Fall is the official start of the “Art Season” and the Museums and Galleries in Los Angeles runneth over in fantastic and thoughtful work. Below are just a few exhibits we think you can’t miss. Come for a visit and check out at all the beautiful art shows L.A. has to offer.
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The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens
“Nineteen Nineteen”
Through Jan. 20, 2020
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens kicks off its yearlong Centennial Celebration with Nineteen Nineteen, a major exhibition that examines the institution and its founding through the prism of a single, tumultuous year. Featuring more than 250 objects drawn from The Huntington’s library and art collections, the exhibition is organized around themes defined by the verbs “Fight,” “Return,” “Map,” “Move” and “Build.
“What Now, Part I”
Oct. 19, 2019 – Feb. 17, 2020
What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century is a two-part exhibition that invites visitors to consider the continued relevance of the role of The Huntington’s library in documenting the human experience. All works on view have been acquired in the 21st century, and this is the first time that they will be on public display at The Huntington.
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The Broad
“Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again”
Oct 19, 2019 – Feb. 16, 2020
Shirin Neshat: I will Greet the Sun Again is the largest exhibition to date of internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat’s approximately 30-year career. Taking its title from a poem by Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, the exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the evolution of Neshat’s artistic journey as she explores topics of exile, displacement and identity with beauty, dynamic formal invention and poetic grace.
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Hauser & Wirth
“Charles Gaines: Palm Trees and Other Works”
Through Jan. 5, 2020
Palm Trees and Other Works is Hauser & Wirth’s first exhibition with Charles Gaines, noted American artist, educator and recipient of 2019 Edward MacDowell Medal. This exhibition debuts new works from his signature Gridworks series. Employing native trees from Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, these luminous works have evolved from Gaines’ rigorous application of his numbered systems.
“Resilience: Philip Guston in 1971”
Through Jan. 5, 2020
Hauser & Wirth presents the first solo Los Angeles exhibition in over half a century dedicated to American artist Philip Guston. Resilience: Philip Guston in 1971 sheds light on a single pivotal year that launched Guston into the final prolific decade of his career, during which he painted what are now celebrated as some of the most important works of art of the 20th Century. On view will be two major series, the Roma paintings and the Nixon drawings, accompanied by a select group of larger works.
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Japanese American National Museum
“Under a Mushroom Cloud”
Nov. 9, 2019 – June 7, 2020
To commemorate the upcoming 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo presents Under a Mushroom Cloud: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Atomic Bomb, organized in partnership with the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The exhibition will shed light on this painful history and provide a safe space for discussion, in the hope that such an event never occurs to any person or country again.
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California African American Museum
“Timothy Washington: Citizen/Ship”
Sept. 25, 2019 – March 1, 2020
Timothy Washington: Citizen/Ship presents Washington’s very installation project, a powerful yet playful collection of works that meld American patriotism with Afrofuturistic narratives of fantasy and science fiction. Through references to technology, utopia and mysticism, Citizen/Ship speaks to both the negative and positive aspects of American culture, emphasizing issues that affect black lives: violence, racism and displacement, but also survival, hope, love and reconciliation.
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Subliminal Projects
“New Deal 1990”
Sept. 28 – Oct. 26, 2019
Subliminal Projects presents New Deal 1990, an exhibition celebrating the 30-year anniversary of New Deal Skateboards curated by longtime friends and collaborators Shepard Fairey and Andy Howell. The exhibition will feature original works by the team riders and artists of New Deal. New Deal Skateboard Products relaunches in 2020 as a reimagined heritage brand drawing on its authentic foundation as a skater-run company.