L.A. Art Documents

After 20 years of planning and with over $700 Million invested from both private and public sectors, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries building is finally open. The grandiose architectural project was designed by the Swiss architect and Pritzker Prize winner, Peter Zumthor, offering a reimagined world-class museum for the 21st century, reflecting the city’s innovative style and offering a different presentational approach for experiencing one of the richest art collections in the Southern California region. When you step into the museum, you will not find a typical Eurocentric and encyclopedic display, but rather a non-linear conversation between past, present, and future that isn’t based on geopolitical or cultural hierarchies. Carefully organized and placed in collaboration by dozens of LACMA’s curators, ancient masterpieces stand next to contemporary art, inviting visitors to wander through 6,000 years of time and place, seeing connections between artworks in an ongoing rotation. The world’s art heritage has never been more in conversation with Los Angeles’ complex cultural identity and history. Welcome to the David Geffen Art Galleries at LACMA - reserve your timed entrance now - for members through May 3 and to the general public starting May 4. After you visit, let us know what you think @lacma @peterzumthorarchitecture #newlacma #lacma #davidgeffenartgalleries #peterzumthor

The wait is over. After a year-long renovation, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation @weismanartfoundation has officially reopened its doors near Beverly Hills. ✨ Experience a unique “living with art” house museum, featuring over 400 masterpieces by legends like Picasso, Rothko, and Warhol, all housed within a stunning 1920s Mediterranean villa. Plan Your Visit: 🗓️ When: Monday – Friday 🕙 Tour Times: 10:30 AM or 1:30 PM 🎟️ Access: By appointment only How to Book: 📞 310-867-5772 📧 Email: [email protected] Step inside one of the most intimate art collections in Los Angeles.

“sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles” by Lauren Halsey opened to the public last Saturday, March 14, 2026. We got the chance to talk to Jeffrey Deitch who commented on Lauren’s art and the importance of public art projects. This sculpture park and monument to South Central Los Angeles will be open through September 2027. “sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles” will include a dedicated programming space for on-site film screenings, health and wellness events, community-centric celebrations, jazz nights, sport activations, lecture series, tutoring, and youth-engaged programs, conceived and led by Halsey’s nonprofit organization, Summaeverythang Community Center (@summaeverythangccinc ). More details on the opening and ongoing public hours will be shared soon. Lauren Halsey’s “sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles” is presented by Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) and curated by LAND co-founder Christine Y. Kim (@see_why_kay ). This work is realized by Lauren Halsey in collaboration with the architecture studio Current Interests (@current_____interests ), Taslimi Construction (@taslimi.construction ), and Green House (@g.r.e.e.n.h0use ). Lead support provided by the Mellon Foundation (@mellonfoundation ).

10 Years LA! @spruethmagers celebrates the gallery’s decade-long presence in Los Angeles. Since opening its doors in February 2016, the gallery has featured solo and group exhibitions debuting new works by its iconic LA-based artists as well as major installations by artists from around the world, often bringing their work to the city for the very first time. Illustrating this expansive approach, 10 Years LA! fills not only the 10,000 square feet of the gallery at 5900 Wilshire Boulevard with works by a wide cross-section of Sprüth Magers artists, but also extends to the former Sizzler restaurant at 6145 Wilshire with an installation focusing on film and video. On view through August 8, 2026 10 Years LA! features the work of, among others, Kenneth Anger, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gretchen Bender, Cao Fei, George Condo, Hanne Darboven, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Thea Djordjadze, Lucy Dodd, Peter Fischli David Weiss, Sylvie Fleury, Cyprien Gaillard, Gilbert & George, Andreas Gursky, Nancy Holt, Jenny Holzer, Gary Hume, Anne Imhof, Robert Irwin, Arthur Jafa, Craig Kauffman, Karen Kilimnik, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, David Lamelas, Louise Lawler, Mire Lee, Anthony McCall, Robert Morris, Reinhard Mucha, Senga Nengudi, David Ostrowski, Otto Piene, Michail Pirgelis, Gala Porras-Kim, Stephen Prina, Jon Rafman, Bridget Riley, Pamela Rosenkranz, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Analia Saban, David Salle, Thomas Scheibitz, Andreas Schulze, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, Martine Syms, Ryan Trecartin, Rosemarie Trockel, Nora Turato, Kaari Upson, Kara Walker, John Waters, Andro Wekua, and Andrea Zittel.

Ed Norwood presents two exhibitions currently on view at CMAY gallery: a solo exhibition by Donnie Molls titled “Sketches: Life in Landscape” and the group exhibition “Dark Shadows”, curated by Carl Berg, featuring works by John Geary, Gegam Kacherian, Senon Williams, Sara Ajami, and Francesca Bifulco. The exhibitions run through May 30th. CMAY Gallery is located at 5828 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles. @cmaygallery @ed__norwood @donniemolls @carlbergcurator @johngearystudio @gegam_kacherian @senonwill @francescabifulco_ @szajami

The Loft at Liz’s Annual Nature Exhibition pays homage to nature and the environment. This year’s rendition, originally planned and curated for 2020, had to be cancelled and postponed due to the COVID epidemic. Six years later, the show serendipitously aligned with this year’s NASA’s Artemis II mission. The artists showing in the exhibition explore imagery and survival in space as well as how space affects Earth. The exhibition is curated by Liz Gordon, and it features artworks by Aline Mare, Bonita Helmer, Lindsay Thomson, James Griffith, Katie Elizabeth Stubblefield, Larry & Debby Kline, and Amanda Flowers. The show runs through June 1st, 2026. @theloftatlizs @lizsantiquehardware @alinelillie @bonita_helmer @james.griffith4 @_amandaflowers @katiestubblefieldart @debbykline @larry_kline1 #astrophotography

Kohei Nawa:Photon Camp at Pace Gallery, April 11 - June 6, 2026 @nawa_kohei @pacegallery Drawing out the unique properties of various traditional and unconventional materials in his paintings, sculptures, and installations, Nawa explores nuanced relationships between physical and virtual spaces, synthetic and natural forces, and the individual and the collective. Intrinsic to his practice is a rigorous engagement with technologies that traverse eras and cultures, particularly information technologies. Visual distortions and transformations cut across his artworks, encouraging viewers to consider the ways that digital technologies impact their relationship to and experience of the physical world. Titled Photon Camp, the artist’s exhibition at Pace Los Angeles foregrounds his expansive investigations of perceptual and sensory phenomena and reflects new directions in his recent work. For Nawa, an artwork is not a static entity fixed by a single interpretation. Rather, it is a phenomenological event that occurs when swarms of photons momentarily and miraculously come together. His first installation comprising both his PixCell and Prism series—which he has developed continuously over the course of his career—explores tensions between the natural and the artificial, the real and the fictional, and the sacred and the profane. Watch our full video walkthrough of Nawa's optical delights on our website and media channel. #koheinawa #pacegallery #contemporarysculpture #laartgallery #laartdocuments

Wende Museum @wendemuseum Curator Joes Segal @joessegal gives us an introduction to their current exhibitions. Wende is a German word meaning “turning point” or “change” that has come to describe the transformative period around the fall of the Berlin Wall. Founded in 2002, the Wende Museum holds an unparalleled collection of art and artifacts from the Cold War era, which serves as a foundation for programs that illuminate the political and cultural changes of the past, offer opportunities to make sense of a changing present, and inspire active participation in the personal and social changes that will shape the future. Video features: @studioenriquemartinezcelaya Enrique Martínez Celaya: The Sextant Between 1957 and 1963, the artist’s father built a modernist house in a small coastal village in Cuba. The time period spanned the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the United States embargo against Cuba, a political context that in various ways reflected the story of the house. This house, in which Martínez Celaya’s family waited for exile, now serves as an official wedding venue, carrying with it the contradictions and the scars of the Communist Revolution and its aftermath. Anton Roland Laub: Mobile Churches in Ceasusescu’s Bucharest Bucharest in the 1980s. Ceausescu’s “systematization” program is in full swing in the Romanian capital: one-third of the historic center is being wiped out to make room for the megalomaniacal “People’s House” and create large avenues for official parades. When halted after the fall of the Ceausescu regime in 1989, this demolition program is said to have caused the largest peacetime destruction in the history of Europe. Ivana Dama: Breathing Alarms @ivana.dama Reimagines this East German guardhouse inviting visitors to engage directly with sound, space, and the mechanics of perception. Rather than operating through a conventional mechanical or electronic trigger, the custom siren in Dama’s installation is activated by the breath of visitors. Wende Museum is free to the public and open Friday - Sunday from 10am- 5pm

Don’t miss Rhett Baruch Gallery’s @rhett.baruch.gallery Flowers of the Field, a group exhibition hosted at Jean Pascal Florist @jeanpascalflorist Beverly Hills through May 2. Reflecting on the fleeting nature of beauty, the exhibition draws on the metaphor of “flowers of the field”—which bloom briefly before fading. The exhibition contrasts impermanence with notions of the eternal, inviting a deeper consideration of presence, ephemerality, and the quiet intensity of moments that exist only temporarily. Participating Artists: Marcus Bernardes, Amelia Briggs, Benjamin Claudel, Sasha Court, Fliss Dodd, Atelier FIG, Peter Helinski, Hyunuko, Eugenie Kawabata, Rami Kim, Marlon Marinero, Karl Monies, Maxwell Mustardo, Future Retrieval, Marcel Rozek, David Schell, Yamasaki Yuto.

Instant Theatre Rachel Rosenthal and King Moody Curated by Ashley Macomber Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA On view until May 23, 2026 Instant Theatre: Rachel Rosenthal and King Moody, an exhibition exploring the experimental theatre movement founded by Rachel Rosenthal in 1955 and continued with her husband, King Moody, from 1956–1966. Featuring archival material and design elements that invoke the setting and atmosphere of these ephemeral events, the exhibition reconstitutes Instant Theatre for the present while situating it historically as a precursor to the performance art of the 1960s and 1970s. While highlighting the importance of the movement itself, the exhibition also spotlights Rosenthal as a powerful artistic force in her own right—one whose influence and contributions continue to be felt today.

“It was happiness, the moment right then” is a new solo exhibition by Carlos Enfedaque, current artist-in-residence at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles. His exhibition reflects on how happiness shows up in passing—shaped by memory, place, and perception across Berlin, Mexico City, and Los Angeles. The show is on view until April 30th. @enfedead @tomoffinlandfoundation For visiting TOM House, check the RSVP links in their bio.

Get to know @induction_gallery created and curated by @jzinonos LA’s new intimate domestic salon gallery featuring visual arts and community gatherings for poetry, music, and screenings. Featured in the full interview video available our website: @m.ian.smith @severin_hallauer @marcel_alcala @luismianaya @djpsychicdriving New exhibitions open from Saturday, April 25 featuring: @sonofsalmon @jacob.barri @alexehmer @margaretamaclean @jzziemann @__sarahrose___