Programs • MOCA

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

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

EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 12PM & 2PM

Exhibition Highlight Tours

Educators offer walkthroughs of current exhibitions at MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Walkthroughs begin in the lobby and last about 45 minutes; no reservations are required for individuals.
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Closed July 2 – Opened Apr 22

Closed July 2 –
Opened Apr 22

Closed July 2 – Opened Apr 22

Peter Shire: Naked Is the Best Disguise
MOCA Pacific Design Center
Closed July 3 – Opened Mar 12

Closed July 3 –
Opened Mar 12

Closed July 3 – Opened Mar 12

Patrick Staff: Weed Killer
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed July 3 – Opened Mar 12

Closed July 3 –
Opened Mar 12

Closed July 3 – Opened Mar 12

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
July 6, 7pm

Lecture
Thursday
July 6, 7pm

Lecture

Anna Chave on Biography: Carl Andre

Art historian Anna Chave has written extensively about gender, feminism, and the reception and interpretation of art in the 20th century. Author of the instrumental essay “Minimalism and the Rhetoric of Power,” Chave has studied the contours and implications of Minimalism in depth, from how it reached its height du…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
July 13, 5pm

MOCA Store
Thursday
July 13, 5pm

MOCA Store

Tortoise General Store: Tea Tasting with Ippodo Tea

Ippodo Tea will demonstrate how to prepare and fully enjoy Japanese green tea with traditional tools and methods. Guests will be able to taste the teas, with a selection available for purchase. Ippodo has been producing the highest quality teas in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly three centuries. This demonstration will inc…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
July 13, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
July 13, 7pm

Screening

Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA Presents Alexandra Cuesta: Territorio

In person: Alexandra CuestaThe experimental films and videos of Ecuadorian filmmaker and visual artist Alexandra Cuesta are poetic documents of people and public spaces. Cuesta’s new-est film, Territorio (2016), is a portrait of the people of Ecuador shot in their environs. Progress…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Opened July 14 – Closes Oct 1

Opened July 14 –
Closes Oct 1

Opened July 14 – Closes Oct 1

storefront: Artist Curated Projects: Math Bass
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
July 20, 6:30pm

Performance
Thursday
July 20, 6:30pm

Performance

MOCA Music: Zola Jesus, Lawrence Rothman, Smerz, and DJ Michael Stock

This summer, MOCA is proud to introduce MOCA Music, a new and ongoing series of music at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo. MOCA will be collaborating with Spaceland, who is among the most legendary presenters of new and emerging music in L.A., reg…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Opened July 22 – Closes Aug 20

Opened July 22 –
Closes Aug 20

Opened July 22 – Closes Aug 20

Fischli and Weiss: Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go)
MOCA Pacific Design Center
Opened Apr 2 – Closes July 24

Opened Apr 2 –
Closes July 24

Opened Apr 2 – Closes July 24

Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958–2010
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
July 25 — Sept 25

MOCA Store
July 25 — Sept 25

MOCA Store

Store Pop-up: Billabong Warhol Surf Collection

The MOCA Store at MOCA Grand Avenue presents a limited-release Billabong Warhol Surf Collection celebrating Warhol’s love for Southern California surf culture. LAB, a new division of Billabong, has partnered with the Andy Warhol Foundation to create this progressive line of streetwear and beachwear for women a…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
July 27, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
July 27, 7pm

Screening

with it which it as it if it is to be: A film by Eve Fowler

Eve Fowler’s film with it which it as it if it is to be is an intimate study of the working practices of artists captured in their studios. Partially scripted as a feminist critique, the film features artists reading off-screen from queer feminist icon and writer Gertrude Stein’s s…
MOCA Grand Avenue