Exhibitions in Los Angeles

January 2025

January 2025 at a glance: 0 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 6 more were on view across the city.

Virgil Ortiz ReVOlt 1680/2180 installation figures

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

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A man sits on a white bench as rainbows of light from Charles Ross's prism installation cross the surface around him

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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight installation at The Huntington

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A Waymo autonomous vehicle on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum

Was on view in January

ReVOlt 1680/2180: Sirens & Sikasto 4 Oct
Autry 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 Nov
Getty 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 Nov
Getty 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.
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilightto 30 Nov 2027
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.
Driven by Possibility: Waymo's Road to Autonomous Transportto 30 Jul 2028
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.
Mineo Mizuno: Homage to Natureto 25 May 2029
The 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
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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