Start your weekend on the right foot with a celebration of jazz music and the exhibition Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist during a performance from the Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra at Jazz at LACMA at 6 pm. After tonight, only two more Friday night concerts remain in the season! In the Bing Theater the film series After Expressionism: The Versatile Edgar G. Ulmer continues with People on Sunday (featuring live music accompaniment) at 7:30 pm and The Light Ahead at 9 pm.
Saturday, take part in the talk Gemini G.E.L.: History and Future at 1 pm, with Sidney Felsen, cofounder of this specialized artist workshop and publisher from 1966, commemorating the upcoming 50-year anniversary. The event is free but requires reservations in advance. In the galleries, learn about our European art collection at 2 pm or art of the Pacific at 2:30 pm during free, docent-led tours. Into the late afternoon, see Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood beginning at 5 pm as part of The Perfect Match: Hollywood Costume Collaborations film series.
Opening to the public on Sunday, Delacroix’s Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi highlights one of the most celebrated French paintings of the 19th century. A monumental painting that rarely travels outside of Bordeaux, France, this painting depicts the loss and suffering of a devastating battle during the Greek War of Independence in 1825. Members see it first during a preview day on Saturday. This presentation joins the list of new exhibitions at LACMA, including Larry Sultan: Here and Home, Art of the Samurai, and Landscapes of Devotion: Visualizing Sacred Sites in India. At Andell Family Sundays explore the artistic connection between an ancient and modern city beginning at 12:30 pm. And at Sundays Live the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra presents 70 of L.A.’s most talented young musicians at 6 pm. Last of all, if you’re a member (or thinking of becoming one!) make sure to do some early holiday shopping during Member Shopping Days, Friday through Sunday, where you can save up to 20% off your purchase on a wide selection of items. Here’s to the weekend.