Los Angeles
Sunshine, studios, and a booming contemporary art scene
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Exhibitions
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Venues
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Press Signals
Art & the City in Dialogue
LA's art world thrives from Boyle Heights to Culver City, with LACMA, The Broad, and a thriving gallery district redefining American art.
The City as Stage
Exhibitions in Los Angeles
The spaces where Los Angeles speaks — from major institutional surveys to gallery shows that define the city's contemporary conversation.
What's On
Los Angeles — Upcoming Shows
7 shows
Now Showing
Featured Artists
Urban Infrastructure
Los Angeles's Art Ecosystem
The institutions, galleries, and independent spaces through which Los Angeles produces, hosts, and transmits contemporary culture.
Gallery Directory
Contemporary Galleries in Los Angeles
A verified directory of Los Angeles's contemporary art galleries — each record fetched and confirmed from the gallery's official website.
A powerhouse with a critically rigorous program balancing blue-chip artists with rising stars. Known for museum-quality exhibitions and forward-thinking initiatives like Platform and David Zwirner Online, consistently placing its artists in major international biennials.
The quintessential blue-chip gallery, synonymous with market dominance and monumental exhibitions. Its vast empire spans 19 locations globally, with an unrivaled roster of superstars and estates whose presence defines major biennials and museum shows worldwide.
A historic gallery with a global footprint, known for its long-standing commitment to German painting and its sharp curatorial eye for international talent. Max Hetzler has been a key force in defining the post-war German art scene and remains a major presence worldwide.
A global powerhouse that has redefined the gallery model through ambitious expansions into rural locations, historic preservation, hospitality, and education. Their vast roster of historical estates and contemporary titans forms a fixture of major biennials worldwide.
One of the art world's most enduring forces, Pace has evolved from modernist origins to embrace cutting-edge digital art. Under Marc Glimcher's leadership, its Pace Live and Pace X programs have brought performance and new media into focus, aligning with biennial trends.
An artist-run gallery that challenges traditional gallery structures and has been influential in identifying and promoting conceptual artists. Named after a fictional character, the gallery itself functions as an art project, blurring boundaries between commerce and critique.
A pillar of the Los Angeles art scene, its roster includes many of the most influential artists of the last 30 years. The gallery has been instrumental in establishing LA as a contemporary art capital and regularly places its artists in major international exhibitions.
Known for its powerful roster of female artists and its deep engagement with photography and conceptual art. The gallery has been instrumental in establishing feminist art practice within the canon and consistently places its artists in major biennials.
Market in Los Angeles
Auction houses, upcoming sales, and market-week activity in this city.
Market Signals
Emerging Art Auction
An auction featuring Emerging Art was held by Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) on September 9, 2026.
Los Angeles Auction
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) scheduled an auction event in Los Angeles for September 9, 2026.
Essential Design
Wright and LAMA are presenting an Essential Design auction featuring over 300 works by influential designers including Charles and Ray Eames, Fernando and Humberto Campana, and Zaha Hadid.
Post War & Contemporary Art
LAMA is holding an auction for Post War and Contemporary Art.
PRESENT TENSE: Ultra-Contemporary & Street Art
Rago and LAMA are hosting an auction dedicated to ultra-contemporary and street art.
John Cederquist: Then & Now
A selling exhibition presenting a survey of works in wood by Southern Californian artist John Cederquist.
On the Rise
Artists to Watch in Los Angeles
Active voices generating signal — emerging, mid-career, and buzzworthy names surfacing in Los Angeles's current scene.
James Turrell
Hot ShowingShowing in "LACMA: California Light and Space Rediscovered" at LACMA
Robert Irwin
Hot ShowingShowing in "LACMA: California Light and Space Rediscovered" at LACMA
Mike Kelley
Hot ShowingShowing in "MOCA Los Angeles: Pacific Standard Time" at Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Charles Ray
ShowingShowing in "MOCA Los Angeles: Pacific Standard Time" at Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Jenny Saville
ShowingShowing in "The Broad: Jenny Saville — Figuration" at The Broad
George Rickey
ShowingShowing in "LACMA: The Kinetic Void of the Pacific Rim" at LACMA
Alexander Calder
ShowingShowing in "LACMA: The Kinetic Void of the Pacific Rim" at LACMA
Ansel Adams
ShowingShowing in "LACMA: Pacific Rim Photographic Histories" at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Gallery Scene
Galleries to Watch in Los Angeles
The spaces defining Los Angeles's current moment — independent, ambitious, and generating signal in the contemporary art world.
Local Arts Coverage
Los Angeles in the Press
Live editorial signals from publications covering Los Angeles's art scene — aggregated from our global source network.
La fiera d’arte Post-Fair di Los Angeles debutterà anche a Parigi durante l’art week di ottobre 2026
David Hockney public memorial service to be held in London in spring 2027.
Inside DATALAND: What to Know About Refik Anadol’s AI Museum
Local News Wire
Los Angeles Contemporary Art News
Fresh coverage of Los Angeles's contemporary art scene, aggregated weekly from local-language news sources.
L.A.’s Top October Restaurant Openings, From Pasta Bars to Smash Burgers
Bar Fortuna brings handmade pasta to Santa Monica, Gilbert Pérez Bar finally opens in Sherman Oaks and Birdie G’s returns, while L.A.’s smash burger boom keeps expanding.
Nine images capturing 100 years of Bel-Air
From a 'gentlemen's haven' to film-star refuge and high-end, low-profile enclave
Nine images capturing 100 years of Bel-Air
From a 'gentlemen's haven' to film-star refuge and high-end, low-profile enclave
Lights, Camera, Action: An Insider’s Guide to L.A.’s Historic Hollywood Neighborhood
From swanky speakeasies to Michelin-starred restaurants, we’re covering the very best of dining, drinking and doing in Hollywood.
Is LA Still a Painter’s Town?
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As New York Prices Artists Out, New Haven Is Drawing Them In
Is New Haven one possible cure for a metastasized New York real estate market?
Biennale Radar
Part of Biennale Radar's Art & the City in Dialogue series — aggregating live editorial intelligence about how cities and the art world speak to each other.