Exhibition

Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Broad

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Broad collection is distinctive in its exceptional dedication to the full arc of artists’ careers. The Broad has highlighted this depth through expansive presentations in the third-floor galleries, featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Website Link
thebroad.org/art
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Broad
221 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0544714, -118.2505584

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(213) 232-6200
Event ID
10388836
Event Main Image

Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Experience Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, an immersive installation of endless reflections and shifting lights. This timed-entry exhibit requires advance reservations. Additionally, Longing for Eternity, a mirror-lined chamber with dazzling LED lights, is on view on the third floor with no reservation required.  
Website Link
thebroad.org/visit/mirror-rooms
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Broad
221 S. Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0544669, -118.2505609

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
See event website, Timed-entry reservations required
Event ID
10378851
Event Main Image

Kinship: Translations of Place-Based Memory

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Kinship: Translations of Place-Based Memory is an iteration of Art 25: Art in the 25th Century, a collective founded by artists Lisa Jarrett, Lehua M. Taitano, and Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng. The exhibition explores Indigenous and Black art’s place in contemporary and future contexts, questioning historical access, curation, and preservation. As part of this ongoing commitment, works by Weshoyot Alvitre, a Tongva descendant, will also be in ceremony.  
Website Link
pieam.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
695 Alamitos Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7751861, -118.1804271

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$5
Contact Phone
562.216.4170
Event ID
10377537
Event Main Image

Hammer Projects: Lap-See Lam

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Stockholm-based artist Lap-See Lam presents “Tales of the Altersea” (2023), an immersive video installation inspired by the ruins of a dragon-shaped ship visible from her art school studio. The ship, which sailed from Shanghai to Gothenburg in 1990 intending to serve Chinese cuisine to European patrons, was eventually abandoned. Lam’s work explores themes of loss, memory, and resilience, utilizing the vessel’s history as a narrative foundation.

Website Link
hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2025/hammer-projects-lap-see-lam
Event Date
-
Event Location

Hammer Museum, UCLA
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0591217, -118.4436674

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.443.7000
Event ID
10381167
Event Main Image

Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum – Permanent Collection

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Explore the permanent collection of the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum, celebrating the diverse cultures of the Pacific Islands. The exhibition features traditional crafts, textiles, and ceremonial objects, including Samoan kava bowls, Fijian masi (tapa cloth), and intricately woven textiles from Fais Island. These artifacts offer insight into the artistic and cultural traditions of Pacific Island communities.
Website Link
pieam.org/permanent
Event Date
-
Event Location

Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
695 Alamitos Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7751861, -118.1804271

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
See Event Website
Contact Phone
562.216.4170
Event ID
10369692
Event Main Image

A MOMENTOUS MOMENT IN TIME OF PASSAGE AND LANDING

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This mural celebrates the journeys that diasporic communities have undertaken when leaving their homelands to find new places to nest. Muralist Dave Young Kim’s work imagines over 30 birds traveling together in harmonious flight. Each bird pictured here is an official national bird from Asia and the Pacific Islands, representing the diverse communities who now call Southern California home.

 

Website Link
pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/current
Event Date
-
Event Location

USC Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1467484, -118.1410261

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Event ID
10380785
Event Main Image

Sinks: Places We Call Home

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Communities of color are often the populations most vulnerable to the toxic effects of industrial waste and soil contamination. Sinks: Places We Call Home, highlights the environmental disparities created by manufacturing sites in two communities near Self Help Graphics: the Exide battery plant in Vernon and the former Athens Tank Farm (Exxon Mobil) site in Willowbrook.
Website Link
theluckman.org/gallery
Event Date
-
Event Location

Luckman Fine Arts Complex
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0620391, -118.1736587

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.343.6600
Event ID
10334212
Event Main Image

Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of the PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition, Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics on Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Presented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions LACE at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, this exhibition revisits the collaborative artistic practice of the late Beatriz da Costa (1974–2012) as an investigation into technoscientific experimentation, politics, activism, and art-making, contextualized for our contemporary moment. Curated by LACE’s former Chief Curator/Director of Programs Daniela Lieja Quintanar with Ana Briz, the project weaves together an exhibition, public programming, performances, educational workshops, and study groups as an evocation of da Costa’s approach to the intersections of ancient and non-academic forms of knowledge. This exhibition is complemented by a publication surveying da Costa’s entire artistic career with curatorial essays, reflections from previous collaborators including Donna Harraway and Robert F. Nideffer, and more. The catalog is the most extensive analysis of da Costa’s practice to date, and is distributed by MIT Press. Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting more than 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.
Website Link
lamag.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1003674, -118.29433

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.644.6269
Event ID
10335302
Event Main Image

Giant Robot Biennale 5 at the Japanese American National Museum

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the ethos of Giant Robot—a staple of Asian American alternative pop culture and an influential brand encompassing pop art, skateboard, comic book, graphic arts, and vinyl toy culture.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 will feature artists Sean Chao, Felicia Chiao, Luke Chueh, Giorgiko, James Jean, Taylor Lee, Mike Shinoda, Rain Szeto, and Yoskay Yamamoto.

Giant Robot Biennale 5 is presented by JANM and Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot.

Top: Felicia Chiao, Imagination (detail), 2023, Copic marker and ink on brown toned paper. Courtesy of the artist.

Website Link
https://www.janm.org/exhibits/grb5
Event Date
-
Event Location

Japanese American National Museum
100 N. Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0492315, -118.239116

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$16
Event ID
10327719
Event Main Image

The Interactive Story File of Lawson Iichiro Sakai

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

In 2019, Lawson answered more than 1,000 questions in his Story File so that future generations can continue conversing with him to learn about his legacy. What would you like to ask Lawson?

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Thursday, 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m.
Adults – $16, Seniors and Youth – $9, Members and Children under 5 – Free

Event Date
-
Event Location

Japanese American National Museum
100 N. Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0492315, -118.239116

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$9 – $16
Event ID
10313104
Event Main Image
Exhibition