. Laguna Art Museum’s 2013 Palette to Palate fundraiser grossed approximately $190,000 on May 10, 2013—the museum's most successful Palette to Palate to date! This is $40,000 more than in 2012. The museum expects to net $125,000 for its education and exhibition programs. . Now in its eighth year, Palette to Palate at Laguna Art Museum has become one of Orange County’s most anticipated art and dining experiences. The museum transformed into a beautiful and unique venue, featuring the … [Read more...]

. Despite the old saying “neither a borrower nor a lender be,” most museums are both. In order to put together the special exhibitions that are so central to what they offer their visitors, they frequently borrow works of art from one another. Except in rare instances, there are only minimal fees involved in museum-to-museum loans. The lending museum makes the loan on the basis of good will, the prestige and value of the exhibition, and usually a hope that the borrower might sooner or … [Read more...]

. Laguna Art Museum recently acquired a significant abstract composition by Sam Francis. . Its margins vibrant with freely brushed forms and bright colors, this painting is characteristic of Sam Francis’s “Edge” series of the mid-to-late 1960s. Working at this time in a studio in Santa Monica, Francis was one of the foremost Abstract Expressionist painters on the west coast. He developed a readily recognizable style in which, as here, intense splashes play against areas of white. … [Read more...]

. Museum Thrives Under New Leadership It has been one year since former Kimbell Art Museum Deputy Director Dr. Malcolm Warner took the helm as executive director at Laguna Art Museum on January 3, 2012. Much has improved for the California art-focused museum in a short amount of time, including an increase in donations and gifts to the museum’s collection, the hiring of new staff, improvements to the building, and an increase in programming. . Since Warner took up his position, the … [Read more...]

Live! at the Museum is a new programming initiative that takes place the second Thursday of every month . Museum Receives Grants for Increased Programming Laguna Art Museum recently received grants of $4,000 from the Laguna Beach Community Foundation and $10,000 from Pacific Life Foundation. Both grants will support community engagement programming at the museum on Thursday evenings. . In February 2012, then new executive director Malcolm Warner instituted new hours of operation, keeping … [Read more...]

. The renowned artist Marcia Hafif, who divides her time between Laguna Beach and New York, has kindly donated her photographic series Colony Kitchen and three of her films. . Before starting graduate school at the University of California, Irvine in 1969, Hafif had already made her name internationally with her subtle, largely monochromatic paintings. But on starting her MFA she decided to set painting aside and experiment with photography and film. The role she assumed in her work in these … [Read more...]

. Among several works given to the museum by Kimberly Light is a chromogenic print by Bruce Yonemoto. Born in 1949, Yonemoto is a professor of art at UC Irvine. He is known for works that reveal his interest in both art and film, especially their role in defining identity and creating illusion. He often collaborates with his older brother Norman on films, videos, and video installations. Both have received numerous awards for their work. . La Vie Secrète – After Magritte (The … [Read more...]