L.A.'s Best Art Shows To Visit This Thanksgiving Weekend

::Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art: LACMA::

James Turrell: A Retrospective

If you want to become part of the art and have your sensory perceptions altered, check out James Turrell's exhibit at LACMA. The artist's use of intense light and space creates a mis-perception of distance and space. Arrive in a white room with changing colors, and have an illusion of walking in a mist, and see how far you can walk before reaching the edge. A true definition of experiential art, don't be the last to see James Turrell's sensational retrospective at LACMA. May 26, 2013 - April 6, 2014 [Photo via @heresometimes]

Agnès Varda in Californialand

For six decades, Agnès Varda has been making narrative and documentary films exploring social issues and now has a "film house" on display in her Agnès Varda in Californialand exhibit at LACMA made of real film strips. The footage used to create it as well as printed photographs displayed on the walls was all shot during the French artist's time in Los Angeles and other parts of California in the late 1960s. The sculptural installation presents a new way to display film itself as an art form and contextualize it within a museum, while bringing awareness to restore four films made by Agnès Varda: Uncle Yanco (1967), Black Panthers (1968), LIONS LOVE (...AND LIES) (1969), and Mur Murs (1981). Visit LACMA to journey through Varda's California(land). November 3, 2013 – June 22, 2014 [Photos via @a_little_les, @viciously_cyd]

See the Light - Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and 
Leonard Vernon Collection

Since 1975, Marjorie and Leonard Vernon have been collecting photography, ranging from west coast photography to works by international photographers such as Charles Harbutt and Gyorgy Kepes, both shown in the above images. With the earliest photographs dating from the 1840s to the latest in 2001, See the Light exhibits 220 works by more than 150 artists to explore the use and evolution of photography as a scientific and artistic element. Check out the history of photography through the Vernon Collection at LACMA this weekend. October 27, 2013 – March 23, 2014 [Photo via, via] - -

Calder and Abstraction: From Avant Garde to Iconic

Alexander Calder's iconic work is most recognized by his massive, elaborate mobiles that move by either motors or by natural air. He continued to construct larger steel structures that were ground-based, rather than hanging from the ceiling. With his first museum exhibit at LACMA designed by architect Frank O. Ghery, this is a must see if you're planning to spend the day at LACMA. November 24, 2013 - July 27, 2014 [Photo via] LACMA 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036