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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

Robert Rauschenberg Autobiography: Works from the Collection

Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) created a vast body of art that is among the most prophetic and influential of his time. This exhibition features all works by Rauschenberg in the Museum’s collection, including two ca. 1950 photographs, most of which are on view for the first time, including the monumental 1968 three-part Autobiography.
June 16 – November 3, 2024
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, CA

Josh Kline: Climate Change

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Josh Kline’s Climate Change is both an exhibition and a total work of art—an ambitious, immersive suite of science-fiction installations that imagines a future sculpted by ruinous climate crisis and the ordinary people destined to inhabit it.
June 23, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Los Angeles, 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

COLLEN KENNEDY PREMER at SANDSTONE GALLERY

Sandstone Gallery Laguna
We are excited to announce our first Featured Artist show for COLLEEN KENNEDY PREMER, on view in the windows and entire lower-floor of the gallery beginning November 6, running through December 2.

Colleen will show a body of work that reflects the skills learned from more than 30 years in the art of printmaking. Guests to her show will see one-of-a-kind monoprints rich in character, originality, and a sense of timelessness.
NOV 5-DEC 2
Sandstone Gallery Laguna
Laguna Beach, CA

DOMINIQUE McKENZIE at SANDSTONE GALLERY

Sandstone Gallery Laguna
DOMINIQUE MC KENZIE has returned to Sandstone Gallery as our guest artist for the months of November and December!

The gorgeous energy in Dominique’s work is particularly inspired by the endless possibilities for exploration she sees in designs of nature, especially when viewed up close.

We think you’ll agree that you can feel a sense of passionate abandon in the mixed media pieces shown here.


NOV 5-DEC 30
Sandstone Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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
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Art Event Venues - Museums, Art Centers & Galleries

Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA

Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions

Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA

Exhibitions

Hilbert Museum of California Art
Orange, CA

Exhibitions

UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
Irvine, CA

Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions

Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center
Anaheim, CA

Current Exhibitions
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Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Los Angeles, CA

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA

Current Exhibitions
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Getty Center - Los Angeles, CA
Getty Villa - Pacific Palisades, CA

Current Exhibitions
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The Broad
Los Angeles, CA

Exhibitions

Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, CA

Current Exhibitions
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Riverside Art Museum
Riverside, CA

Current Exhibitions
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Catalina Island Museum
Avalon, CA

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San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, CA

Exhibitions

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Diego, CA

Exhibitions

Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, CA

Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions

Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton, CA

Exhibitions

Grand Central Art Center
Santa Ana, CA

Current Exhibitions
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Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)
Santa Ana, CA

Current Exhibitions
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Las Laguna Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

Exhibitions

Sandstone Gallery Laguna
Laguna Beach, CA

Exhibitions

Pacific Edge Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

Exhibitions

JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

Exhibitions

Brea Art Gallery
Brea, CA

Current Exhibitions
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Artist Eye Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

Current Events

Mona Niko Gallery
Mission Viejo, CA

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