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
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
Common Ground: Early 20th-Century Artist Communities in Southern California
UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA)
LANGSON IMCA PRESENTS NEW EXHIBITIONCommon Ground: Early 20th-Century Artist Communities in Southern California
February 8𑁒May 17, 2025
UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA)
Irvine, CA 92612
Retrospect: 50 Years at the Norton Simon Museum
Norton Simon Museum
The exhibition Retrospect: 50 Years at the Norton Simon Museum, on view in the main-level Focus Gallery celebrates five decades of art, education, research and community. February 14, 2025 – January 12, 2026
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, CA
Donna Schuster: An Independent Brush
Laguna Art Museum
An Independent Brush is a celebration of the work of Donna Norine Schuster (1883-1953), a California artist who has never had a solo museum exhibition despite her talent, training and affiliations. March 15 - September 7, 2025
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA
California’s Golden Coast: Selections from the Hilbert Collection
Hilbert Museum of California Art
The artists featured in this exhibition of more than 40 paintings —spanning from the 1930s to today—offer a compelling visual chronicle of life along the coast of California. March 22 – August 9, 2025
Hilbert Museum of California Art
Orange, CA
KATHERINE MEAD at Sandstone Gallery
Sandstone Gallery Laguna
Vintage. Modern. Graphic. Textural. Complex. Ordered. Colorful. Earthy. Architectural. Organic.Katherine Mead, the gallery's newest resident artist, harnesses and arranges the ephemera and curiosities she collects and covets, elevating the mundane and challenging the expected with a diverse and direct visual vocabulary. Her voice is authentic, with a clarity and vision that is singular and resolute. Sandstone Gallery takes pride in sharing her work with others, opening their eyes to new ways of perceiving everyday materials and deepening their emotional connections to the relics and keepsakes of their personal histories.
April 3-June 2
Sandstone Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
40th Annual Made in California Juried Exhibition
Brea Art Gallery
This annual juried exhibit showcases artwork from all over the state of California. April 26 - June 29, 2025
Brea Art Gallery
Brea, CA
Southern Charm: Featuring Rebecca Jack, Anna Kincaide + Greg Miller
JoAnne Artman Gallery
JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present SOUTHERN CHARM, an exhibition of recent work by Rebecca Jack, Anna Kincaide, and Greg Miller. Each based in the South, the artists’ respective practices exude charm, capturing the essence of their regional influences. May 1 – June 30, 2025
JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
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Year-round events
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. Ongoing
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, 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
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
Artwalk – First Thursday of each month
Artist Eye Gallery
First Thursday of Each Month
6-9 pm.
Artist Eye Gallery
Laguna Beach, 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
