Programs • MOCA

Feb February 2020

EVERY THURSDAY: 5:30PM & 6:30PM | EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 12:30PM & 2:30PM

EVERY THURSDAY: 5:30PM & 6:30PM

EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 12:30PM & 2:30PM

TALKING TOURS

Led by our team of knowledgeable educators, MOCA’s Talking Tours are a great way to connect to contemporary art for free. Each tour is designed to provide visitors with the opportunity to discuss, ask questions, and dive deeper into the works on view.
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Sept 12 — May 16
2020

MOCA Store
Sept 12 — May 16
2020

MOCA Store

OOF Books Pop-Up Store

MOCA Store welcomes OOF Books to our Warehouse location for a season-long pop-up shop celebrating artists’ books.
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Saturday
Feb 1, 11am

All Ages
Saturday
Feb 1, 11am

All Ages

Visitas Guiadas en Español

Acompáñenos en nuestras visitas guiadas mensuales gratuitas en español.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Feb 2, 1pm

All Ages
Sunday
Feb 2, 1pm

All Ages

Sunday Studio: Devon Tsuno and MOCA Teens

In connection with the exhibition With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985, work with artist Devon Tsuno and MOCA Teens to create a new large-scale, collaborative artwork.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Feb 6, 7pm

Lecture, Canceled
Thursday
Feb 6, 7pm

Lecture, Canceled

CANCELED: Artists on Artists: Ellen Lesperance

Artist Ellen Lesperance has a practice rooted in the long-honored traditions of feminist environmental activism and the Pattern and Decoration (P&D) movement. Lesperance will speak about her work as it is inspired by P&D and other movements, such as Creative Direct Action, and debut a new artist’s book featuring her archive of protest knitwear.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Friday
Feb 7, 7pm

Screening
Friday
Feb 7, 7pm

Screening

Screening: Community of Parting

GYOPO and MOCA co-present this special screening of Community of Parting (2019) by Jane Jin Kaisen. The screening will be followed by a conversation between the artist and Crystal Mun-hye Baik, author of Reencounters: On the Korean War & Diasporic Memory Critique (2019).
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Feb 15, 7:30am

Lecture
Saturday
Feb 15, 7:30am

Lecture

Brutally Early

Join MOCA Director Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist for Brutally Early, with an introduction by MOCA Director of Education and Senior Curator of Programs Amanda Hunt. Full schedule below: 7:30am Coffee and Donuts
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Feb 15, 11:30am, 3PM

Performance
Saturday
Feb 15, 11:30am,

Performance

Gerard & Kelly: State of

Using The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA as a space to open up the creative process of contemporary dance, artists and choreographers Gerard & Kelly will present the performance State of (2017) as part of Frieze Los Angeles week.
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Feb 20, 7pm

Lecture
Thursday
Feb 20, 7pm

Lecture

Gala Porras-Kim and Glenn Wharton in Conversation

Open House: Gala Porras-Kim is the second iteration of this exhibition series drawing from MOCA’s renowned permanent collection. Porras-Kim joins UCLA Professor of Art History and Conservation of Material Culture Glenn Wharton and MOCA Assistant Curator and Manager of Publications Bryan Barcena in a conversation about the exhibition.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Feb 22, 2pm

All Ages
Saturday
Feb 22, 2pm

All Ages

No Sesso: A Vignette of the Renaissance on 24th Street

For two seasons, No Sesso’s New York Fashion Week shows have received acclaim for bringing a fresh energy to the official schedule, showcasing a new perspective on garments made for all bodies and identities, and celebrating the community that powers the brand by putting them front and center—both on the runway and behind-the-scenes. Now, No Sesso and its co-founders, Pierre Davis and Arin Hayes, are bringing their show back to their city of Los Angeles for Autumn/Winter 2020 with a collection titled “A Vignette of the Renaissance on 24th Street."
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Feb 23, 3pm

MOCA Store
Sunday
Feb 23, 3pm

MOCA Store

Book Launch and Conversation: Ivan Morley and John C. Welchman

Join Los Angeles–based artist Ivan Morley and John C. Welchman, professor of Modern Art History at the University of California, San Diego, for an evening of conversation to celebrate the release of Morley’s newest monograph.
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Feb 27, 5:30pm

All Ages
Thursday
Feb 27, 5:30pm

All Ages

For Freedoms Congress (FFCON)

Looking ahead to the 2020 Presidential election, For Freedoms—a platform for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action founded by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman—takes over Warehouse Programs at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA with a weekend of workshops, actions, and programming to fortify, maintain, and activate the civic infrastructure of creativity.
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA