Art in Los Angeles

A public program space for moderated artist talks, panel discussions, film screenings, lectures, and workshops organized to coincide with exhibitions on view. An exhibition space curated by the California African American Museum as part of five year collaboration.

Since 1956, the Brand Library & Art Center has been a unique public library focused on visual arts and music. It provides free services and programs for a diverse community, including exhibitions, concerts, lectures, dance performances, films, and hands-on craft programs for children and adults.

Clockshop produces free public programming and commissions contemporary artist projects on public land to better connect Angelenos to the land we live on.

CSU Fullerton's non-profit art center is dedicated to the open exploration of contemporary art and visual culture: locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally through socially engaged collaborations among artists, students, and the community.

Human Resources seeks to broaden engagement with contemporary and conceptual art, with an emphasis on performative and underexposed modes of expression.

Committed to the production of experimental exhibitions and public art initiatives.

Nonprofit exhibition space and archive of the visual arts for the city of Los Angeles, California since 1978.

Self Help Graphics & Art fosters the creation and advancement of new art works by Chicana/o and Latinx artists through experimental and innovative printmaking techniques and other visual art forms since 1973.

Provides programs designed for cultural enrichment and classes in painting, sculpture, photography, music, dance, gardening, tiling, and other multi-media arts. Tours and lectures, as well as permanent and changing exhibitions by local and international artists are offered year round.

Map and listings of current art shows and art openings in Los Angeles.

Art and history of California and the American West with an emphasis on Native art.

Contemporary art from 1950 forward.

Works that span landscape painting and portraiture, modern and contemporary art, historical objects and print materials, and mixed-media artworks. The collection emphasizes California and the American West with a growing collection of artworks from the African diaspora in the U.S. and worldwide.

Self-described as casual, intimate, and welcoming, with a focus on contemporary art made from craft media and processes, Craft Contemporary presents dynamic exhibitions by established and emerging artists and designers who are often underrepresented in larger art institutions.

Museum on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) which explores art and material culture primarily from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present. Admission is free.

Highlights include art from ancient Greece and Italy, Europe from the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, and global photography from its invention to now.

Greek and Roman antiquities are housed in a re-created Roman country home.

Europen and American paintings and drawings from the Renaissance and international contemporary art from 1960 emphasizing LA artists. Admission is free.

The Press, a “working museum” boasting over 2,500 cases of foundry metal and wood types, allows students to learn hands-on the art and skill of creating with letterpress type.

British, European, Asian, and American art, including decorative arts, paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and photography.

ICA LA is committed to upending hierarchies of race, class, gender, and culture. Through exhibitions, education programs, and community partnerships, ICA LA fosters critique of the familiar and empathy with the different. ICA LA is committed to making contemporary art relevant and accessible for all. Admission is free.

The International Printing Museum is a dynamic museum devoted to bringing the history of printing and books to life for diverse audiences. The Museum is home to one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of antique printing machinery and graphic arts equipment. Our mission is to interpret and present the collection for a contemporary audience through demonstrations of working machinery, historic re-enactments, and hands-on workshops.

LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 152,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe.

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes is a museum and cultural center that honors the past, inspires the future, and recognizes the enduring cultural influence of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and all Latinas/Latinos in Los Angeles through transformative exhibitions, programming, and educational experiences.

European and American art from the 1700s to the contemporary.

Contemporary art from 1940 forward.

Modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art.

The collection includes European masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century, South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years, and modern works from Europe and the United States.

Focused on the art of California and the Pacific Rim from the early 20th century to present. Exhibits include traditional paintings, sculptures, and photography, as well as new media in the form of video, digital, and installation art.

The Skirball Museum is one of the oldest repositories of Jewish cultural artifacts in the United States. Includes archeological art and artifacts in addition to graphics, paintings, sculptures, and other works in a variety of media.

Mesoamerican, African, Native American, and European artworks, as well as revolving contemporary exhibitions.

Japanese, Chinese, and “Orientalist” Graphic Art, including Japanese Edo-period woodblock prints, modern Sosaku and Shin Hanga prints, East Asian ceramics and jade dating back to the Neolithic period, costumes and textiles, and sculpture.