![]() ![]() ![]() The Norton Simon Art Foundation actively produces scholarly publications focused on segments of the collections on view at the Museum. Private tours are available by reservation. To extend the impact of these exhibitions and to explore genres and themes within the permanent collection, the Museum offers six to ten free public programs per month, including scholarly lectures and symposia, adult education courses, music and dance performances and hands-on activities for children. There are two temporary exhibition spaces within the Museum the curatorial department mounts three to five exhibitions centered on the collection, and one special masterpiece loan, per year. Highlights from the PAM collection include the Galka Scheyer Blue Four Collection, a body of works by artists Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, Alexei Jawlensky, Vasily Kandinsky and others assembled by art dealer, scholar and muse Galka Scheyer post-war American art, particularly from Southern California-based artists including John Altoon, Larry Bell, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Richard Diebenkorn, Llyn Foulkes, Sam Francis, George Herms, Robert Irwin, and Ed Ruscha and a photography collection comprised of works by Ansel Adams, Lewis Baltz, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Imogen Cunningham, Frederick Sommer, Edward Weston, and Minor White, among others.Īrtwork in the museumApproximately 1,000 works from the permanent collection of 12,000 objects are on view in the Norton Simon Museum’s galleries and sculpture garden throughout the year. In 1974, Norton Simon and a reorganized Board of Trustees assumed control of the Pasadena Art Museum, taking up management of its building and incorporating its important collection of 20th-century European and American art with the outstanding collections of the Norton Simon foundations. 1000, India: Tamil Nadu and the gilt bronze Indra, 13th century, Nepal. 550, India: Bihar, Gupta period, and Shiva as King of Dance, c. Highlights from the Asian collection include the bronze sculptures Buddha Shakyamuni, c. 1655-60, by Rembrandt van Rijn Mulberry Tree, 1889, by Vincent van Gogh Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878-81, by Edgar Degas and Woman with a Book, 1932, by Pablo Picasso. 1502-03, by Raphael Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose, 1633, by Francisco de Zurbarán Portrait of a Boy, c. Among the most celebrated works he collected are Branchini Madonna, 1427, by Giovanni di Paolo Madonna and Child with Book, c. Over a thirty-year period 20th-century industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an astonishing collection of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years. No children under 8 years of age will be admitted.The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. Programs and artists are subject to change Please contact Goldstar regadring special seating needs so that seating may be arranged in advance of the performance. Headphones are available for the hearing impaired. For well-attended events, wheelchairs are accommodated on the lower level behind the last row of seats. There are also special seats, which allow persons to slide in by lifting an armrest. The Norton Simon Museum Theater is equipped with two wheelchair pads, one on each side of the theater. Access between the two gallery floors is provided by elevator. A Museum entrance ramp is provided to the right of the main entrance stairway. The parking lot has ample parking spaces for disabled persons. The Museum is in compliance with all laws regarding accessibility for the disabled. Contact us before buying tickets to make arrangements. Accessible or ADA seating may be available at this venue through Goldstar. ![]()
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