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exhibitions

2019

Cross Colours advertisement, Djimon Hounsou wearing black and white leather jacket and embellished jeans

Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century

September 25, 2019 – August 23, 2020

Installation view of collaged mixed media sculpture

Timothy Washington: Citizen/Ship

September 25, 2019 – March 1, 2020

MGM Publicity photo for Gone with the Wind 1939

Making Mammy: A Caricature of Black Womanhood, 1840–1940

September 25, 2019 – March 1, 2020

Pair of jeans painted with people and names of music genres

Dust My Broom: Southern Vernacular from the Permanent Collection

September 10, 2019 – March 15, 2020

Welded chrome statues of Horus, Isis, and Osiris

LA Blacksmith

September 10, 2019 – February 16, 2020

Acrylic painting of people grooving in dance hall

Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective

May 8 – September 8, 2019

The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles, 1900–1914 (Installation view)

The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles, 1900–1914

March 20 – September 8, 2019

Installation view of Aspects of Nude: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Aspects of Nude: Selections from the Permanent Collection

March 20 – September 8, 2019

Painting of black woman in braided straw hat

Plumb Line: Charles White and the Contemporary

March 8 – August 25, 2019

Acrylic paint and glitter on panel

Adia Millett: Breaking Patterns

February 5 – August 25, 2019

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Galleries Open
Tuesdays–Saturdays
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sundays
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

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  • here and now
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collection
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  • recent acquisition and accession
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  • loan requests
support
  • individual giving
  • corporate support
  • donate to the collection
  • get involved
exhibitions
  • current
  • upcoming
  • traveling
  • past
library
  • about
  • resources
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  • frequently asked questions
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  • 600 state

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