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. The exhibition is an introduction to seeing American artists as they…
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.
New Voices: The 2025 District Wide Student Art Biennial
April 22, 2025 – June 14, 2025
A central figure in LA’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles, Teddy Sandoval was an active participant in both U.S. and international avant-garde movements. For 25 years, he produced subversive, yet playful artworks that explored the codes of gender and sexuality and continuously mined archetypes of masculinity through his signature icon of a faceless man, often sporting a mustache. This was the first museum retrospective dedicated to the artist.
We Place Life at the Center: Situamos La Vida en el Centro
September 28, 2024 – March 2, 2025
For more than ten years, Los Angeles-based Colombian artist Carolina Caycedo highlighted the negative effects of extractive development on land, water, and the vibrant ecologies bound to them. Her work asks us: how can we transition to new energy systems…
New Voices: The 2024 ELAC Juried Student Art Exhibition
May 18, 2024 – June 29, 2024
A central figure in LA’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles, Teddy Sandoval was an active participant in both U.S. and international avant-garde movements. For 25 years, he produced subversive, yet playful artworks that explored the codes of gender and sexuality and continuously mined archetypes of masculinity through his signature icon of a faceless man, often sporting a mustache. This was the first museum retrospective dedicated to the artist.
Alice Wang: We Are Extraterrestrial
May 4, 2024 – August 3, 2024
In her first solo museum exhibition in the United States, We Are Extraterrestrial, artist Alice Wang showcases recent prints and glass sculptures, alongside newly-commissioned ceramic sculptures, film, and an artist book. These works are the result of her immersive research…