Programs • MOCA

Mar March 2018

Jan 18 — Mar 19 2018

Store Pop-Up: THIS X THAT

MOCA Store
Jan 18 — Mar 19 2018

MOCA Store

Store Pop-Up: THIS X THAT

Now extended through May 12! MOCA Store presents a pop-up with Los Angeles– based THIS X THAT, featuring limited-edition items for home and garden that offer imaginative solutions for everyday life.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Thursday
Mar 1, 2018

SCREEN: BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION

Screening
Thursday
Mar 1, 2018

Screening

SCREEN: BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION

Black Radical Imagination is an international touring program of moving image shorts that highlights new stories by filmmakers and visual artists from within the African diaspora. This year’s program, FUGITIVE TRAJECTORIES, meditates on the various ways Black people are tending to our lives despite traumatic histori…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Mar 3, 2018

Members' Opening: Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin and Lauren Halsey: we still here, there

Member Event
Saturday
Mar 3, 2018

Member Event

Members' Opening: Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin and Lauren Halsey: we still here, there

MOCA members are invited to celebrate the opening of Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin and Lauren Halsey: we still here, there. Get a first look at these fantastic new exhibitions before they open to the general public.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Mar 4 — Sept 8 2018

Store Pop-Up: Aperture Bookshop

MOCA Store
Mar 4 — Sept 8 2018

MOCA Store

Store Pop-Up: Aperture Bookshop

Concurrent with the exhibition Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin, the renowned photography publisher Aperture presents a pop-up bookshop at MOCA Store Grand Avenue.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Mar 4, 2018

Artists on Artists: Paul Mpagi Sepuya on Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin

Lecture
Sunday
Mar 4, 2018

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Paul Mpagi Sepuya on Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin

Los Angeles–based photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya skillfully collapses traditions of the studio portrait and self-portraiture in compositions that are distinctly contemporary. Using art historical tropes and his own subjectivity to explore assertions of the gaze, Sepuya turns his careful eye to the exhibition
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Mar 8, 2018

Filmforum: The Familiar Unknown: Mysticism in the Present Future

Screening
Thursday
Mar 8, 2018

Screening

Filmforum: The Familiar Unknown: Mysticism in the Present Future

Followed by Q&A with the artistsPresented in conjunction with the exhibition Lauren Halsey: we still here, there, this program features films and videos that engage with the mysterious, mystical, and absurd as a way to create possibility from within the constraints of ever…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Mar 10, 2018

Quiet Mornings: Art x Mindfulness @ MOCA

All Ages
Saturday
Mar 10, 2018

All Ages

Quiet Mornings: Art x Mindfulness @ MOCA

Quiet Mornings is a one-of-a-kind event, pairing a guided meditation exercise with the opportunity to experience a truly unique, immersive artwork. After an acclaimed run at MoMA in NYC, our partner Flavorpill is bringing the inspiration to LA. Join us for Quiet Mornings LA on Saturday, March 10 at The Geffen Contem…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Mar 11, 2018

MOCA Community Day

All Ages
Sunday
Mar 11, 2018

All Ages

MOCA Community Day

MOCA joins forces with community partners My Friend’s Place, Midnight Mission, Downtown Women’s Center, Skid Row Housing Trust, OBEY GIANT, MADWORKSHOP, and KCRW for a day of service, discussion, and creative activation around LA’s homelessness crisis. How can LA’s creative communities be changemakers in this arena …
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Mar 15, 2018

MOCA Music: Quindar, Fartbarf, and DJ Eddie Ruscha / Secret Circuit

Performance
Thursday
Mar 15, 2018

Performance

MOCA Music: Quindar, Fartbarf, and DJ Eddie Ruscha / Secret Circuit

MOCA Music is an ongoing music series in collaboration with Spaceland Presents that features new and emerging music at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo. MOCA Music’s March 15 performance featu…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Mar 17, 2018

Architecture 101: Beyond Buildings

MOCA Store
Saturday
Mar 17, 2018

MOCA Store

Architecture 101: Beyond Buildings

Join the founders of THIS X THAT and six emerging American architectural designers for Architecture 101: Beyond Buildings, a conversation centered on object and installation design as an extension of architectural practice. Participating designers include Jonathan Louie and Nicole McIntosh of Architecture Office, Er…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Mar 18, 2018

Anna Katz in Conversation with Chris Stavroudis

Lecture
Sunday
Mar 18, 2018

Lecture

Anna Katz in Conversation with Chris Stavroudis

For the first time, and in a unique collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute, Jackson Pollock’s Number 1, 1949—an iconic example of abstract expressionism and a hallmark of MOCA’s permanent collection—will undergo a process of conservation treatment in public view. MOCA A…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Mar 22, 2018

Lauren Halsey in Conversation with Lanka Tattersall and Listening Session #1 with Adee Roberson

Lecture
Thursday
Mar 22, 2018

Lecture

Lauren Halsey in Conversation with Lanka Tattersall and Listening Session #1 with Adee Roberson

MOCA Assistant Curator Lanka Tattersall and artist Lauren Halsey discuss Halsey’s site-specific installation we still here, there, which reflects a spectrum of everyday Black cultural experiences in the artist’s neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. The conversation will be fol…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Mar 25, 2018

Douglas Kearney

Reading
Sunday
Mar 25, 2018

Reading

Douglas Kearney

Los Angeles–based poet Douglas Kearney is also a performer and librettist, collaborating with artists in the context of experimental and traditional theater and opera. Drawing from music, Black culture, and personal experience, his works, when published on the page, resemble visual poems that he calls “performative …
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Mar 29, 2018

Artists on Artists: Awol Erizku on Adrián Villar Rojas

Lecture
Thursday
Mar 29, 2018

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Awol Erizku on Adrián Villar Rojas

Los Angeles–based artist Awol Erizku skillfully blends pop-culture iconography, ancient Egyptian motifs, and 17th-century Old Master paintings in his vibrant photographs and mixed-media installations. For Artists on Artists, a series that builds upon MOCA’s tradition of examining artworks and exhibitions through the…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Closed Sept 3 2018 –
Opened Mar 4 2018

Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin

Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Closed Sept 3 2018 –
Opened Mar 4 2018

Lauren Halsey: we still here, there

Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Lauren Halsey: we still here, there
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Closed Sept 3 2018 –
Opened Mar 4 2018

Jackson Pollock’s Number 1, 1949: A Conservation Treatment

Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Jackson Pollock’s Number 1, 1949: A Conservation Treatment
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Closed Sept 3 2018 –
Opened Mar 4 2018

Give and Take: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions

Closed Sept 3 2018 – Opened Mar 4 2018

Give and Take: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions
MOCA Grand Avenue