Past Events

• Saturday
  Nov 1, 2025

  Leadership Circle Curator-led Walkthrough of MONUMENTS at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

  

  Talk

  Saturday
  Nov 1, 2025

  Talk

  Leadership Circle Curator-led Walkthrough of MONUMENTS at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

  Leadership Circle supporters at Curators Circle level and above are invited to a curator-led walkthrough of MONUMENTS at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 1, 2025 2pm

  Quantum Listening: Black Sonic Monuments

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 1, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  Quantum Listening: Black Sonic Monuments

  Featuring Harmony Holiday and esperanza spalding.

• Sunday
  Nov 2, 2025 5pm

  MOCA Climate Conversations: Giants Rising — Screening and Conversation with the Filmmaker

  

  Screening

  Sunday
  Nov 2, 2025 5pm

  Screening

  MOCA Climate Conversations: Giants Rising — Screening and Conversation with the Filmmaker

  A journey into the heart of America’s most iconic forests, Giants Rising reveals the secrets, superpowers and saga of the redwoods.

  MOCA Grand Avenue

• Nov 7 — Nov 9 2025

  Lenio Kaklea, The Birds
  US Premiere

  

  Performance

  Nov 7 — Nov 9 2025

  Performance

  Lenio Kaklea, The Birds
  US Premiere

  Performed by and developed with Nefeli Asteriou, Liza Baliasnaja, Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Luisa Heilbron, Louis Nam Le Van Ho, Dimitri Mytilinaios, and Jaeger Wilkinson. The Birds, 2025, a new dance work by choreographer and artist, Lenio Kaklea (b. Athens, Greece), explores how human…

  WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Friday
  Nov 7, 2025 11am

  First Fridays: MONUMENTS
  Free admission: 11am–8pm

  

  Friday
  Nov 7, 2025 11am

  First Fridays: MONUMENTS
  Free admission: 11am–8pm

  Admission to MONUMENTS is free on the first Friday of every month, with extended opening hours from 11am until 8pm. Though admission is free, tickets are required and capacity is limited. Advance reservations are recommended.  The program is presented as part of

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 8, 2025 2pm

  In Gallery: Bennett Simpson Walkthrough of MONUMENTS

  

  Talk

  Saturday
  Nov 8, 2025 2pm

  Talk

  In Gallery: Bennett Simpson Walkthrough of MONUMENTS

  Please join us for a walkthrough led by MONUMENTS co-curator and MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Thursday
  Nov 13, 2025 5pm

  Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Thursday
  Nov 13, 2025 5pm

  Conversation

  Talking Tour

  Each tour is designed to provide visitors with the opportunity to discuss, ask questions, and dive deeper into the works on view.

  MOCA Grand Avenue

• Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 11:30am

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 11:30am

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 2pm

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 2pm

  In Gallery: Alex Olson & Andy Campbell on Takako Yamaguchi

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  In Gallery: Alex Olson & Andy Campbell on Takako Yamaguchi

  Join art and design historian Andy Campbell and artist Alex Olson as they offer their perspectives on the paintings in MOCA Focus: Takako Yamaguchi. Alex Olson lives and works in Los Angeles. Through the use of color, layering, and texture – both in terms of three-dim…

  MOCA Grand Avenue

• Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 7pm

  Mindy Seu, A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
  West Coast Premiere

  

  Performance

  Saturday
  Nov 15, 2025 7pm

  Performance

  Mindy Seu, A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
  West Coast Premiere

  How have technologies shaped and been shaped by sexuality? This version of the story begins with your phone. A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET, 2025, is a polyvocal lecture whose citations are read aloud by the audience — performance as re-citation. Instagram Stories form a script; with enough voic…

  WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 16, 2025 11:30am

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Sunday
  Nov 16, 2025 11:30am

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 16, 2025 2pm

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Sunday
  Nov 16, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Thursday
  Nov 20, 2025 5pm

  Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Thursday
  Nov 20, 2025 5pm

  Conversation

  Talking Tour

  Each tour is designed to provide visitors with the opportunity to discuss, ask questions, and dive deeper into the works on view.

  MOCA Grand Avenue

• Friday
  Nov 21, 2025 7pm

  Lesbian Poker Night with Cathy Opie

  

  Friday
  Nov 21, 2025 7pm

  Lesbian Poker Night with Cathy Opie

  Join MOCA and Catherine Opie for an unforgettable night of play-for-fun poker celebrating the 30th anniversary of her Dyke Deck.

  WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 22, 2025 11am

  Star-Crossed Rendezvous: The Musical Legacy of Isang Yun
  
  A symposium organized by Haegue Yang and MOCA

  

  Symposium

  Saturday
  Nov 22, 2025 11am

  Symposium

  Star-Crossed Rendezvous: The Musical Legacy of Isang Yun
  
  A symposium organized by Haegue Yang and MOCA

  This day-long symposium will gather esteemed musicologists, historians, composers and musicians to explore the life and musical legacy of Isang Yun (1917-1995), a pivotal figure in the history of avant-garde classical music. Born in Korea, Yun emigrated to Germany in the late 1950s and lived in Berlin unti…

  MOCA Grand Avenue

• Saturday
  Nov 22, 2025 11:30am

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 22, 2025 11:30am

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 22, 2025 2pm

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 22, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 23, 2025 11:30am

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Talk

  Sunday
  Nov 23, 2025 11:30am

  Talk

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 23, 2025 2pm

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Sunday
  Nov 23, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 29, 2025 11:30am

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 29, 2025 11:30am

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Saturday
  Nov 29, 2025 2pm

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Saturday
  Nov 29, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 30, 2025 11:30am

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Sunday
  Nov 30, 2025 11:30am

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 30, 2025 2pm

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  

  Conversation

  Sunday
  Nov 30, 2025 2pm

  Conversation

  MONUMENTS Talking Tour

  Talking Tours are a great way to connect to MONUMENTS.

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA