Exhibitions
“Their exhibitions are continually innovative, educational, and reflect our community.”
– Jana R. MOnterEY PARK
FEATURED
OFELIA ESPARZA: A RETROSPECTIVE
OCTOBER 18, 2025 – APRIL 18, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Celebrating the life and work of Chicana artist, altarista, and educator Ofelia Esparza, whose cultural impact on East Los Angeles and beyond spans more than seven decades.
CURRENT
OFELIA ESPARZA: A RETROSPECTIVE
October 18, 2025 – April 18, 2026
Widely recognized as one of California’s most revered folk artists with a cultural impact spanning more than seven decades, Esparza helped bring the cherished traditions of Mexican altar-making and Día de los Muertos into the American mainstream, beginning in the 1970s, through her work with community arts center Self Help Graphics & Art in Boyle Heights.
ACT ON IT! ARTISTS, COMMUNITY, AND THE BROCKMAN GALLERY IN LOS ANGELES
September 27, 2025 – January 18, 2026
Act on It! showcases dozens of works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) collection, capturing the aesthetic, political, and social statements encountered by Brockman Gallery visitors and underscoring the reach and lasting significance of the Davis brothers’ project.
DEL ALMA: LATINA PORTRAITS FROM THE VINCENT PRICE ART MUSEUM @ The Music Center
April 13, 2024 – May 31, 2026
Del Alma: Latina Portraits from the Vincent Price Art Museum presents an intergenerational group of portraits by Los Angeles-based Latina artists, who collectively explore portraiture and cultural identity through diverse forms of creative expression.
Form and Function in the Ancient Americas
Our ongoing permanent exhibition
Form and Function in the Ancient Americas highlights the wide range of cultures represented in our Ancient American collection. Cultures from the Nayarit-Jalisco-Colima region of West Mexico (2000 – 1000 BCE) to the Chimú of Peru (900-1500 CE) are featured.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Before You Now: Capturing the Self in Portraiture
June 21, 2025 – August 30, 2025
Before You Now focuses on the enduring themes of the artist’s self-portrait, as seen in a selection of works from LACMA’s collections of photographs, prints, drawings, videos, and installation art. Primarily featuring contemporary makers, the exhibition is an introduction to seeing…
On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism
May 6, 2025 – June 4, 2025
Photo credit: Lesbians of Color- LA, 1980. Photograph by Lydia Otero. From the Yolanda Retter Papers. Courtesy of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. June 21 – August 30, 2025Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 PM Please…
Fabian Debora: Love Letters
April 29, 2025 – July 26, 2025
Fabian Debora’s Love Letters presents ten intimate portraits of formerly incarcerated community members from Los Angeles, inspired by personal correspondence written to or from loved ones during their time served in prison. By integrating excerpts from these letters into his portraits, Debora empowers each sitter to reclaim their own narrative.