New work by Emma cc Cook that considers the long transformation of the Los Angeles basin—from irrigated agricultural experiment to expansive urban grid, and into its current hybrid state, where planned environment and inherited terrain remain in uneasy alignment. Central to the work is the history of large-scale water management and civic engineering, particularly the period shaped by William Mulholland’s aqueduct systems, which redirected not only resources but also patterns

Taylor explores both the vacuum of loss and the emergence into a new world and new self – radically unlike the past. Multiple bronze works – representations of the body – suggest an emptiness, a blackout. Cast from hand-sculpted clay and wax, they function as preservations of something made then lost.

Drawing deeply from her experience during a 25-year tenure in the Armed Forces, the artist utilizes natural materials and organic forms, such as branches, rocks, cocoons, and nests, as a stark juxtaposition to the long-term effects of conflict and war on the landscape. Weaving together disparate elements, this work explores the complexities of identity, environmental responsibility, and the impact of military service on the individual.

Known for his conceptually driven photography and his investigations into race and historical memory, Gonzales-Day presents a new body of work that underscores the vital role of museum collections in celebrating the breadth of human experience. Drawing on his own cultural influences, he brings together objects from the Mexica and broader Mesoamerican traditions with those from Europe, Africa and Asia, foregrounding his intersectional perspective as a Queer Latinx artist.

Made in L.A. 2025 is the seventh iteration of the Hammer’s signature biennial exhibition that showcases artists practicing throughout the greater Los Angeles area. The 28 participants in the exhibition present work not only made in the city but also grounded in its complex and unfolding terrain. Neither myth nor monolith, Los Angeles is many things to many people, and its dissonance is perhaps its most distinguishing feature.

Abandoned is a solo exhibition by artist Monica Marks, transforming the gallery into a partial reconstruction of a neglected homestead inspired by Wonder Valley’s haunting desert landscape. Marks combines immersive soundscapes, rusted and graffiti-marked objects, and evocative mixed-media installations to explore themes of loss, resilience, and hidden histories. Visitors are invited to journey through spaces shaped by abandonment, discovering beauty and meaning in what’s left

Drawing on references from film and literature, Smith’s luminous paintings combine intricate textures, saturated color banks and hallucinatory detail. Within these canvases’ imagined terrains, enigmatic figures and rarefied flora and fauna beckon viewers toward the possibility of transcendence, where resilience persists despite environmental collapse. Dissolving the boundaries between portraiture, landscape and still life, Smith’s paintings demand slow looking...

Robert Therrien: This is a Story The Broad, Los Angeles November 22, 2025 – April 5, 2026 Text Source: https://www.thebroad.org/art/special-exhibitions/robert-therrien-story The Broad presents Robert Therrien: This is a Story , the largest museum exhibition of the late artist’s widely-adored work to date, on view November 22, 2025 to April 5, 2026. Therrien’s meditations on scale and material are a deeply influential and well-known approach within the field of contemporary sc

Vincent Fecteau, Simone Leigh, Marisol brings together three sculptors who are each celebrated for their distinctive artistic vision. This unexpected dialogue centers on the ways in which these artists play with varying degrees of figuration and abstraction.

Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images The Marciano Art Foundation September 26, 2025 – January 24, 2026 Text Source: https://marcianoartfoundation.org/ “In a sense, the whole world around the artist is his source, his sorting and relating powers are his sorcery, and the one isn’t much good without the other. … Anything can be a source, even a mistake. The sorcery or the thievery is the art of relating sources into a new solution.” These were the insights of Corita Kent (1918–198