In the order of event dates
First Look: New Acquisitions at Bowers Museum
Bowers Museum
First Look: New Acquisitions at Bowers Museum celebrates the Museum’s ongoing commitment to collecting and sharing the world’s arts and cultures. Featuring an annually rotating selection of objects acquired over the past decade from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, this dynamic exhibition showcases the rich diversity of the Museum’s growing permanent collection. August 30, 2025 - Ongoing
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA
Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
December 21, 2025 - January 3, 2027
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA
Annlo at Sandstone Gallery
Sandstone Gallery Laguna
ANNLO returns as a Guest Artist to the gallery’s Skylight Room. Coming from Saguenay, Québec, Canada, ANNLO’s confident paintings celebrate rich colors and textures, pushing creative boundaries in truly unique ways. August 3-September 28, 2026
Sandstone Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Mai and 18th-Century Portraiture
Getty Center
This selection of painted and sculpted portraits by such artists as Gainsborough, Goya, and David explore the interplay of status, character, and identity in an age of global encounter. September 15, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Getty Center
Los Angeles, CA
Tokio Ueyama: The Hollows Between Mountains
UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
Tokio Ueyama: The Hollows Between Mountains centers on the work of Japanese artist Tokio Ueyama (1889–1954), who was based in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo. September 26, 2026 – February 28, 2027
UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
Costa Mesa, CA
Lynn Welker at Sandstone Gallery
Sandstone Gallery Laguna
LYNN WELKER’s Featured Artist Show is on view in our windows and across the entire lower floor of the gallery. Lynn’s richly layered paintings are abstracted landscapes, imagined places that often spark a surprising sense of recognition—visitors frequently find themselves reminded of a place they know. Lynn’s show runs now through November 30.Join us for First Thursdays Art Walk on Thursday, October 1, from 6–9 PM and experience Lynn’s work in person. Join us again on November 5 for an artist reception.
September 30-November 30
United States
Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Back by Popular Demand: 10th Anniversary Visitor Favorites from The Hilbert Collection
Hilbert Museum of California Art
As the Hilbert Museum celebrates its 10th anniversary, visitors themselves become the guest curators in this special exhibition featuring the artworks they have loved most over the past decade. September 30, 2026 – March 7, 2027
Hilbert Museum of California Art
Orange, CA
Kim Manfredi: View with a Grain of Sand
Laguna Art Museum
View with a Grain of Sand is an exhibition of paintings that explores perception, landscape and the human desire to impose meaning on the natural world. October 3, 2026 – January 18, 2027
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA
What Fearful Shadows
Brea Art Gallery
What Fearful Shadows is a contemporary art exhibition that reimagines iconic elements of early American horror—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the Salem Witch Trials, and the works of Edgar Allan Poe—through the lens of modern culture. October 10 - December 13, 2026
Brea Art Gallery
Brea, CA
Small Wonders: The Art of Japanese Kokeshi – James F. Ranii Foyer Exhibit
Fullerton Museum Center
From a collection courtesy of Yo and Ingrid Harita, Small Wonders: The Art of Japanese Kokeshi invites viewers into the craftsmanship and whimsy of traditional Japanese folk art. October 29 - December 19, 2026
Fullerton Museum Center
Fullerton, 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
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. 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
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
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UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
Costa Mesa, CA
Getty Center - Los Angeles, CA
Getty Villa - Pacific Palisades, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)
Santa Ana, CA
