Member Opening Lecture—Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection 

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Navigate The Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500-1800 with Museum curators Judy Mann, senior curator of European art to 1800, and Amy Torbert, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of American Art.

From luminous paintings and divine sculpture to intricate tapestry and gilded silver chalices, this exhibition showcases the gorgeous display of Spanish American art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Follow along with the exhibition curators through the arrival of the Spaniards in the Americas in the 15th century, and explore how the region developed complex artistic traditions that drew on Indigenous, European, Asian, and African art.