Sunsets at LBMA

Welcome to Sunsets at LBMA! Join us for an evening of art, art-making, music, food, drinks, and the sunset at the Long Beach Museum of Art. This is the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow art enthusiasts, community members, and friends while exploring our current exhibitions. Don't miss out on this unforgettable summer experience! See you there!

• Package Discounts - Must be purchased in advance
• Art-making workshop - Must be purchased in advance
• Half-priced Gallery Admission - Available for purchase at the door
• Exhibition Tours - Free with gallery admission (5-6 pm)
• Food and drink - Available for purchase at the bar
• Galleries Close and Last Call - 7:30 pm
• LBMA Property Closes - 8:00 pm

There is no cost to access the property, sculpture garden, or the Anderson House.

Keith Haring (1958-1990) was arguably the most accomplished and prominent American artist of the 1980s. Throughout his brief ten-year career, Haring rewrote the rulebook for contemporary art, integrating the seemingly discrete arenas of New York City’s gritty downtown counterculture and uptown art aristocracy. Despite working in a variety of mediums—including paintings, prints, posters, drawings, sculptures and street art—Haring’s style was instantly recognizable. Bold lines, pictographic symbols, and vibrant colors abounded in every piece he made. A friend of Andy Warhol, Haring represented the apotheosis of Pop Art, unabashedly exploring the marketing potential of his “brand” through commercial partnerships, mass market products, and even his own storefront, titled the Pop Shop.

Yet Haring’s work transcended commodification by reflecting the artist’s fervent activism and democratic beliefs.An advocate for nuclear de-escalation, civil rights, child welfare, and AIDS awareness, Haring spent his career making posters, public art, and charitable commissions in support of these vital causes. Their struggles permeated his murals and massive wall paintings, leading one prominent critic to liken his work to “contemporary history paintings” chronicling the plights of late twentieth-century society. Success offered Haring an “entry pass to the world,” and he used it to reconnect with the public, collaborating with neighborhood kids while championing the idea that art should belong to everyone.

Haring died from AIDS-related complications at only thirty-one-years-old, a fact that tends to enshroud most conversations about the artist’s meteoric career. Keith Haring: Radiant Vision, however, focuses on the indelible impact of Haring’s exuberant life, which, through the incomparable body of work in these galleries, continues to inspire today.

Community Canvas: LBUSD Elementry Exhibition - On view through August 18

The Long Beach Museum of Art’s juried elementary exhibition showcases the artwork of students from the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) and was co-curated by the Museum Studies class at Millikan High School.

Elementary art education is supported by the BCM Foundation, John Apostle and Helen Apostle Foundation, Phoenix, The Rudolph J. and Daphne A. Munzer Foundation, US Bank Foundation, Los Angeles County Arts and Culture.

Arts education is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture.

The Museum Studies Program at Millikan High School in partnership with the Long Beach Museum of Art is sponsored by TABC (Toyota).

Host or Publisher Long Beach Museum of Art