Hammer Museum

The art of Gustave Moreau—born on this day in 1826—stands apart from that of his realist and impressionist contemporaries in nineteenth-century France, particularly in the mystical and enigmatic quality of his paintings of biblical and mythological subjects. He is considered an important precursor to the symbolist and surrealist movements, and his students included Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault.

Now on view: http://bit.ly/1VxifK8

2 days to Made in L.A.! Today meet artists Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and Michael Frimkess. The two began working together shortly after they met in 1963. Their fifty-year collaboration constitutes a compelling body of work that snags itself on many genres—pottery, outsider art, mythology, pop.

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