Exhibitions in Los Angeles
July 2027
July at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 3 closing, and 11 more on view across the city.
Closing in July
Flat Out: The Art of Joshua Vides5 Jul 2027Petersen Automotive Museum
LA artist Joshua Vides hand-paints black outlines onto real cars in a mechanic's garage scene, flattening them into what looks like a 2D sketch.
The Horror Show25 Jul 2027Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Immersive exhibition on horror cinemas cultural impact, with props and costumes from Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and more, across six themed chambers.
Zombies!25 Jul 2027Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Family-friendly look at how filmmakers create movie zombies, set in a playful pretend cemetery with an interactive animatronic puppet by Spectral Motion.
Also on through July
World's Fastestto 22 Aug 2027Petersen Automotive Museum
A chronological timeline of record-setting automobiles from the postwar era to today, tracing how aerodynamics and powertrain design chased raw speed.
- Takers | Makers: Photographic Practice in California, 1945-1980to 6 Sept 2027
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 Sept 2027The 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 Oct 2027Wende MuseumFree
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.
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.
Transatlantic Linesto 27 Feb 2028Petersen 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 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.
GAME ON! Science, Sports & Playto 31 Aug 2028California Science CenterFree
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.
Mercedes Dorame—Deliquescence: Sites of Transformationto 31 Mar 2029The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Tongva artist Mercedes Dorame's commissioned installation on Southern California's freshwater springs: photographs, painting, sculpture, ceramics and a Tongva-poetry soundscape.
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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- Flat Out: The Art of Joshua VidesCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- The Horror ShowCourtesy of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Zombies!Courtesy of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- World's FastestCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- Afterlives: Japanese American Artists and the Postwar EraCourtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
- Competing Cosmologies: Interpreting the SkyCourtesy of Wende Museum
- Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon HoPhoto: Bong Joon Ho
- Betye Saar: Drifting Toward TwilightCourtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
- Transatlantic LinesCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- Driven by Possibility: Waymo's Road to Autonomous TransportCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- GAME ON! Science, Sports & PlayCourtesy of California Science Center
- Mercedes Dorame—Deliquescence: Sites of TransformationCourtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
- Mineo Mizuno: Homage to NatureCourtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
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