Arshile Gorky. Horizon West
Until Apr 25
Gorky landscapes from his 1941 road trip west, tracing his path to abstraction
Over the past three decades, Los Angeles has transformed from a city primarily associated with film and entertainment into one of the most vital art scenes in the world. It now has more working artists than anywhere else in the United States, and that density shapes a gallery and museum culture that feels distinctly Californian — sun-saturated, sprawling, and frequently surprising. LACMA anchors the institutional map with its broad collection and consistent blockbuster programming. The Broad in downtown offers one of the strongest surveys of postwar and contemporary American art anywhere. The Getty Center, sitting above the Sepulveda Pass, combines…
ON NOW
Arp—Klee: With Selections from the Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection
Until May 31
Shared affinities between two modern masters rejecting academic convention
Ending SoonLeiko Ikemura: Riding Horizon
Until Mar 28
Ikemura's first LA show: bronze and tempera exploring body and nature
Ending SoonLauren Quin: Eyelets of Alkaline
Until Mar 28
Tonal paintings exploring color detox through layered abstraction
Ending SoonTavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began
Until Mar 29
First LA museum show exploring overlooked cultural narratives
Ending SoonRobert Therrien: This is a Story
Until Apr 5
The largest ever Therrien survey — 120 works spanning five decades of scale and memory
How to Be a Guerrilla Girl
Until Apr 12
The Guerrilla Girls' 40-year fight for equity in the art world
Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages
Until Apr 19
Medieval manuscripts and contemporary paintings on the story of Creation
Christina Quarles. The Ground Glows Black
Until May 3
New paintings responding to the LA wildfires: resilience and displacement
Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70
Until May 17
70 years of the Grunwald Center's 45,000-strong works on paper collection
Austrian Expressionism and Otto Kallir
Until May 31
Klimt, Schiele, and the gallerist who brought Austrian modernism to America
Arlene Shechet: Big Sister
Until Jun 6
Vibrant painted aluminum outdoor sculpture in Pace LA's courtyard
Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing
Until Jun 7
European drawings criticising vice and praising virtue, 16th–19th century
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985
Until Jun 14
Photography as a tool for social change during the Black Arts Movement
Grounded
Until Jun 21
35 artists exploring land, ecology, sovereignty, and memory
Josiah McElheny: Island Universe
Until Jun 28
Multiverse-inspired installation created with astrophysicist David Weinberg
Baroque Paintings and Sculptures
Until Jul 1
Baroque masterworks in dynamic dialogue — Rembrandt, Gentileschi, Poussin
Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia
Until Jul 12
180-work international survey of Buddhist art from India to Japan
Village Square: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection to the Brooklyn Museum, LACMA, and MoMA
Until Jul 19
Final showing of the Pearlman Collection before distribution to institutions
Fútbol Is Life: Animated Sportraits by Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr.
Until Jul 26
Hand-crafted sculptures and animations celebrating football's grace by Barrois
ENDING SOON
Ending SoonLeiko Ikemura: Riding Horizon
Until Mar 28
Ikemura's first LA show: bronze and tempera exploring body and nature
Ending SoonLauren Quin: Eyelets of Alkaline
Until Mar 28
Tonal paintings exploring color detox through layered abstraction
Ending SoonTavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began
Until Mar 29
First LA museum show exploring overlooked cultural narratives
Ending SoonRobert Therrien: This is a Story
Until Apr 5
The largest ever Therrien survey — 120 works spanning five decades of scale and memory
COMING SOON
Coming SoonKohei Nawa: Photon Camp
Starting Apr 11
Japanese artist's first LA solo with PixCell and Prism sculptures
Coming SoonLiu Xiaodong: Host
Starting Apr 15
Figurative paintings from a Detroit residency focused on one man's world
Coming SoonSpencer Finch
Starting Jun 26
Exploring light and perception through watercolor, video, and installation
Coming SoonZhang Enli
Starting May 29
Zhang Enli's debut West Coast solo: abstract portraits bridging East and West
Coming SoonSeveral Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials
Starting Apr 5
22 artists from the Americas working with living, organic materials
Coming SoonSPACE IS THE PLACE: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection
Starting Apr 5
Afro-futurism and placemaking through the Hammer's contemporary collection
Coming SoonYoko Ono: Music of the Mind
Starting May 23
Ono's first SoCal solo show — 70 years of instruction art, film, and peace activism
Coming SoonFashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity
Starting Jun 14
A century of Chinese women's dress from Qing dynasty robes to the cheongsam
FEATURED ARTISTS
Arshile Gorky. Horizon West
Until Apr 25
Arshile Gorky
Gorky landscapes from his 1941 road trip west, tracing his path to abstraction
Arp—Klee: With Selections from the Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection
Until May 31
Jean ArpPaul Klee
Shared affinities between two modern masters rejecting academic convention
Coming SoonYoko Ono: Music of the Mind
Starting May 23
Yoko Ono
Ono's first SoCal solo show — 70 years of instruction art, film, and peace activism
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
LACMA
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles
The Getty Center
Brentwood, Los Angeles
Hammer Museum
Westwood, Los Angeles
Lisson Gallery Los Angeles
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Pace Gallery Los Angeles
Mid-City, Los Angeles
Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA
Arts District, Los Angeles
Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood
West Hollywood, CA
The Broad
Downtown, Los Angeles
The Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles