Lawrence Schiller: The ‘60s

The Palm Springs Art Museum presents Lawrence Schiller: The ‘60s through January 15, 2023 in the main museum.

Lawrence Schiller documented some of the most important and often tumultuous events of the second half of the 20^th century.

Dating from 1962 to 1968, this selection of images from Schiller’s portfolio, The ‘60s, includes photographs of Joe DiMaggio at Marilyn Monroe’s funeral, Richard Nixon on the campaign trail, the controversial psychiatrist Timothy Leary, the Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson fight, and a portrait of Robert Kennedy during his last political campaign before his assassination in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968.

Schiller was born in 1936 in Brooklyn and grew up in San Diego. After graduating from Pepperdine College, he went to work for Life Magazine and the Saturday Evening Post as a photojournalist. He published numerous books including LSD (1966), Marilyn (1973, in collaboration with Norman Mailer); and worked on several motion pictures including The American Dreamer (1971), and The Executioner’s Song (1982).

The museum is open 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday, Friday and Saturday. On Thursday the museum is open from noon to 8 pm. (Free admission on Thursdays from 5:00-8:00 pm - funded by the City of Palm Springs).