Learn more about LACMA’s CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Michael Govan.

Learn more about the influential Robert Irwin.

See Irwin's 1966-1967 sculpture Untitled and images of two other artworks in LACMA's Collections Online

During the 1960s and 1970s, a number of Southern California artists—inspired by the local physical, social, and technological environments—experimented with perceptual and phenomenological concerns. Often grouped as “light and space” and “finish fetish” artists, their work utilized high-tech materials, particularly plastics, resins, and coated glass.
Untitled by Robert Irwin, 1970 Sculpture, Cast acrylic LACMA

View the first comprehensive restrospective of Irwin's art exhibited by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries is the museum for Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of art from the 1960s to the present. The museum, which opened in 2003, is situated on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Dia:Beacon occupies a former Nabisco box-printing facility that was renovated by Dia with artist Robert Irwin and architect OpenOffice.

Check out a video from the band that has inspired rockers around the globe.

Modern Artists on Art By Robert L. Herbert Edition: 2, illustrated Published by Courier Dover Publications, 2000 ISBN 0486411915, 9780486411910 185 pages
Read the full text of Mondrian's essay.

Get a closer look at Irwin's 2006 installation Who's Afraid of Red Yellow and Blue. The artwork was inspired by the famous Barnett Newman painting of similar color.

Get a better look at Irwin's quiet artwork from 1962, Band In Boston, in LACMA's Collections Online.

See all the subtleties of Irwin's 1966-1967 sculpture Untitled in LACMA's Collections Online.

Check out this Frieze Magazine article on Irwin, his car, and other L.A. based artists with a fetish for four wheels!

Browse through MOMA's collection of artworks by this supremely influential artist.

Explore the work and biography of Los Angeles artist, James Turrell.

Visit LACMA's Art and Technology Program online by following this link all the way back to 1967!
Learn more about Robert Irwin's role in the program by clicking here.

Explore the arcspace catalogue about Frank Gehry, published when the Experience Music Project opened to the public.

Tame your inner astronaut's curiosity by reading more about NASA's International Space Station.

Venice Beach, originally referred to as "Venice of America" was home to many Californian artists such as Robert Irwin. Find out more about the history of this artsy beach town.

Learn more about the Panza Collection through the Hirshhorn Museum official website. Image to the left: Joseph Kosuth's Box, Cube, Empty, Clear, Glass—a Description, 1965, from the Hirshhorn's Collection

Check out Campbell's Soup Can and other works of art by Warhol in LACMA's collection.

Warhol's Brillo Box changed the philosophy of art. "In 1964, the Kantian question was: how was Brillo Box possible?" To read more, go to the September, 1993 article by Arthur Coleman Danto in Artforum magazine linked below.

The ocean view from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is as spectacular as their art collection. See for yourself...

Take a virtual walk through UCSD's Stuart Collection among the eucalyptus trees and discover Irwin's Two Running Violent V Forms by clicking on the link below!

Learn more about the Whitney Museum architecture (by Marcel Breuer) that inspired Bob Irwin. Great Buildings.com Then check out the Whitney's website!

The garden at the Getty Center in Los Angeles is not only jaw dropping but also a most impressive aspect of the museum's layout. Take a look at the link below and decide for yourself!

Scroll through images of Donald Judd's art in MOMA's collection and see why he was considered one of the most important figures of the minimalist movement. Donald Judd Untitled (Stack) 1967

Dan Flavin is best known for the use of fluorescent lights in his artwork. Michael Govan considers the ways Flavin thought about his light constructions in his essay here:

See what the Hudson River has to offer from good fishin' to other museums with gorgeous waterfront property!

In L.A., an artist with a fascination for parking lots may not be so far-fetched. Photographer/print artist Edward Ruscha captured images of the concrete fields so prominent in the city's landscape. Follow the link for examples of Ruscha's Parking Lots at LACMA's online collection.

Find out why Irwin chose the Winter King to aesthetically rule the parking lot of Dia Beacon.

The Weeping Hemlock earned it's name from its dropping branches. To discover more characteristics, follow the link below.

What does it take for a cherry tree to flower? Find out with the link below!

Want to hike Mount Beacon? Visit? Know how tall it stands? Learn more at the link below.

Read about John Singer Sargent's career and browse through images at LACMA's Collections Online.

Get a taste of what Agnes Martin's work is about on the Guggenheim Museum's official site.

This New York Times article will give you better insight into Robert Irwin's perspective on L.A. tourists. "Why not ‘curate’ the palm tree? Let’s give people what they want to see in Southern California.”-Robert Irwin