MOCA
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Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art.
Visit us in DTLA at MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA > moca.org
Visit us in DTLA at MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA > moca.org
Join us on Saturday, December 6 at 7pm for “Ode” a solo vocal performance by Odeya Nini. Get tickets: moca.ticketapp.org/portal/produ... 💫
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Join us on Saturday, December 6 at 7pm for “Ode” a solo vocal performance by Odeya Nini. Get tickets: moca.ticketapp.org/portal/produ... 💫
🦜 ICYMI: We opened Wonmi’s Warehouse Programs season with Lenio Kaklea’s "The Birds”.
✨ Next up: “ODE” by vocalist and composer Odeya Nini: a solo performance exploring voice, resonance, and the poetics of human experience, followed by a set from MMOONN.
Head to moca.org for info + tickets!
✨ Next up: “ODE” by vocalist and composer Odeya Nini: a solo performance exploring voice, resonance, and the poetics of human experience, followed by a set from MMOONN.
Head to moca.org for info + tickets!
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🦜 ICYMI: We opened Wonmi’s Warehouse Programs season with Lenio Kaklea’s "The Birds”.
✨ Next up: “ODE” by vocalist and composer Odeya Nini: a solo performance exploring voice, resonance, and the poetics of human experience, followed by a set from MMOONN.
Head to moca.org for info + tickets!
✨ Next up: “ODE” by vocalist and composer Odeya Nini: a solo performance exploring voice, resonance, and the poetics of human experience, followed by a set from MMOONN.
Head to moca.org for info + tickets!
Did you catch us on Tuesday night’s episode of @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social ? Know the answer? Tell us!
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Did you catch us on Tuesday night’s episode of @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social ? Know the answer? Tell us!
Join us this Friday, November 7, for free admission to MONUMENTS from 11am–8pm at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
Plus, enjoy an evening DJ set by Ashley Younniä, multi-disciplinary music curator and performing artist, on the plaza from 6–8pm. RSVP at MOCA.org/programs ✨
Plus, enjoy an evening DJ set by Ashley Younniä, multi-disciplinary music curator and performing artist, on the plaza from 6–8pm. RSVP at MOCA.org/programs ✨
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Join us this Friday, November 7, for free admission to MONUMENTS from 11am–8pm at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
Plus, enjoy an evening DJ set by Ashley Younniä, multi-disciplinary music curator and performing artist, on the plaza from 6–8pm. RSVP at MOCA.org/programs ✨
Plus, enjoy an evening DJ set by Ashley Younniä, multi-disciplinary music curator and performing artist, on the plaza from 6–8pm. RSVP at MOCA.org/programs ✨
⚾️ A true victory in the spirit of Pettibon’s line: skill as an act of beauty. Dodgers lead 2–1, and we’re back at it tonight!
Go Dodgers!💙🌭
Go Dodgers!💙🌭
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
⚾️ A true victory in the spirit of Pettibon’s line: skill as an act of beauty. Dodgers lead 2–1, and we’re back at it tonight!
Go Dodgers!💙🌭
Go Dodgers!💙🌭
This is Roxy Paine’s “Weed Choked Garden”, 1998-2005 on view in “Fictions of Display” at MOCA Grand Avenue through January 4, 2026.
September 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is Roxy Paine’s “Weed Choked Garden”, 1998-2005 on view in “Fictions of Display” at MOCA Grand Avenue through January 4, 2026.
Not all shoes are made for walking, some are made for display. 👠
In "Fictions of Display" on view now at MOCA Grand Avenue, shoes become props, stages become stories, and display becomes performance. Which one would you wear? Tag yourself!
In "Fictions of Display" on view now at MOCA Grand Avenue, shoes become props, stages become stories, and display becomes performance. Which one would you wear? Tag yourself!
September 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not all shoes are made for walking, some are made for display. 👠
In "Fictions of Display" on view now at MOCA Grand Avenue, shoes become props, stages become stories, and display becomes performance. Which one would you wear? Tag yourself!
In "Fictions of Display" on view now at MOCA Grand Avenue, shoes become props, stages become stories, and display becomes performance. Which one would you wear? Tag yourself!
MONUMENTS opens Thursday October 23, 2025, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick.
📆 October 23, 2025 — April 12, 2026
📍The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
📍The Brick
🔗 More info at MOCA.org/exhibition/monuments
📆 October 23, 2025 — April 12, 2026
📍The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
📍The Brick
🔗 More info at MOCA.org/exhibition/monuments
September 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
MONUMENTS opens Thursday October 23, 2025, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick.
📆 October 23, 2025 — April 12, 2026
📍The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
📍The Brick
🔗 More info at MOCA.org/exhibition/monuments
📆 October 23, 2025 — April 12, 2026
📍The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
📍The Brick
🔗 More info at MOCA.org/exhibition/monuments
This is Silke Otto-Knapp’s “Schattentheater (Chalk circles),” 2017.
August 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is Silke Otto-Knapp’s “Schattentheater (Chalk circles),” 2017.
Yes, that really is a flying cat. 🐈✈️ In Untitled (The Flying Cat), 1994, Richard Billingham captures his dad Ray—cider in hand—dodging the unexpected. Both comic and raw, his photographs turn everyday family life into images full of humor, tenderness, and humanity.
#WorldPhotographyDay
#WorldPhotographyDay
August 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yes, that really is a flying cat. 🐈✈️ In Untitled (The Flying Cat), 1994, Richard Billingham captures his dad Ray—cider in hand—dodging the unexpected. Both comic and raw, his photographs turn everyday family life into images full of humor, tenderness, and humanity.
#WorldPhotographyDay
#WorldPhotographyDay
✏️ Artist #CatherineWagner captures the quiet details of classrooms, tracing human activity and intention in her series "American Classroom". For thousands of students across L.A. County, today is the first day of school. Wishing all students and teachers a great start to the school year! 🎒📚
August 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
✏️ Artist #CatherineWagner captures the quiet details of classrooms, tracing human activity and intention in her series "American Classroom". For thousands of students across L.A. County, today is the first day of school. Wishing all students and teachers a great start to the school year! 🎒📚
Painting the sea—No coastline required.✨🐚
Takako Yamaguchi’s vivid seascapes draw from a myriad of references: fashion magazines, books, Japanese aesthetics, 20th century design. The result? A richly layered and luminous body of work she calls “abstractions in reverse.”
Takako Yamaguchi’s vivid seascapes draw from a myriad of references: fashion magazines, books, Japanese aesthetics, 20th century design. The result? A richly layered and luminous body of work she calls “abstractions in reverse.”
July 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Painting the sea—No coastline required.✨🐚
Takako Yamaguchi’s vivid seascapes draw from a myriad of references: fashion magazines, books, Japanese aesthetics, 20th century design. The result? A richly layered and luminous body of work she calls “abstractions in reverse.”
Takako Yamaguchi’s vivid seascapes draw from a myriad of references: fashion magazines, books, Japanese aesthetics, 20th century design. The result? A richly layered and luminous body of work she calls “abstractions in reverse.”
Olafur Eliasson: OPEN is CLOSING this weekend. Shoutout to our members for kicking it off with us!
MOCA members enjoy perks like early access to new exhibitions & discounts at the MOCA Store.
Members make it all happen! Join today and stay connected to what’s next.
www.moca.org/support/memb....
MOCA members enjoy perks like early access to new exhibitions & discounts at the MOCA Store.
Members make it all happen! Join today and stay connected to what’s next.
www.moca.org/support/memb....
July 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Olafur Eliasson: OPEN is CLOSING this weekend. Shoutout to our members for kicking it off with us!
MOCA members enjoy perks like early access to new exhibitions & discounts at the MOCA Store.
Members make it all happen! Join today and stay connected to what’s next.
www.moca.org/support/memb....
MOCA members enjoy perks like early access to new exhibitions & discounts at the MOCA Store.
Members make it all happen! Join today and stay connected to what’s next.
www.moca.org/support/memb....
"You see what you understand. You have to be prepared to see the world. The moment of clicking the camera is almost irrelevant. What is really important is what happens before and after you take the picture." - Gabriel Orozco
June 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"You see what you understand. You have to be prepared to see the world. The moment of clicking the camera is almost irrelevant. What is really important is what happens before and after you take the picture." - Gabriel Orozco
"POLICE STATE", a durational performance by Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot) opens tomorrow, Thursday, June 5, and runs through Sunday, June 15.
June 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"POLICE STATE", a durational performance by Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot) opens tomorrow, Thursday, June 5, and runs through Sunday, June 15.
Judd's 'Untitled', 1976 will be featured in the forthcoming exhibition 'Fictions of Display', opening Sunday, June 29 at MOCA Grand Avenue.
June 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Judd's 'Untitled', 1976 will be featured in the forthcoming exhibition 'Fictions of Display', opening Sunday, June 29 at MOCA Grand Avenue.
Happy Birthday, Donald Judd! Known for his precise forms, industrial materials, and radical approach to space, Judd was a pioneer of Minimalism, but always resisted the label. From New York to Marfa, his work continues to remind us that simplicity can be deeply complex.
June 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Happy Birthday, Donald Judd! Known for his precise forms, industrial materials, and radical approach to space, Judd was a pioneer of Minimalism, but always resisted the label. From New York to Marfa, his work continues to remind us that simplicity can be deeply complex.
This past February, MOCA presented the US premier of Wael Shawky’s celebrated film installation ‘Drama 1882’. Debuted at the Egyptian Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale, ‘Drama 1882’ is a spectacular restaging of historical events, and explores Shawky’s interest in historical counter-narratives.
May 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This past February, MOCA presented the US premier of Wael Shawky’s celebrated film installation ‘Drama 1882’. Debuted at the Egyptian Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale, ‘Drama 1882’ is a spectacular restaging of historical events, and explores Shawky’s interest in historical counter-narratives.
A cat and a mouse are caught in a forbidden embrace. A banished dog peers in through an open window. A human figure sits confined in a cage.
Hadi Falapishi’s 'Young and Clueless', 2021 is currently on view in 'Diary of Flowers: Artists and their Worlds' at MOCA Grand Ave through January 4.
Hadi Falapishi’s 'Young and Clueless', 2021 is currently on view in 'Diary of Flowers: Artists and their Worlds' at MOCA Grand Ave through January 4.
May 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A cat and a mouse are caught in a forbidden embrace. A banished dog peers in through an open window. A human figure sits confined in a cage.
Hadi Falapishi’s 'Young and Clueless', 2021 is currently on view in 'Diary of Flowers: Artists and their Worlds' at MOCA Grand Ave through January 4.
Hadi Falapishi’s 'Young and Clueless', 2021 is currently on view in 'Diary of Flowers: Artists and their Worlds' at MOCA Grand Ave through January 4.
🪩The annual MOCA Gala returns May 31 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, in partnership with Bulgari, and this year, we’re honoring the influence and impact of "MOCA Legends" Theaster Gates, Frank Gehry & Wendy Schmidt. ✨
May 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🪩The annual MOCA Gala returns May 31 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, in partnership with Bulgari, and this year, we’re honoring the influence and impact of "MOCA Legends" Theaster Gates, Frank Gehry & Wendy Schmidt. ✨
Miró knew that the real party starts after dark. Cheers to the long weekend! ✨⭐️💫
May 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Miró knew that the real party starts after dark. Cheers to the long weekend! ✨⭐️💫
Gemini season is here—and Alice Neel saw it coming. ✨
May 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Gemini season is here—and Alice Neel saw it coming. ✨
Founder of the Tongva Land Stewardship Crew Samantha Johnson Yang discusses the indigenous relationship to fire at our April Resilience & Rebuilding virtual program 🌱
May 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Founder of the Tongva Land Stewardship Crew Samantha Johnson Yang discusses the indigenous relationship to fire at our April Resilience & Rebuilding virtual program 🌱
Previewed in The New York Times today, Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussyriot) "POLICE STATE" opens at WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on June 5.
May 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Previewed in The New York Times today, Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussyriot) "POLICE STATE" opens at WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on June 5.
MOCA Store Presents
"How to Tell When We Will Die: A Celebration with Johanna Hedva"
Multimedia presentation, discussion, and book signing.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 6–8pm
FREE with RSVP
www.moca.org/program/book...
"How to Tell When We Will Die: A Celebration with Johanna Hedva"
Multimedia presentation, discussion, and book signing.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 6–8pm
FREE with RSVP
www.moca.org/program/book...
May 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
MOCA Store Presents
"How to Tell When We Will Die: A Celebration with Johanna Hedva"
Multimedia presentation, discussion, and book signing.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 6–8pm
FREE with RSVP
www.moca.org/program/book...
"How to Tell When We Will Die: A Celebration with Johanna Hedva"
Multimedia presentation, discussion, and book signing.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 6–8pm
FREE with RSVP
www.moca.org/program/book...