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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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Mar 4 — Sept 8

MOCA Store
Mar 4 — Sept 8

MOCA Store

Store Pop-Up: Aperture Bookshop

Concurrent with the exhibition Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin, the renowned photography publisher Aperture presents a pop-up bookshop at MOCA Store Grand Avenue. Founded in 1952 by photographers Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Minor White, among others, Aperture has a rich hi…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Apr 26 — June 25

MOCA Store
Apr 26 — June 25

MOCA Store

Store Pop-Up: Building Block

MOCA Store presents a pop-up shop with Los Angeles–based design and accessories studio Building Block. Started in 2011 by sisters Kimberly and Nancy Wu, Building Block discards the conventions of luxury by magnifying the essential and omitting the excessive. The result is a line of beautifully crafted, minimalist ha…
MOCA Grand Avenue

Thursday
May 3, 7pm

Lecture
Thursday
May 3, 7pm

Lecture

Lanka Tattersall: Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin

Drawn largely from the museum’s permanent collection, Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin explores the ways in which three of the most influential photographers of modern life— Brassaï (1899–1984), Diane Arbus (1923–1971) and Nan Goldin (1953–)—used the camera to reflect and transfo…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
May 5, 9:30am

All Ages
Saturday
May 5, 9:30am

All Ages

Quiet Mornings: Art x Mindfulness @ MOCA

Quiet Mornings is a one-of-a-kind event, pairing a guided meditation exercise with the opportunity to experience a truly unique, immersive artwork. After an acclaimed run at MoMA in NYC, our partner Flavorpill is bringing the inspiration to LA. Join us for Quiet Mornings LA on Saturday, April 7 at The Geffen Contemp…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
May 10, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
May 10, 7pm

Screening

Filmforum: Still Moving: Cinema, Photography, and the Real

In Person: Domietta Torlasco Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin, this program offers thought-provoking films and videos that navigate the fertile terrain between still and moving images. Employing diverse fo…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
May 13, 3pm

Lecture
Sunday
May 13, 3pm

Lecture

Real Worlds, Fake News Panel

Taking the exhibition Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin as a point of departure for a conversation about “fake news” versus hard truths in the media and beyond, this panel brings together art historian and Getty Research Institute postdoctoral fellow Michelle Maydanchik, former
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
May 17, 6:30pm

Performance
Thursday
May 17, 6:30pm

Performance

MOCA Music: THE MARIAS, Jarina De Marco, Sister Mantos, and Chulita Vinyl Club

MOCA Music is an ongoing music series in collaboration with Spaceland Presents that features new and emerging music at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo. MOC…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
May 20, 3pm

Performance
Sunday
May 20, 3pm

Performance

Listening Session #2 with Noah Copelin

Musician Noah Copelin describes himself as an artist with Southern roots, a West Coast perspective, and a nomadic state of mind. Drawing inspiration from the ’70s musical era as well as contemporary hip-hop and R&B giants Pharrell and André 3000, Copelin has been working to create his own individual melodies, beats,…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Opened Oct 22 2017 – Closes May 13

Opened Oct 22 2017 –
Closes May 13

Opened Oct 22 2017 – Closes May 13

Adrián Villar Rojas: The Theater of Disappearance
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA