With the European conquest, Indigenous cultures and knowledge, based on millennia of intellectual efforts, were disregarded. The Portable Universe is designed to recapture some of that knowledge, inviting visitors into a cultural dialogue that spans both space and time. Learn how the exhibition was created in the Unpacking the Universe video series.
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800
The Portable Universe / El Universo en Tus Manos: Thought and Splendor of Indigenous Colombia
Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse
LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives (Collection II)
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Mark Bradford: 150 Portrait Tone
Museum Hours
Monday and Tuesday: 11 am–6 pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 11 am–6 pm
Friday: 11 am–8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am–7 pm
Events
Poetry Reading: Inspired by Apollo and Phaëthon
Mon, Aug 15 | 4 pm | Online
Member Monday | Conversing in Clay, Park Dae Sung, Modern Art Galleries, and more!
Mon, Aug 15 | 6:30–9 pm | Resnick Pavilion and BCAM | LACMA members and invited guests only
Person Connections (Virtual)
Tue, Aug 16 | 10–11 am | Online
Jazz at LACMA: 6 Beats Apart
Fri, Aug 19 | 6–8 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza
Latin Sounds: Alih Jey
Sat, Aug 20 | 5–7 pm | Hancock Park
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—Art Meets Science
Sun, Aug 21 | 12:30–3:30 pm | Smidt Welcome Plaza