[gallery td_gallery_title_input="Art comes alive at LACMA" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" size="medium" ids="91648,91645,91646,91647"] By Mariam Nihal The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is renown for its contribution to art all around the world. The art museum is an awe-inspiring and beautiful gigantic structure that is home to several genres of art, design and contemporary artists but also pays homage to historic art. Since its inception in 1965, LACMA, which is also the largest art museum in the western United States, has collected works of art from all walks of life with a collection of over 130,000 pieces. LACMA facilitates art through regular exhibitions, artist talks, public programs, events and research facilities. Islamic Art Now, a two-part exhibition, displays contemporary art pieces from the Middle East. It marks the first installations of LACMA's collection of contemporary art from the region and runs till the end of the month at Ahmanson Building. The exhibition features around 31 works by artists from the Arab world, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Northwest Africa. The participating artists include Saudi artists Ahmed Mater, Lulwah Al Homoud including other prominent Arab artists like Hassan Hajjaj, Burhan Doǧançay, Fereydoun Ave, Sherin Guirguis, Newsha Tavakolian, Shadi Ghadirian, Shoja Azari, Faig Ahmed and many more. Picasso and his Printers takes place at Ahmanson Building until November 27. The original Picasso's will take your breath away. The exhibition also showcases the great achievements of his works with printers Roger Lacourière, Fernand Mourlot and Hidalgo Arnéra. James Turrell's Light Reignfall is one of the artist's Perceptual Cells, which allows each visitor to slip into the spherical chamber and experience the multidimensional power of light and the intricacies of the human eye. Alternative Dreams: 17th-Century Chinese Paintings from the Tsao Family Collection showcases 130 paintings by many recognized painters from that era including Buddhist monks and scholars. The exhibition studies the ways artists of the Ming and Qing dynasties used art forms such as poetry, painting, and calligraphy to create new identities. Located at the Resnick Pavilion, the exhibition runs till 4th of December. Guillermo del Toro's exhibition reveals the filmmaker's creative process through his collection of art including maquettes, artifacts, concept film art, paintings and drawings. Rain Room a timed-entry experience that helps understand what is seemingly impossible: the ability to control rain. Random International's Rain Room is an immersive environment of perpetually falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected. CARtoons: Art of America's Car Culture. CARtoons is a documentation of American car culture over three decades. The exhibit features artworks by CARtoons contributors Steve Austin, Joe Borer, Pete Millar, Alex Niño, William Stout, George Trosley, and Monte Wolverton among many more. — For upcoming exhibitions check out www.lacma.org
