The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has announced two upcoming winter exhibitions that highlight its collection of Impressionist and Postimpressionist art.
The first exhibition, “Collecting Impressionism at LACMA,” will run from December 21, 2025, through January 3, 2027. It will examine how the museum’s collection of Impressionist works has developed over time. This show includes recent acquisitions such as Claude Monet’s “The Artist’s Garden, Vétheuil” (1881) and “Tarascon Stagecoach” (1888), which is the first painting by Vincent van Gogh to enter LACMA’s holdings. According to the museum, these additions reflect ongoing support from donors.
A second exhibition, “Village Square: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection to the Brooklyn Museum, LACMA, and MoMA,” opens on February 22 and runs until July 5, 2026. This exhibition focuses on recent donations from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation shared among three major institutions.
Leah Lehmbeck, curator and department head of European Painting and Sculpture as well as American Art at LACMA, is leading the curation for “Collecting Impressionism,” with assistance from David Bardeen, assistant curator of European Painting and Sculpture. Alex Kaczenski, assistant curator in the same department at LACMA, is curating “Village Square.”
“Collecting Impressionism at LACMA looks back at the evolving tastes that have shaped the museum’s beloved collection of Impressionist art. Featuring newly acquired works such as The Artist’s Garden, Vétheuil (1881) by Claude Monet and Tarascon Stagecoach (1888)—the museum’s first painting by Vincent van Gogh—Collecting Impressionism underscores the continued generosity of LACMA’s community of donors.”
