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
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
Mariana: Velázquez’s Portrait of a Queen from the Museo Nacional del Prado
Norton Simon Museum
Diego Velázquez’s extraordinary painting Queen Mariana of Austria (1652–53) forms the core of the exhibition Mariana: Velázquez’s Portrait of a Queen from the Museo Nacional del Prado, organized as part of the Norton Simon Museum’s Loan Exchange Program with the Spanish national art museum. December 13, 2024 – March 24, 2025
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, CA
ANNLO Exhibition at Sandstone Gallery
Sandstone Gallery
ANNLO joins Sandstone Gallery for a two-month exhibition as a special guest from Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. In each of her abstract works, Anne aims to arouse the emotions and stimulate the imagination of each viewer while continuing to experiment to push her creative boundaries further. ANNLO will be present at her February 6 Art Walk opening. She and the gallery invite all who are near Laguna Beach to attend the opening to meet and visit with the artist and hear about her latest creations. Thursday, February 6 from 6-9 PM.
January 1 - March 3, 2025
Sandstone Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
Bitter/Sweet
Brea Art Gallery
Bitter/Sweet celebrates and reflects on life's milestones through the eyes and experiences of six artists. February 1 - March 21, 2025
Brea Art Gallery
Brea, 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
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Year-round events
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
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
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
Artwalk – First Thursday of each month
Artist Eye Gallery
First Thursday of Each Month
6-9 pm.
Artist Eye Gallery
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
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
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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
