"In Pursuit of Venus" at LACMA
Small detail of Lisa Reihana's in Pursuit of Venus [infected] , 2015–17. LACMA and Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco LACMA is showing Lisa Reihana's in Pursuit of Venus [infected] , an extraordinary 70-ft-wide video that was purchased jointly with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in 2019 . It's on view in "Grounded," a group show on BCAM's second floor through June 21, 2026. Though we live in a TikTok age, video art can be a hard sell to museum audiences. Reihana's in Pursuit of Venus [infected] is, along with Christian Marclay's The Clock (2010) and Ragnar Kjartansson's The Visitors (2012), a popular work that truly expands conceptions of video art and even cinema itself. A version of in Pursuit of Venus was shown at the 2017 Venice Biennale, and it has built a cult following in showings around the world. Jean-Gabriel Charvet (designer) and Joseph Dufour et Cie (printer), Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique , about 1804-1806. Fine Arts Mu...
