Action Comics #1, Cover Art: Joe Shuster. Detective Comics Inc. / DC Comics, 1938. Loan courtesy of Brandon Beck. The Ramones at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1978. Photographer: Sheila Rock. Studio installation view. Courtesy of Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein.
Join us as we celebrate three new Skirball exhibitions: Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution; Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976–86; and Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein: A Palace in Time.
Date and Time
Tuesday, May 19, 4:00–8:00 pm
- Curator-led tours at 4:00 and 6:30 pm (Inventing America and Punk Culture)
- Refreshments at 4:45 pm with remarks at 5:30 pm
- Informal chat with artists and curator at 5:45 pm (A Palace in Time)
Reservation Details
- FREE to Members
- Two people for Household and Family levels and four people for Family Plus and above.*
*Email membership@skirball.org with questions and requests.
About the Program
Be among the first to explore the galleries! All galleries will be open for viewing starting at 4:00 pm. Plus, shop exhibition-related items and more at Audrey’s Museum Store.
Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution explores the US through the lens of this American art form, a cultural medium that shaped national identity through distinctive stories and characters.
Tours offered at 4:00 and 6:30 pm
Featuring guest curator Patrick A. Reed and Skirball Museum Deputy Director Michele Urton.
Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976–86 celebrates how a generation of misfits— including Jewish punks—challenged the rules, reimagined community, and helped reshape culture from the margins.
Tours offered at 4:00 and 6:30 pm
Featuring Skirball Chief Curator Cate Thurston and guest curator Michael Worthington.
Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein: A Palace in Time presents an intimate and moving portrait of Jewish life through new paintings by two Los Angeles-based artists and partners in life.
Informal chat with artists and curator at 5:45 pm
Featuring artists Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein and Skirball curator Vicki Phung Smith.
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Questions? Email membership@skirball.org
Donor Support
The exhibition Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution and its related educational programs at the Skirball Cultural Center is presented by Brandon Beck and The Karsh Family Foundation, with lead support from Alicia Miñana and Robert Lovelace, along with generous support from U.S. Bank.
The exhibition Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976-86 and its related educational programming at the Skirball Cultural Center is presented by The Genco-Kamin Family and Fall Out Boy.
The exhibition Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein: A Palace in Time and its related educational programs at the Skirball Cultural Center is presented by The Ruby Family.