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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor
November 10, 2017
- April 9, 2018
This revealing exhibition celebrates the centennial of Degas’s death by bringing together the Museum’s entire collection of modèles, the first and only set of bronzes cast from the artist’s original wax and plaster statuettes, and related pastels, drawings and paintings
Rembrandt’s ‘Self Portrait at the Age of 34’ on loan from The National Gallery, London
December 8, 2017
- March 5, 2018
Rembrandt’s captivating Self Portrait at the Age of 34, on loan from The National Gallery, London, arrives in the U.S. for the first time.
Rembrandt: Prints ‘of a Particular Spirit’
December 8, 2017
- March 5, 2018
This intimate exhibition gives viewers the opportunity to examine Rembrandt’s inspired storytelling and sensitive studies of landscape and the human face.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
RIP: On Art and Mourning
September 8, 2017
- November 27, 2017
Spanning millennia, cultures and media, from a 3,000 year-old Egyptian coffin to a 1960s silkscreen by Andy Warhol, the artworks in RIP: On Art and Mourning demonstrate how artists create objects to honor a life, find meaning in tragedy and comfort the living.
NEWS & EVENTS
Museum Presents Dance Performance Inspired by Rodin
November 4, 2017
USC School of Dramatic Arts MFA Students, under the direction of Dean David Bridel, perform a movement theater piece inspired by the artwork of Auguste Rodin.
Museum Presents New Program: Fall Family Festival
October 22, 2017
Exciting, creativity-themed program for families debuts this October 22nd.
Museum Presents the Film Series 'Meeting Death: Conversations with Mortality'
October 20, 2017
- November 11, 2017
The Museum presents its fall film series, Meeting Death: Conversations with Mortality, featuring The Devil and Daniel Webster, Ikiru, Heaven Can Wait and The Seventh Seal.
Exhibitions and Events Schedule | Fall 2017
October 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017
Learn about the many exhibitions and public programs offered at the Museum this fall season.
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