In the order of event dates
Beyond the Frame: Impressions of California
UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
With an aim to make its collection more accessible to audiences, Langson IMCA commissioned design studio Imaginary Places to create a digital installation sharing new insights about California Impressionism. October 13, 2022 – September 12, 2025
Online
21st Century Realism by California Artists
Hilbert Museum of California Art
Each of these artists, in works chosen from The Hilbert Collection, has developed a very personal and identifiable style, even though all are working in the genres of realism, photorealism or hyper-realism. September 21, 2024 – April 19, 2025
Hilbert Museum of California Art
Orange, CA
End of the Range: Charlotte Skinner in the Eastern Sierra
UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
Explore the artistry of Charlotte B. Skinner (1879-1963), renowned for her vibrant depictions of California’s Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley desert country. October 5, 2024 – January 18, 2025
UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
Irvine, CA
Fred Tomaselli: Second Nature
Laguna Art Museum
Fred Tomaselli: Second Nature features nearly 50 new and recent works that highlight the varied and wide-ranging intersections of art, nature, popular culture and current events that run through his practice. October 6, 2024 - February 2, 2025
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
Bowers Museum
Set out on a legendary quest through the impossible worlds of fantasy. Let our landmark exhibition cast its spell as we explore the beautiful, uncanny and sometimes monstrous makings of fantasy. October 26, 2024 – February 16, 2025
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA
Exploring the Alps
Getty Center
This focused exhibition highlights the different ways in which later 19th-century artists explored and depicted the Alps. November 12, 2024 – April 27, 2025
Getty Center
Los Angeles, CA
The Eternal Garden: Titanium Art by Aka Chen
Bowers Museum
Aka Chen (Taiwanese, 1965-) is one of the premiere artists around the world today working in titanium. His debut solo exhibition in the United States, The Eternal Garden: Titanium Art by Aka Chen, showcases an exquisite assembly of 20 sculptures that ingeniously combine the intricacies of contemporary jewelry with fluid compositions of brush paintings. November 16, 2024 – April 13, 2025
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA
Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Ordinary People examines the representational politics of photorealist painting in the context of the recent rise of figurative portraiture, considering its key place in the ongoing remedial project to repopulate the museum with pictures of people and places historically excluded or disfigured. November 23, 2024 – May 4, 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Los Angeles, CA
Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film examines the impact of digital manipulation tools from the 1980s to the present, for the first time assessing simultaneous developments and debates in the fields of photography, graphic design, and visual effects. November 24, 2024 – July 13, 2025
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA
Looking Ahead: Women to Watch 2025
JoAnne Artman Gallery
JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present LOOKING AHEAD: WOMEN TO WATCH 2025, a dynamic group exhibition showcasing women artists on the rise. Curated by gallery artist Mary Finlayson, the exhibition incorporates nature, organic shapes, bold textures, and deconstructed patterns to develop cohesive narratives across mediums. December 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
Artist Reception: December 5, 2024, 4pm-6pm
JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
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Year-round events
Artwalk – First Thursday of each month
Artist Eye Gallery
First Thursday of Each Month
6-9 pm.
Artist Eye Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk
Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk
Artwalk is like a free carnival happening across downtown Santa Ana from 6pm-10pm on the First Saturday of each month. Ongoing
First Saturday of every month
6 pm - 10 pm
Santa Ana, CA
San Clemente Village Art Faire
San Clemente Downtown Business Association
The Village Art Faire is held on the FIRST SUNDAY of every month at 9AM and is put on by the Downtown Business Association. Ongoing
First Sunday of every month
9 am
San Clemente, CA
Expansive Presentation of Andy Warhol
The Broad
An in-depth installation of Andy Warhol, opening May 26, 2021, features 26 works (11 on view for the first time at The Broad), including Mao (1973), 40 Gold Marilyns (1980), and a major new acquisition, Liz [Early Colored Liz] (1963). Ongoing
The Broad
Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Beach Art Walk
First Thursdays Art Walk
This educational monthly art event, held on the first Thursday of every month from 6 – 9pm, celebrates the diverse cultural art scene of Laguna Beach and is free to the public. Ongoing
First Thursday of every month
6 – 9 pm
Laguna Beach, CA
California Bounty: Image and Identity, 1850-1930
Bowers Museum
California Bounty is the first curatorial interpretation of the museum’s distinguished painting collection since 1994. Viewers will take a rambling journey through California's visual history, a history shaped by a unique mixture of Mexican and Anglo traditions as well as the state’s position on the Pacific Rim. June 11, 2016 - Ongoing
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA
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UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
Irvine, CA
Getty Center - Los Angeles, CA
Getty Villa - Pacific Palisades, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)
Santa Ana, CA
