Johanna Burton will assume the full role of the Maurice Marciano Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), running all operations and functions of the museum, on November 1, 2021.

John Baldessari (1931-2020) was a towering figure in the history of contemporary art, a pioneer of Conceptual art from the 1960s onward, and an influential educator in Los Angeles over several decades.

Rarely has an individual transformed the culture of an American city as has Eli Broad. A fierce champion of Los Angeles, Broad was an unmatched philanthropist and cornerstone community leader whose passion for contemporary art was rooted in t

MOCA is pleased to announce that the Sam Francis Foundation has awarded the Museum a grant to support innovative public programs delivered in collaboration with artists working locally and globally.

MOCA Community Day is FREE, Sunday, March 11, 2018 from 11am–4pm at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is proud to announce the completion of the Collection Storage Initiative, an extensive multi-year project that ensures the long-term preservation of the museum’s internationally renowned collection of contemporary art through the renovation of our on-site storage vault. These efforts were made possible thanks to generous grants from The Ahmanson Foundation and an anonymous funder.  With its first acquisition in 1980, the foundation of MOCA’s collecti…

MOCA and The Theatre at Ace Hotel present a special screening of Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art, a film by James Crump. The film unearths the history of land art in the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s and features a cadre of renegade New York artists that sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film…

Art critic and historian Hal Foster reads from his latest book, Bad New Days. Writing about the work of artists Thomas Hirschhorn, Tacita Dean, Isa Genzken, and others, Foster examines how the art of the last 25 years has anticipated the general condition of emergency instilled by neoliberalism and the war on terror. His reading inaugurates What is Contemporary?, a new MOCA series that invites artists, scholars, critics, and curators to discuss contemporaneity in art.​

MOCA members get a first look of the exhibition Magdalena Fernández with MOCA Director Philippe Vergne. Spend your Friday evening at the museum’s Pacific Design Center location and kick off the museum’s fall exhibitions with the MOCA community. Self-parking is available in the PDC lot. Enter from Melrose Avenue just east of San Vicente Boulevard. Cash only. $10 flat rate. Metered street parking is also available.​

Duane Deterville examines the iconography, structure, and layered meanings in Kahlil Joseph: Double Conscience. Based in the Bay Area, the artist, writer, and scholar specializes in African and Afro-diasporic visual culture. Deterville previously wrote on Joseph’s film Until the Quiet Comes (2012), using African cosmology as an explanatory legend for the film’s magnetic imagery. “The Afriscape Ghost Dance on Film” appeared as a two-part essay in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art…

Kelly Lamb, Los Angeles-based artist, has worked across many disciplines, including sculpture, photography, video, and product and interior design, for the past twenty years. Lamb’s aesthetic is heavily inspired by sacred geometry, Viennese Secessionism, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and architects such as Buckminster Fuller and Oscar Niemeyer. Her projects range from fine art and high-end furniture design to homewares. Her work has been widely shown in galleries throughout the world and M…

​Explore experimental film, photography, and collage at this installment of Sunday Studio, MOCA’s quarterly event for makers of all ages and experience levels, including toddlers. Hear filmmaker Paul Clipson and musician Liz Harris (of Grouper) discuss how they approach their creative work, experiment with abstract photography and collage techniques in our outdoor studio, investigate photographs on view in the galleries with MOCA staff educators, and grab a food truck treat. End the af…

​In appreciation of your thoughtful and generous support, the MOCA Store offers museum members 20% off purchases made in-store and online during sale dates.* Splurge on artful and unique gifts for kids and adults, handmade items for the home, one-of-a-kind jewelry, and a wide selection of books. To join or purchase a gift membership, please contact 213/621-1794 or membership@moca.org.

Inspired by the ambient glow of Dan Flavin’s “monument” for V. Tatlin (1969), Monument is a yearlong series of performances by Los Angeles–based musicians and sound artists in the current installation of MOCA’s permanent collection. Taking into consideration the delicate acoustics of the Grand Avenue galleries, Monument pairs musicians with specific pieces and/or galleries at MOCA to enhance the viewer’s experience of the artwork, demonstrating different ways of exploring art through the additio…

The Los Angeles-based publishing house Hesse Press, founded by artists Clare Kelly and John Wiese, focuses on making L.A.’s rich art scene accessible through a series of artists’ monographs published each fall and spring. Hesse Press grew out of conversations between Kelly and Wiese about the need for tangible financial and logistical support for artists in Los Angeles. Join us at MOCA Store to celebrate the release of Sara Rara’s Earth Breakup and Kate Hall’s I Did But I Don’t Anymore, the ne…

MOCA members are invited to celebrate the opening of Matthew Barney: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT with MOCA Director Philippe Vergne. Meet other members, enjoy food trucks and complimentary beverages, and be among the first to see the new show—MOCA will be the only American venue for this exhibition! Parking available in surrounding lots.​

Seatings at 6:30pm and 9:30pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays;
MOCA presents wolvesmouth : taxa, a pop-up, full-sensory dining experience created by chef Craig Thornton.

German filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl’s work revolves around the politics of the image in contemporary life, from the realms of subjectivity to wireless communications, “hyper-capitalist” economics, governmental data surveillance, and the endless proliferation of increasingly networked digital images. Coinciding with the opening of Hito Steyerl: Factory of the Sun, Steyerl joins MOCA Assistant Curator Lanka Tattersall in conversation. This program is part of What is Contemporary?, a new MOCA …

​Black Lives Matter Co-founder Patrisse Cullors and Black Lives Matter Network Art + Culture Director Tanya Lucia Bernard engage in conversation about their ideas and work as artists, activists, and organizers.