Magdalena Suarez Frimkess Gets Her First Museum Survey

There are many ways to tell the story of Magdalena Suarez Frimkess. There is the narrative about the charming nonagenarian finally getting her due: At the age of 95, the artist, who was born in Venezuela and lives in Los Angeles, is currently having her first museum survey, “Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The day of the exhibition preview, she materializes in a bright floral dress in the company of her gallerist, Francesca Kaufmann, of Kaufmann Repetto, and gamely poses for photographs before her ceramic pieces, which fuse ancient forms and pop iconography. What would she like to achieve that she hasn’t yet? “Traveling to space,” quips Suarez Frimkess. “They can experiment with an old lady in space.”