Programs • MOCA

Mar March 2016

Past Events

Thursday
Mar 3, 2016

What is Contemporary? Suzanne Hudson and Laura Owens in Conversation

Lecture
Thursday
Mar 3, 2016

Lecture

What is Contemporary? Suzanne Hudson and Laura Owens in Conversation

Los Angeles–based artist Laura Owens and art critic and historian Suzanne Hudson discuss the landscape of painting in our city. Part of MOCA’s new series about contemporaneity in art, their discussion explores this moment in Los Angeles as particularly rich for painting. The city’s wealth of art schools and the supp…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Mar 6, 2016

Sunday Studio

All Ages
Sunday
Mar 6, 2016

All Ages

Sunday Studio

Sunday Studio is MOCA’s drop-in gallery exploration and studio art program. Participate in an all-ages tour of MOCA’s permanent collection or join a conversation about Hito Steyerl: Factory of the Sun, the Berlin-based artist’s futuristic multimedia installation. Investigate …
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Mar 10, 2016

Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA Presents Carrie Mae Weems: Coming Up For Air

Screening
Thursday
Mar 10, 2016

Screening

Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA Presents Carrie Mae Weems: Coming Up For Air

Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA is pleased to present an evening of video work by Carrie Mae Weems including her feature length Coming Up For Air, preceded by Afro-Chic. Bold and inquisitive, Weems’s videos extend her photographic explorations of lang…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Friday
Mar 11, 2016

Members' Opening: Don't Look Back: The 1990s at MOCA

Member Event
Friday
Mar 11, 2016

Member Event

Members' Opening: Don't Look Back: The 1990s at MOCA

MOCA members get a first look at Don’t Look Back: The 1990s at MOCA, composed of works from MOCA’s permanent collection, many of which have not been on view since they were originally shown and acquired. Artists include Catherine Opie, Cady Noland, Sarah Sze, and Paul McCarthy, amo…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed July 11 2016 – Opened Mar 12 2016

Closed July 11 2016 –
Opened Mar 12 2016

Don’t Look Back: The 1990s at MOCA

Closed July 11 2016 – Opened Mar 12 2016

Don’t Look Back: The 1990s at MOCA
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Mar 17, 2016

Black Radical Imagination

Screening
Thursday
Mar 17, 2016

Screening

Black Radical Imagination

Black Radical Imagination is a touring program of experimental short films emphasizing new stories from within the African diaspora. The series builds on futurist, surrealist, and magical realist artistic movements to interrogate identity in the context of cinema. Black Radical Imagination is curated by Erin…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Mar 19 — Mar 31 2016

wolvesmouth : taxa

Mar 19 — Mar 31 2016

wolvesmouth : taxa

Seatings at 6:30pm and 9:30pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; MOCA presents wolvesmouth : taxa, a pop-up, full-sensory dining experience created by chef Craig Thornton.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed June 19 2016 – Opened Mar 19 2016

Closed June 19 2016 –
Opened Mar 19 2016

storefront: Public Fiction: The Poet and The Critic, and the missing

Closed June 19 2016 – Opened Mar 19 2016

storefront: Public Fiction: The Poet and The Critic, and the missing
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed Apr 30 2017 – Opened Mar 20 2016

Closed Apr 30 2017 –
Opened Mar 20 2016

Non-fiction

Closed Apr 30 2017 – Opened Mar 20 2016

Non-fiction
Sunday
Mar 20, 2016

Artists on Artists: Miranda July on Catherine Opie

Lecture
Sunday
Mar 20, 2016

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Miranda July on Catherine Opie

Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Her participatory artworks take myriad forms, including websites, sculpture gardens, performances, and messaging apps. For We Think Alone, 2013, July convinced 10 high-profile figures, including Catherine Opie, to share personal email…