… American Jewish writer Anita Brenner (1905–1974). Brenner was an integral part of the circle of Mexican modernists in the 1920s and played an important role in promoting and translating … institutions across Southern California. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. Another Promised Land: Anita Brenner’s Mexico  ofrece una nueva perspectiva sobre la … una experiencia de inmersión de descubrimiento histórico y enfatizará la importancia de Brenner como mujer judía en México, la cual inspiró a artistas y fue instrumental en la introducción de …

… October 8, 2015–February 21, 2016 Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams presented a lesser-known dimension of celebrated photographer Ansel Adams’s body of work, and offered insight into a decisive and disquieting period in American history. Presented at the Skirball in association with the Japanese … spoke to the Skirball’s mission of confronting injustice, embracing diversity, and preserving community. Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams  was curated by Robert Flynn …

… April 30, 2024–Summer 2026 Commissioned by the Skirball Cultural Center, Later in Life: Adult B’nai Mitzvah , an original … recognized visual artist and filmmaker Sabrina Gschwandtner , spotlights six Los Angeles adults who recently completed their B’nai Mitzvah ceremonies. Commissioned by the Skirball … of Ya’akov Ronnie Britton from Later in Life: Adult B'nai Mitzvah by Sabrina Gschwandtner, a site-specific installation commissioned by the Skirball Cultural Center. Video still of Geoff …

… A Project by Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger April 4, 2013–January 12, 2014 Everyone is welcome at the Skirball Cultural Center, yet every encounter is unique, inflected by culture, age, and origin. This was the theme of a smile, they said , a site-specific mural created by Berlin-based artists Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger as part …

… October 23, 2014–March 10, 2015 Café Vienne  was a site-specific exhibition developed for the Skirball by Austrian artist Isa Rosenberger (b. 1969). Within this immersive installation, which paid tribute to the important cultural role of Viennese coffee houses, Rosenberger honored little-known Jewish writer Gina Kaus … Rosenberger honored little-known Jewish writer Gina Kaus (1893–1985). In the early twentieth century, female artists and writers in particular embraced the coffee house as a place for …