Featured Events in Los Angeles in May, 2025 (May Updated)

This pop-up reading room surveys a global history of photobooks by women photographers from the Getty Library. As part of an international series showcasing the 10×10 Photobooks' catalog What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999, it offers an inclusive revision and remapping of the photobook canon. It is complemented by notable photobooks by Southern California women artists after 2000, including Uta Barth, Kristin Bedford, Lauren Bon, Kaucyila Brooke, Jo Ann Callis, Elena Dorfman, Christina Fernandez, Rose-Lynn Fisher, Judy Fiskin, Jona Frank, Lauren Greenfield, Soo Kim, Mona Kuhn, Diana Markosian, Melodie McDaniel, Catherine Opie, Sheila Pinkel, Alex Prager, Randi Malkin Steinberger, and Deanna Templeton.

Perrotin is pleased to announce its global representation of the Estate of Young-Il Ahn. In conjunction with the announcement, Perrotin Los Angeles presents Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986–2019, a historical survey of Ahn’s work over three decades.

Perrotin is pleased to announce its representation of the estate of Young-Il Ahn. Perrotin’s Los Angeles gallery is pleased to present Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986–2019, a solo exhibition that looks back on the artist’s career over the past thirty years.

Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), one of the boldest and most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, whose foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. This inaugural show also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for her groundbreaking and multidisciplinary practice, which spanned six decades, Schneemann challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war.

Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), one of the boldest and most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, whose foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. This inaugural show also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for her groundbreaking and multidisciplinary practice, which spanned six decades, Schneemann challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war.

Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), one of the boldest and most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, whose foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. This inaugural show also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for her groundbreaking and multidisciplinary practice, which spanned six decades, Schneemann challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war.

Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to present PSYCHOMANIA, an exhibition of recent oil paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Alex Becerra. In a visual reflection on his travels to the Yucatan Peninsula, Alex Becerra’s PSYCHOMANIA presents a fantastical landscape which explores the complexities and curiosities of the human condition. Across three large-scale canvases, a terrain inspired by the artist’s emotional experience encountering the vibrant scenery, heritage, and folklore of the Yucatan, invites the viewer through a vivid portal of contrasting pigments and rich textures.

Perrotin is pleased to announce its representation of the estate of Young-Il Ahn. Perrotin’s Los Angeles gallery is pleased to present Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986–2019, a solo exhibition that looks back on the artist’s career over the past thirty years.

Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), one of the boldest and most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, whose foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. This inaugural show also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for her groundbreaking and multidisciplinary practice, which spanned six decades, Schneemann challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war.

Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), one of the boldest and most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, whose foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. This inaugural show also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for her groundbreaking and multidisciplinary practice, which spanned six decades, Schneemann challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war.

Perrotin is pleased to announce its global representation of the Estate of Young-Il Ahn. In conjunction with the announcement, Perrotin Los Angeles presents Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986–2019, a historical survey of Ahn’s work over three decades.

David Zwirner is pleased to announce Sidewalk Chalk, an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Katherine Bernhardt at the gallery’s 616 N Western Avenue location in Los Angeles. Featuring Bernhardt’s signature lively brushwork and vibrant palette, the works in this presentation continue to expand the artist’s unique visual lexicon, which culls from an irreverent pop vernacular as well as her own life and the broader culture. Here she focuses on newer motifs such as Lucky Charms cereal marshmallows and sticks of butter, which are playfully combined with iconic imagery from her oeuvre, including the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster, the Pink Panther, and Garfield.

Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to present PSYCHOMANIA, an exhibition of recent oil paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Alex Becerra. In a visual reflection on his travels to the Yucatan Peninsula, Alex Becerra’s PSYCHOMANIA presents a fantastical landscape which explores the complexities and curiosities of the human condition. Across three large-scale canvases, a terrain inspired by the artist’s emotional experience encountering the vibrant scenery, heritage, and folklore of the Yucatan, invites the viewer through a vivid portal of contrasting pigments and rich textures.

Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), one of the boldest and most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, whose foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. This inaugural show also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for her groundbreaking and multidisciplinary practice, which spanned six decades, Schneemann challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war.

Xiao Jiang's oil paintings are mostly based on his daily life scenes - mainly landscapes and interior landscapes - and unfold the narrative through the silent language of colors and shapes. In the exhibition "By the Window", the artist continues his consistent method of transcending time and depicting eternal landscapes, while adding attention to the fleeting moment - the light and shadow of the moment flash by, but are captured by the picture.

Xiao Jiang's oil paintings are mostly based on his daily life scenes - mainly landscapes and interior landscapes - and unfold the narrative through the silent language of colors and shapes. In the exhibition "By the Window", the artist continues his consistent method of transcending time and depicting eternal landscapes, while adding attention to the fleeting moment - the light and shadow of the moment flash by, but are captured by the picture.

Perrotin is pleased to announce its representation of the estate of Young-Il Ahn. Perrotin’s Los Angeles gallery is pleased to present Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986–2019, a solo exhibition that looks back on the artist’s career over the past thirty years.

Perrotin is pleased to announce its global representation of the Estate of Young-Il Ahn. In conjunction with the announcement, Perrotin Los Angeles presents Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986–2019, a historical survey of Ahn’s work over three decades.

David Zwirner is pleased to announce Sidewalk Chalk, an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Katherine Bernhardt at the gallery’s 616 N Western Avenue location in Los Angeles. Featuring Bernhardt’s signature lively brushwork and vibrant palette, the works in this presentation continue to expand the artist’s unique visual lexicon, which culls from an irreverent pop vernacular as well as her own life and the broader culture. Here she focuses on newer motifs such as Lucky Charms cereal marshmallows and sticks of butter, which are playfully combined with iconic imagery from her oeuvre, including the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster, the Pink Panther, and Garfield.

David Zwirner is pleased to announce Sidewalk Chalk, an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Katherine Bernhardt at the gallery’s 616 N Western Avenue location in Los Angeles. Featuring Bernhardt’s signature lively brushwork and vibrant palette, the works in this presentation continue to expand the artist’s unique visual lexicon, which culls from an irreverent pop vernacular as well as her own life and the broader culture. Here she focuses on newer motifs such as Lucky Charms cereal marshmallows and sticks of butter, which are playfully combined with iconic imagery from her oeuvre, including the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster, the Pink Panther, and Garfield.

Xiao Jiang's oil paintings are mostly based on his daily life scenes - mainly landscapes and interior landscapes - and unfold the narrative through the silent language of colors and shapes. In the exhibition "By the Window", the artist continues his consistent method of transcending time and depicting eternal landscapes, while adding attention to the fleeting moment - the light and shadow of the moment flash by, but are captured by the picture.

Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to present PSYCHOMANIA, an exhibition of recent oil paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Alex Becerra. In a visual reflection on his travels to the Yucatan Peninsula, Alex Becerra’s PSYCHOMANIA presents a fantastical landscape which explores the complexities and curiosities of the human condition. Across three large-scale canvases, a terrain inspired by the artist’s emotional experience encountering the vibrant scenery, heritage, and folklore of the Yucatan, invites the viewer through a vivid portal of contrasting pigments and rich textures.

Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), one of the boldest and most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, whose foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. This inaugural show also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for her groundbreaking and multidisciplinary practice, which spanned six decades, Schneemann challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war.

Tropical Berlin Gallery presents a collaboration with musician William J. Canning. The exhibition coincides with the release of his second album “The Heavens Laugh Along With Us”.

Tropical Berlin Gallery presents a collaboration with musician William J. Canning. The exhibition coincides with the release of his second album “The Heavens Laugh Along With Us”.

Tumble down the rabbit-hole of Key Hiraga’s work in the late-60s and early-70s and find yourself in a comical world of swollen extremities and orifices: boobs, dicks, noses, and tongues, licking, waggling, penetrating, and pimpled. This is a mute floating world where sex, lurid and illogical, is everywhere, and biology operates according to chaotic rules. Bodies might interpenetrate, split apart, or open a window into their innards, exposing gurgling intestines or a fetus waving happily from inside a womb. A central character of this universe is Mr. K, whose goggling, bloodshot eyes and bowler hat make him an avatar of the artist himself, and whose “elegant life” these pictures describe.

Tumble down the rabbit-hole of Key Hiraga’s work in the late-60s and early-70s and find yourself in a comical world of swollen extremities and orifices: boobs, dicks, noses, and tongues, licking, waggling, penetrating, and pimpled. This is a mute floating world where sex, lurid and illogical, is everywhere, and biology operates according to chaotic rules. Bodies might interpenetrate, split apart, or open a window into their innards, exposing gurgling intestines or a fetus waving happily from inside a womb. A central character of this universe is Mr. K, whose goggling, bloodshot eyes and bowler hat make him an avatar of the artist himself, and whose “elegant life” these pictures describe.

Tropical Berlin Gallery presents a collaboration with musician William J. Canning. The exhibition coincides with the release of his second album “The Heavens Laugh Along With Us”.

Tumble down the rabbit-hole of Key Hiraga’s work in the late-60s and early-70s and find yourself in a comical world of swollen extremities and orifices: boobs, dicks, noses, and tongues, licking, waggling, penetrating, and pimpled. This is a mute floating world where sex, lurid and illogical, is everywhere, and biology operates according to chaotic rules. Bodies might interpenetrate, split apart, or open a window into their innards, exposing gurgling intestines or a fetus waving happily from inside a womb. A central character of this universe is Mr. K, whose goggling, bloodshot eyes and bowler hat make him an avatar of the artist himself, and whose “elegant life” these pictures describe.

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles presents Jim Adams: Flight of Mirrors, the artist's second solo exhibition with the gallery. The paintings in Flight of Mirrors continue Jim Adams’ long-standing exploration of portraiture and mythology, as he reimagines himself within landscapes and interiors that merge past and present. Created over the past six years during the pre- and post-Covid period, but also including self-portraits from the mid-1990s and 2000s, Adams sparks a dialogue across history, identity, and social change, drawing from his deep engagement with history and current events to reinterpret timeless narratives for our contemporary world.