Exhibitions in Los Angeles

August 2024

August 2024 at a glance: 1 exhibition opened, 0 closed, and 3 more were on view across the city.

A Waymo autonomous vehicle on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum

Virgil Ortiz ReVOlt 1680/2180 installation figures

Statue of Nakhthorheb, quartzite, Egypt, Dynasty 26 (detail)

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight installation at The Huntington

Opened in August

Driven by Possibility: Waymo's Road to Autonomous Transport3 Aug
Petersen 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.

Was on view in August

ReVOlt 1680/2180: Sirens & Sikasto 4 Oct
Autry Museum of the American West
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 Nov
Getty Villa · Free
Striking stone portraits of court officials and priests from Egypt's 26th Dynasty (664-526 BCE), on long-term loan from the British Museum.
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilightto 30 Nov
The 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.

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