Programs • MOCA

Nov November 2023

Oct 28 — Nov 4 2023

Moriah Evans, Remains Persist
West Coast Premiere

Oct 28 — Nov 4 2023

Moriah Evans, Remains Persist
West Coast Premiere

With Cyril Baldy, Madeline Best, Malcolm x-Betts, Ian Douglas-Moore, Doris Dziersk, Lizzie Feidelson, Kris Lee, Joshua Lubin-Levy, João dos Santos Martins, Lydia Okrent, Sarah Beth Percival, Julia Simpson, Varinia Canto Vila, Anh Vo. Remains Persist uses performance as a site for soci…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Wednesday
Nov 1, 2023

1X1 Resignation Clinics
with Moriah Evans & Collaborators

Wednesday
Nov 1, 2023

1X1 Resignation Clinics
with Moriah Evans & Collaborators

In conjunction with her performance, Remains Persist, Moriah Evans is offering 1X1 Resignation Clinics. 1X1 Resignation Clinics are 20-minute participatory sessions that prompt participants to investigate and engage in states of resignation. Based on methods of …
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Friday
Nov 3, 2023

Leadership Circle walkthroughs with MOCA collection artists Glenn Ligon and Gillian Wearing

Member Event
Friday
Nov 3, 2023

Member Event

Leadership Circle walkthroughs with MOCA collection artists Glenn Ligon and Gillian Wearing

Leadership Circle supporters at the Curators Circle level and higher are invited to a pair of off-site walkthroughs led by MOCA collection artists Glenn Ligon and Gillian Wearing.
Saturday
Nov 4, 2023

Open Class: Organ Work
with Moriah Evans & Collaborators

Saturday
Nov 4, 2023

Open Class: Organ Work
with Moriah Evans & Collaborators

In conjunction with the performance, Remains Persist, Moriah Evans, together with her collaborators, offers two classes of Organ Work—free and open to all. In the class, participants will be guided through a somatic practice of initiating movement from deep inside their body’s interna…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Nov 9, 2023

Leadership Circle Reception and Exhibition Preview for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Member Event
Thursday
Nov 9, 2023

Member Event

Leadership Circle Reception and Exhibition Preview for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Leadership Circle supporters are invited to a reception and exhibition preview for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Nov 11, 2023

Members’ Opening for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Member Event
Saturday
Nov 11, 2023

Member Event

Members’ Opening for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

All members are invited to the Members' Opening for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Nov 12, 2023

Paul Pfeiffer in conversation with Julie Mehretu and Lawrence Chua

Panel Discussion
Sunday
Nov 12, 2023

Panel Discussion

Paul Pfeiffer in conversation with Julie Mehretu and Lawrence Chua

On the occasion of his first U.S. retrospective Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom, Paul Pfeiffer will be in conversation with fellow artist Julie Mehretu and historian of art and architecture Lawrence Chua—two of Pfeiffer’s closest interlocutors who have been in dialogue…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Nov 18, 2023

MOCA Climate Conversations: Canary Film Screening and Q&A with the filmmakers

Screening, Environmental Council, Panel Discussion
Saturday
Nov 18, 2023

Screening, Environmental Council, Panel Discussion

MOCA Climate Conversations: Canary Film Screening and Q&A with the filmmakers

Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what is possible. Daring to seek Earth’s history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, Lonnie found himself on the frontlines of climate change…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed June 16 – Opened Nov 12 2023

Closed June 16 –
Opened Nov 12 2023

Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom

Closed June 16 – Opened Nov 12 2023

Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed June 16 – Opened Nov 12 2023

Closed June 16 –
Opened Nov 12 2023

MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Closed June 16 – Opened Nov 12 2023

MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Moriah Evans, Remains Persist
West Coast Premiere

1X1 Resignation Clinics
with Moriah Evans & Collaborators

Leadership Circle walkthroughs with MOCA collection artists Glenn Ligon and Gillian Wearing

Open Class: Organ Work
with Moriah Evans & Collaborators

Leadership Circle Reception and Exhibition Preview for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Members’ Opening for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom and MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Paul Pfeiffer in conversation with Julie Mehretu and Lawrence Chua

MOCA Climate Conversations: Canary Film Screening and Q&A with the filmmakers

Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom

MOCA Focus: Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio