Mid-City

Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began

LACMA

5905 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90036

On view Oct 12 - Mar 29

Monday–Thursday: 11am – 6pm Friday: 11am – 8pm Saturday–Sunday: 10am – 7pm

Artist(s)

Tavares Strachan

Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began, the artist’s first museum exhibition in Los Angeles, invites viewers into immersive multisensory installations. Each of the exhibition’s rooms presents a distinct environment, from uncanny everyday spaces to a field of rice grass populated with ceramic figures to a gallery of monumental bronze sculptures. Strachan is interested in what has been rendered invisible within mainstream narratives, particularly related to the Black diaspora. His singular artworks—across media including neon, sculpture, painting, text, music, and performance—illuminate stories through which new ideas can emerge.

Installation Images

Tavares Strachan

Tavares Strachan (b. 1979, Nassau, Bahamas) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores invisibility, historical erasure, and the intersections of art, science, and politics. Known for ambitious projects like launching a satellite honoring Black astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., and transporting Arctic ice to the Bahamas, Strachan highlights overlooked narratives and challenges dominant histories. His Encyclopedia of Invisibility compiles thousands of forgotten figures and ideas. A MacArthur Fellow, he earned his MFA from Yale and lives between New York and Nassau, creating work that bridges imagination, discovery, and cultural memory.