Complications in Color: Karl Benjamin 100th Birthday Opening at Claremont Lewis Museum of Art 2025

published: 28 Jul 2025, 2 min read

when: 02 Aug 2025 | venue: Claremont Lewis Museum of Art | cost: Free | address: 200 W. First Street, Claremont 91711

The Claremont Lewis Museum of Art exhibition Complications in Color will mark the 100th birthday of Karl Benjamin (1925-2012), legendary Claremont painter and visionary of the 1950s hard-edge abstraction painting movement. The exhibition will celebrate the beauty of abstraction while revealing its deeper complexities in the work of Florence Arnold, Karl Benjamin, June Harwood, Rachel Lachowicz, and Terry O’Shea.

Generously sponsored by Gould Asset Management LLC, Complications in Color will open with a reception on Saturday, August 2 from 6-9 p.m. and will remain on view through November 16, 2025. The Museum is open Thursday through Sunday at 200 W. First Street next to the Metrolink Station.

For hours and more information visit clmoa.org

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what: Complications in Color: Karl Benjamin 100th Birthday Opening at Claremont Lewis Museum of Art 2025
when: 02 Aug 2025
opening hours: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
venue: Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
city/suburb: Los Angeles
address: 200 W. First Street, Claremont 91711

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