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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
