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'Wild Things are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak'

From April 18, 2024 through September 1, 2024
  • Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Brentwood
$18
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Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak wears a brown seater over a red collared shirt on the left. Behind him, on his right, is a life-size puppet version of one of his Where The Wild Things Are characters. It has brown fur, pointy white teeth and two white horns.
Standing with a character from his book "Where the Wild Things Are," author and illustrator Maurice Sendak speaks with the media in 2002.
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Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak is the focus of a new family-friendly exhibit at the Skirball, comprising over 150 artifacts, from original paintings and drawings to videos from the beloved children’s author. The show will be on view until Sept. 1.