Exhibitions in Los Angeles
August 2027
August at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 1 closing, and 7 more on view across the city.
Closing in August
Also on through August
- Takers | Makers: Photographic Practice in California, 1945-1980to 6 Sept
Norton Simon Museum
Traces the rivalry between San Francisco's purist and Los Angeles's experimental schools of postwar California photography.
Afterlives: Japanese American Artists and the Postwar Erato 12 SeptThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
Japanese American artists, photographers and designers whose lives were upended by wartime incarceration, and the postwar work that followed.
Competing Cosmologies: Interpreting the Skyto 17 OctWende Museum · Free
Co-curated with a NASA historian, this show pairs Cold War-era and contemporary artworks with artifacts like a full-scale Sputnik-1 model on the Space Race and cosmos in art.
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilightto 30 NovThe 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.
Transatlantic Linesto 27 FebPetersen Automotive Museum
Explores the design dialogue between American automakers and Italian coachbuilders, pairing American mechanical strength with European styling.
Driven by Possibility: Waymo's Road to Autonomous Transportto 30 JulPetersen 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.
GAME ON! Science, Sports & Playto 31 AugCalifornia Science Center · Free
17,000-sq-ft exhibition with 25+ interactive activities exploring the science of sports and movement, featuring LA-based mentor athletes; on view through the 2028 Olympics.
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