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Final days include extended hours and public programs
The critically acclaimed exhibition Hollywood Costume, in the final days of its worldwide tour at Los Angeles’s historic Wilshire May Company building, will have extended hours through its closing on Monday, March 2. Presented by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood Costume celebrates and examines costume design as an essential tool of cinematic storytelling. It brings together more than 150 iconic costumes from Hollywood’s Golden Age to the present, including such treasures as the Academy’s pair of the original ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” (Adrian, 1939) shown with Dorothy’s blue and white gingham pinafore dress.
Hollywood Costume is sponsored by Swarovski and curated by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Academy Award®-nominated costume designer and founding director of UCLA’s David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design.
EXTENDED HOURS FOR FINAL DAYS:
Thursday, February 26, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Friday, February 27, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.
Saturday, February 28, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sunday, March 1, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Monday, March 2, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Visitors who purchase tickets to Hollywood Costume will receive free admission to Hollywood Costume-related public programs held on the same day at the Bing Theater, a short walk from the exhibition on the LACMA campus.
EXHIBITION-RELATED PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
The Art of the Costume Designer: Spotlight on James Acheson
Friday, February 27, 7:30 p.m.
The Academy celebrates the work of three-time Oscar®-winning costume designer James Acheson (“Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life,” “The Last Emperor,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Spider-Man”) with an evening tribute to his remarkable career. Acheson will engage in a far-ranging discussion with Hollywood Costume curator Deborah Nadoolman Landis about his body of work.
Two Sides of a Costume Designer: Irene Sharaff
Saturday, February 28
“Meet Me in St. Louis” – 5 p.m.
“West Side Story” – 7:30 p.m.
The Academy’s Saturday evening series concludes with a double feature highlighting the impressive and varied work of five-time Oscar winner Irene Sharaff in two of her most beloved films from strikingly different eras of filmmaking.
TICKETING
Exhibition tickets for Hollywood Costume are on sale now at www.oscars.org/HC. Admission: $20 Adults ǀ $15 Seniors (62+) ǀ $10 for students with ID and children under 13.
Visitors who purchase tickets to Hollywood Costume will receive free admission to Hollywood Costume public programs held on the same day. Visitors must present their Hollywood Costume ticket at a LACMA Ticket Office to redeem their complimentary public program ticket.
Public program tickets are $5 for the general public, $3 for Academy members, LACMA Film Club members and students with a valid ID. Doors open one hour prior to each event. All seating is unreserved.
LOCATION
Hollywood Costume is on view at the Wilshire May Company building, 6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. The Bing Theater is located at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard on the LACMA campus.
CREDITS
Hollywood Costume is organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Swarovski is the presenting sponsor of Hollywood Costume. Additional support is provided by Pirelli and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. In-kind support provided by Barco, ARRI, JBL and Samsung.
MEDIA CONTACT
Morgan Kroll
mkroll@oscars.org