Exhibitions in Los Angeles
April 2025
April 2025 at a glance: 0 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 8 more were on view across the city.
Was on view in April
ReVOlt 1680/2180: Sirens & Sikasto 4 OctAutry Museum of the American WestPast
Cochiti Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz reimagines the 1680 Pueblo Revolt as speculative fiction, with futuristic characters and installations fusing Indigenous resistance history with sci-fi aesthetics.
Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egyptto 9 NovGetty VillaFreePast
Striking stone portraits of court officials and priests from Egypt's 26th Dynasty (664-526 BCE), on long-term loan from the British Museum.
Charles Ross: Spectrum 14to 29 NovGetty CenterFree
A calibrated array of prisms casts shifting bands of spectral light across the Museum rotunda, tracking the sun's changing arc through the seasons; commissioned for PST ART.
The American Motorcycle: Pioneering Machines from the Bunch Family Collectionto 7 Mar 2027Petersen Automotive Museum
Nearly 200 rare early American motorcycles from Professor Richard Bunch's collection, spanning the pioneer era through the Great Depression.
Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon Hoto 24 Oct 2027Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Over 100 objects from the Oscar-winning director's films, including storyboards, concept art, creature models, props and on-set photographs.
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilightto 30 Nov 2027The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Betye Saar's Huntington-commissioned site-specific installation: a 17-foot vintage wooden canoe with found objects including birdcages and antlers.
Driven by Possibility: Waymo's Road to Autonomous Transportto 30 Jul 2028Petersen Automotive Museum
Traces Waymo's evolution from Google's self-driving car project to a leading autonomous vehicle company, showing the tech turning sci-fi into reality.
Mineo Mizuno: Homage to Natureto 25 May 2029The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Outdoor sculpture in the Stroll Garden of charred Sierra Nevada timber and glazed ceramic teardrops, on forest destruction and regrowth.
Image credits
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- ReVOlt 1680/2180: Sirens & SikasPhoto Courtesy of Virgil Ortiz.
- Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt© The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved
- Charles Ross: Spectrum 14Courtesy of Getty Center
- The American Motorcycle: Pioneering Machines from the Bunch Family CollectionCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon HoPhoto: Bong Joon Ho
- Betye Saar: Drifting Toward TwilightCourtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
- Driven by Possibility: Waymo's Road to Autonomous TransportCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- Mineo Mizuno: Homage to NatureCourtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
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