Programs • MOCA

Oct October 2015

Past Events

Thursday
Oct 1, 2015

What is Contemporary? Hal Foster

Reading
Thursday
Oct 1, 2015

Reading

What is Contemporary? Hal Foster

Art critic and historian Hal Foster reads from his latest book, Bad New Days. Writing about the work of artists Thomas Hirschhorn, Tacita Dean, Isa Genzken, and others, Foster examines how the art of the last 25 years has anticipated the general condition of emergency instilled by neoliberalism and th…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Friday
Oct 2, 2015

Members' Opening: Magdalena Fernández

Member Event
Friday
Oct 2, 2015

Member Event

Members' Opening: Magdalena Fernández

MOCA members get a first look of the exhibition Magdalena Fernández with MOCA Director Philippe Vergne. Spend your Friday evening at the museum’s Pacific Design Center location and kick off the museum’s fall exhibitions with the MOCA community. Self-parking is available in the PDC lot. Enter from Melr…
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed Jan 3 2016 – Opened Oct 3 2015

Closed Jan 3 2016 –
Opened Oct 3 2015

Magdalena Fernández

Closed Jan 3 2016 – Opened Oct 3 2015

Magdalena Fernández
Saturday
Oct 3, 2015

Book Launch: Outside the Lines, Too: An Inspired and Inventive Coloring Book by Creative Masterminds

MOCA Store
Saturday
Oct 3, 2015

MOCA Store

Book Launch: Outside the Lines, Too: An Inspired and Inventive Coloring Book by Creative Masterminds

Join us for the book launch of OUTSIDE THE LINES, TOO: AN INSPIRED AND INVENTIVE COLORING BOOK BY CREATIVE MASTERMINDS, featuring work from a new roster of more than 100 creative masterminds. Outside the Lines, Too is a q…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Oct 4, 2015

Magdalena Fernández and Alma Ruiz

Lecture
Sunday
Oct 4, 2015

Lecture

Magdalena Fernández and Alma Ruiz

In conjunction with her first U.S. solo museum exhibition at MOCA Pacific Design Center, Venezuelan artist Magdalena Fernández and guest curator Alma Ruiz discuss abstraction in contemporary Latin American art, the artist’s range of influences—from her background in graphic design to the tropical flora and fauna of …
Thursday
Oct 8, 2015

Book Launch: Hesse Press

MOCA Store
Thursday
Oct 8, 2015

MOCA Store

Book Launch: Hesse Press

The Los Angeles-based publishing house Hesse Press, founded by artists Clare Kelly and John Wiese, focuses on making L.A.’s rich art scene accessible through a series of artists’ monographs published each fall and spring. Hesse Press grew out of conversations between Kelly and Wiese about the need for tangible fin…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Oct 11, 2015

Matthew Barney and Homi K. Bhabha

Lecture
Sunday
Oct 11, 2015

Lecture

Matthew Barney and Homi K. Bhabha

Scholar Homi K. Bhabha joins Matthew Barney for a discussion of River of Fundament and the film’s conceptions of narrative, cartography and mythology; the relationship of materials to memory; and Barney’s interest in turning time— from the temporality of history to the durational experience of a performance…
Thursday
Oct 15, 2015

Curators Lecture Series: Dieter Roelstraete

Lecture
Thursday
Oct 15, 2015

Lecture

Curators Lecture Series: Dieter Roelstraete

Dieter Roelstraete will discuss his work as part of the international curatorial team organizing Documenta 14, the 2017 iteration of the renowned quinquennial exhibition of contemporary art. As former Manilow Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, he is also co-organizing (with MOCA Chief Curator …
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Oct 24, 2015

Grand Ave Arts: All Access

All Ages
Saturday
Oct 24, 2015

All Ages

Grand Ave Arts: All Access

Spotlighting Grand Avenue’s status as a vibrant, world-class arts destination, 11 cultural organizations along the arts-centric stretch of Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles present a free one-day cultural event on Grand Avenue between Temple and Sixth Street, featuring performances, exhibi…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Wednesday
Oct 28, 2015

9th MOCA Distinguished Women in the Arts Luncheon

Wednesday
Oct 28, 2015

9th MOCA Distinguished Women in the Arts Luncheon

The MOCA Distinguished Women in the Arts Luncheon was established in 1994 by the MOCA Projects Council to recognize the many gifted women providing leadership and innovation in the visual arts, dance, music, and literature. Past recipients include noted collector and patron Beatrice Gersh (1994), editor Tina Brown (…
Thursday
Oct 29, 2015

MIX at MOCA

Member Event
Thursday
Oct 29, 2015

Member Event

MIX at MOCA

Enjoy a new benefit for MOCA members! Contributing-level ($200) members and higher are invited to attend the first MIX at MOCA—a members-only happy hour followed by a private exhibition viewing. For the first time in five years, the MOCA Grand Avenue galleries will be dedi…
MOCA Grand Avenue