Inspiring human connections and mutual understanding through art

How to Train your Drawing

Drawing is the foundation of many other arts, but how was it learned and eventually mastered? Our new exhibition looks at the art of drawing in Europe, starting in the 16th century, and explores the methods that helped the good became great.

Learning to Draw exhibition
Chalk sketch of a colonnade with various busts and statues; in the distance, a figure can be seen on the ground, sketching.

What We Do

  1. Our Locations

    Three people, a woman with long dark hair and a man pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair, wander through a museum gallery filled with marble sculpture busts

    Enjoy the art, architecture, and gardens of our two unique sites

  2. Art & Archives

    Two people wander through an art gallery filled with sculptures, pointing to the details in a stone bust

    Our art and research collections span ancient to modern times

  3. Research & Conservation

    A person seated before a large wooden table looks at a black-and-white stereograph of a streetscape through a modern stereoscope, while other stereographs are scattered on the table.

    We conduct and support research and conservation of visual art and cultural heritage in Los Angeles and throughout the world

News & Stories

All News & Stories

  1. A Seat at the Table

    Article

    A white-bordered color photograph of four people eating under a fringed pool cabana, with three looking at the camera while one holds out a bell.

    In their photograph series Being There, artists Lee Shulman and Omar Victor Diop wanted to give viewers “moments to dream, to question, to project their own stories”

    Oct 14, 2025

  2. Latin-American Photographers

    Article

    A black and white photograph of a barefooted boy carrying bags as he walk past a store front window

    From the streets of Mexico City to the Argentine Pampas, these photographs capture moments in lives, generations, and professions that cannot be replicated

    Oct 14, 2025

  3. Who Was the Original Master of Gore?

    Article

    A black and white photograph of a man with slicked back hair, wearing a suit and smoking, with a large bat shadow behind him

    This Spanish painter’s later works were extremely dark

    Oct 15, 2025

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Academic Outreach & Engagement

Creating resources, opportunities, and communities for faculty and students

A group of young people stand around a table on which are archival books and materials of various sizes.

Resources

All Resources
Explore tools and support for work and study in visual art and cultural heritage