn through 25 works by artists from Iran and the Arab world. Christine Corday: Protoist Series, Selected Forms shows two sculptures that function as recording devices out on the BP Grand Entrance. The installation will come down after Sunday. And in Thomas Demand: Pacific Sun, the German artist presents the turmoil of a ship caught in a storm in his life-size paper model recreation of security-camera footage. This video work is on view through next week. Lastly, at Sundays Live at 6 pm on Sunday, see chamber ensembles from the Colburn School perform live on stage.
A final note: the Pavilion for Japanese Art will be closed to the public all day on Saturday.