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On July 16, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced 'Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise,' the Los Angeles–based artist's first major museum exhibition.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has opened the David Geffen Galleries to members, a key development in the museum's ongoing expansion.
The California African American Museum (CAAM) has acquired two works for its permanent collection from Frieze Los Angeles.
On July 15, 2026, the J.
On July 14, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and KCRW announced 'Currents: A Soundtrack for the David Geffen Galleries,' a playlist curated by KCRW Music Director Alejandro Cohen.
On July 15, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced its 15th Art+Film Gala will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, honoring artist Vija Celmins and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
The Getty Museum has released a new episode of its "Close Looking" video series, featuring a mechanical table made around 1760 by Jean-François Oeben, cabinetmaker to King Louis XV.
On July 13, 2026, White Cube announced that Christian Marclay's 24-hour video installation "The Clock" (2010) will be presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from July 26 to August 23, 2026. This marks the first Los Angeles presentation of the work since 2015.
On June 29, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced “Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions,” an exhibition of the French Symbolist’s works from charcoal noirs to luminous pastels.
Kelly Akashi's sculpture 'Undergrowth (Headlands)' (2026) is included in the Headlands Art Center Benefit Auction 2026, announced on June 4, 2026. The bronze work, measuring 24 × 14 × 14.5 inches, was created using lost-wax and direct burn-out casting with a wire-brushed finish.
Bonhams will offer the 1977 Porsche 911S driven by detective Saga Norén in the hit Scandi-noir series 'The Bridge' at its Festival of Speed Sale on July 13 at Goodwood, with proceeds donated to the charity WaterAid by the producers Filmlance International and Nimbus Film.
Hauser & Wirth has announced it will present two major exhibitions with American artist George Condo in 2027 at its Paris and Palo Alto locations.
On July 7, 2026, the Getty Research Institute announced the acquisition of Raymond Pettibon's archive, which includes a nine-foot-six-inch surfboard painted by the artist.
New Alternatives for Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth has partnered with sustainable fashion brand Everybody.World to launch a limited-edition artist T-shirt series, beginning with a design by Carol Bove. The initiative responds to reduced protections and public funding for queer and trans youth.
On July 3, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Liz Larner will present her first institutional solo exhibition in the UK at Camden Art Centre in London. The exhibition highlights Larner's versatility across mediums and techniques, with a focus on her long-standing engagement with ceramics.
On July 3, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a series of developments for artist Edmund de Waal, including a solo exhibition titled 'the eight directions of the wind' opening at The Huntington in Los Angeles on October 18, 2026.
On July 2, 2026, the Getty Conservation Institute announced the release of its latest Artist Dialogues film, "Ofelia and Rosanna Esparza: Made to Remember." The film features Ofelia Esparza, born in East Los Angeles in 1932, and her daughter Rosanna Esparza Ahrens, who have spent decades building.
On Saturday, May 2, 2026, Hauser & Wirth hosted the Learning Exchange: Artists Matter at its Downtown Los Angeles gallery, focusing on mentorship pathways, community partnerships, and expanding arts access for young people.
Hauser & Wirth has announced that Tate will mount a survey exhibition of British artist Sonia Boyce. The gallery also detailed plans for a new outdoor sculpture presentation at its Somerset location, a Roni Horn exhibition titled 'Seizure of Hope', and new works by Zhang Enli.
Hauser & Wirth Menorca has launched its 2026 Education Lab, 'Bitácora,' developed in collaboration with the University of the Balearic Islands and the University of Barcelona.
On June 24, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced it has initiated the return of 44 architectural terracotta fragments to Turkey.
Getty announced on June 16, 2026, the launch of its first video podcast, "OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation," hosted by gallery educator Lilit Sadoyan.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) welcomed nearly 80,000 visitors over a five-day period from June 18 through June 22, 2026, as part of the Grand Opening Weekend for the David Geffen Galleries, the museum's transformative new building.
Bonhams will auction Richard Simmons' personal collection, "Sweat and Soul," in an online sale from July 12-24. The auction features over 100 of his iconic bedazzled tank tops, each estimated at $200-300, along with branded memorabilia, gym equipment, and a portrait by Frank Cummings.
On June 23, 2026, the Getty Research Institute opened the exhibition “Stendahl’s World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles,” on view through October 18, 2026.
Getty Publications has issued two new volumes, Michaelina Wautier by Katlijne Van der Stighelen and Anne Vallayer-Coster by Kelsey Brosnan.
The Getty Conservation Institute's Fall 2025 issue of Conservation Perspectives examines efforts to conserve African American historic sites in Los Angeles, including 224 locations once listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book.
The Getty Museum highlights the history of the color green through works in its collection, including Landscape with a Thunderstorm by Emilie Mediz-Pelikan from 1896 and A Draped Figure Holding a Book from around 1380.
Bonhams will offer thirty original paintings by Bob Ross in collaboration with American Public Television throughout a series of sales beginning this November and through 2026.
On June 16, 2026, Getty Publications released Marching West: The Los Angeles Civil Rights Movement in Photographs, a new book co-authored by Karin L. Stanford and Mark Speltz.
The Getty Museum has acquired Young Mother Breastfeeding Her Child, a stoneware relief by French sculptor Alexandre Charpentier. The work, with a model date of 1882 and produced about 1895 by the Muller manufactory, measures 42 3/8 x 30 6/8 x 4 5/8 in.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has acquired Ryan Schneider’s sculpture Deep Dive for its permanent collection. Created in 2025, the work is executed in onyx on a redwood pedestal and measures 27.9 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm.
On November 12, 2025, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced a multi-year partnership with Genesis to support innovative programming and audience engagement.
The Getty Research Institute, Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Foundation, and Getty Museum have named the 2026–2027 cohort of Getty Scholars. Since 1985 the program has hosted international researchers at the Getty Center and Getty Villa for advanced work on art and its histories.
Jerry McMillan died in February at his home in Pasadena at the age of 89. The Getty Research Institute acquired his archive in 2015, which consists of approximately 7,000 negatives, 150 contact sheets, and 375 prints along with ephemera.
Hunx and His Punx will perform at the Getty Center as part of the Off the 405 concert series on June 13.
The Getty Museum presents Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing, an exhibition of 16th- to 19th-century European drawings that use biblical, classical, mythological, and everyday subjects to convey moral instruction.
Bonhams presents Diane Keaton: The Architecture of an Icon in partnership with The Fine Art Group. The collection of fine art, interiors, fashion, personal objects and memorabilia will be offered in four sales across New York and Los Angeles this June.
Getty drawings curator Stephanie Schrader examines Jacques de Gheyn II's Allegory of Avarice, about 1609, in the third season of the museum's Close Looking video series. The pen and brown ink drawing uses a frog as an allegory of avarice.
Barbara DuMetz's 1977 Kraft Foods Advertisement is included in the Getty Center exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, on view through June 14, 2026.
The Getty Museum offers mindfulness-based tours including the Breathe Tour, Art & Nature Tour, Memento Mori and Moving Mindfully tours led by head of education Keishia Gu.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host its 14th Art+Film Gala on November 1. The event honors artist Mary Corse and filmmaker Ryan Coogler. LACMA trustee Eva Chow and actor Leonardo DiCaprio serve as co-chairs.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted its 14th annual Art+Film Gala on November 1, 2025. The event welcomed nearly 600 guests from art, film, fashion and entertainment. It raised nearly $6.5 million, a new record, to support LACMA's film programming and broader mission.
The J. Paul Getty Trust joins the annual National Public Gardens Day on May 8, 2026, sponsored by the American Public Gardens Association. At the Getty Center a special tour of the Central Garden designed by the late Robert Irwin begins at 10:30 a.m. and is led by horticulturist Jackie Flor.
The Getty Center will close to the public beginning March 15, 2027, with reopening planned for spring 2028.
The episode of Becoming Artsy shows host Jessie visiting the Getty Museum’s Drawings Room to examine two bird watercolors by artist Sarah Stone. She next meets ornithologist Allison Shultz at the Natural History Museum, where a collection of taxidermied tanager birds is displayed.
Getty Museum podcast Becoming Artsy released episode 502 hosted by Jessie Hendricks. The episode features fashion designer Peder Cho transforming old Getty exhibition banners into wearable art.
Getty Publications has released Marching West: The Los Angeles Civil Rights Movement in Photographs by Karin L. Stanford and Mark Speltz.
Kamasi Washington will perform his work Harmony of Difference at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries.
On October 1, 2025, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that Doja Cat will serve as musical guest for its 2025 Art+Film Gala. The event honors artist Mary Corse and filmmaker Ryan Coogler.
The Getty Center will temporarily close to the public from spring 2027 through spring 2028. The Getty Villa Museum will remain open with additional offerings during the period. The J.
On October 28, 2025, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began, the artist’s first major museum exhibition in Los Angeles. The exhibition introduces more than 20 new works, including the artist’s most expansive neon piece and one of his largest sculptures to date.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents two winter exhibitions celebrating the layered histories of its Impressionist and Postimpressionist art holdings.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Now Showing: Youssef Nabil’s I Saved My Belly Dancer. The exhibition marks the first public presentation of the 2015 film since it entered the museum’s collection in 2025.
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