Programs • MOCA

Apr 1 — July 24 2017

Store Pop-Up: Tortoise General Store

MOCA Store
Apr 1 — July 24 2017

MOCA Store

Store Pop-Up: Tortoise General Store

The MOCA Store at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA transforms into a Zakka-style shop, a Japanese design phenomenon referring to objects that improve your home, life, and appearance.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Past Events

Closed July 3 2017 – Opened Mar 12 2017

Closed July 3 2017 –
Opened Mar 12 2017

Patrick Staff: Weed Killer

Closed July 3 2017 – Opened Mar 12 2017

Patrick Staff: Weed Killer
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed July 3 2017 – Opened Mar 12 2017

Closed July 3 2017 –
Opened Mar 12 2017

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

Closed July 3 2017 – Opened Mar 12 2017

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed July 24 2017 – Opened Apr 2 2017

Closed July 24 2017 –
Opened Apr 2 2017

Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958–2010

Closed July 24 2017 – Opened Apr 2 2017

Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958–2010
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed July 2 2017 – Opened Apr 22 2017

Closed July 2 2017 –
Opened Apr 22 2017

Peter Shire: Naked Is the Best Disguise

Closed July 2 2017 – Opened Apr 22 2017

Peter Shire: Naked Is the Best Disguise
Thursday
July 6, 2017

Anna Chave on Biography: Carl Andre

Lecture
Thursday
July 6, 2017

Lecture

Anna Chave on Biography: Carl Andre

Art historian Anna Chave has written extensively about gender, feminism, and the reception and interpretation of art in the 20th century. Author of the instrumental essay “Minimalism and the Rhetoric of Power,” Chave has studied the contours and implications of Minimalism in depth, from how it reached its height du…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
July 13, 2017

Tortoise General Store: Tea Tasting with Ippodo Tea

MOCA Store
Thursday
July 13, 2017

MOCA Store

Tortoise General Store: Tea Tasting with Ippodo Tea

Ippodo Tea will demonstrate how to prepare and fully enjoy Japanese green tea with traditional tools and methods. Guests will be able to taste the teas, with a selection available for purchase. Ippodo has been producing the highest quality teas in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly three centuries. This demonstration will inc…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
July 13, 2017

Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA Presents Alexandra Cuesta: Territorio

Screening
Thursday
July 13, 2017

Screening

Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA Presents Alexandra Cuesta: Territorio

In person: Alexandra CuestaThe experimental films and videos of Ecuadorian filmmaker and visual artist Alexandra Cuesta are poetic documents of people and public spaces. Cuesta’s new-est film, Territorio (2016), is a portrait of the people of Ecuador shot in their environs. Progress…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed Oct 1 2017 – Opened July 14 2017

Closed Oct 1 2017 –
Opened July 14 2017

storefront: Artist Curated Projects: Math Bass

Closed Oct 1 2017 – Opened July 14 2017

storefront: Artist Curated Projects: Math Bass
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
July 20, 2017

MOCA Music: Zola Jesus, Lawrence Rothman, Smerz, and DJ Michael Stock

Performance
Thursday
July 20, 2017

Performance

MOCA Music: Zola Jesus, Lawrence Rothman, Smerz, and DJ Michael Stock

This summer, MOCA is proud to introduce MOCA Music, a new and ongoing series of music at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo. MOCA will be collaborating with Spaceland, who is among the most legendary presenters of new and emerging music in L.A., reg…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed Aug 20 2017 – Opened July 22 2017

Closed Aug 20 2017 –
Opened July 22 2017

Fischli and Weiss: Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go)

Closed Aug 20 2017 – Opened July 22 2017

Fischli and Weiss: Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go)
July 25 — Sept 25 2017

Store Pop-up: Billabong Warhol Surf Collection

MOCA Store
July 25 — Sept 25 2017

MOCA Store

Store Pop-up: Billabong Warhol Surf Collection

The MOCA Store at MOCA Grand Avenue presents a limited-release Billabong Warhol Surf Collection celebrating Warhol’s love for Southern California surf culture. LAB, a new division of Billabong, has partnered with the Andy Warhol Foundation to create this progressive line of streetwear and beachwear for women a…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
July 27, 2017

with it which it as it if it is to be: A film by Eve Fowler

Screening
Thursday
July 27, 2017

Screening

with it which it as it if it is to be: A film by Eve Fowler

Eve Fowler’s film with it which it as it if it is to be is an intimate study of the working practices of artists captured in their studios. Partially scripted as a feminist critique, the film features artists reading off-screen from queer feminist icon and writer Gertrude Stein’s s…
MOCA Grand Avenue