Arts Preview: Art exhibits featuring Marilyn Minter, Roman mosaics and Agnes Martin highlight the spring
Artist Paul McCarthy
Times art critic Christopher’s Knight’s list of spring exhibition highlights, compiled by Grace Krilanovich.
NOW OPEN
Don’t Look Back: The 1990s at MOCA
Selections from the permanent collection includes works by Catherine Opie, Cady Noland, Sarah Sze and Paul McCarthy.
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 152 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thu., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends July 11. (213) 626-6222. www.moca.org.
MARCH 30
Roman Mosaics Across the Empire
An exhibition presenting the artistry of mosaics and the contexts of their discovery from Italy to North Africa and beyond.
Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Mon. Ends Sept. 12. (310) 440-7300. www.getty.edu
APRIL 2
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Doppelgänger
The works of 30 artists from Germany and North America are brought together to highlight connections in practices across continents.
Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Ends May 28. (310) 618-6388. www.torranceartmuseum.com
APRIL 2
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
More than 25 works made between 1976 and 2013 by the artist best known for lush, oversized paintings of makeup-laden lips and eyes.
Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. except until 8 p.m. Fri. Ends Aug. 2. (949) 759-1122. www.ocma.net
APRIL 10
Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015
A reexamination of the idea that fashion is a female pursuit.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Tue. and Thu., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends Aug. 21. (323) 857-6010. www.lacma.org
APRIL 24
Agnes Martin
Billed as the first retrospective of the artist’s work since 1994, the exhibition will cover the breadth of her practice, including the grids for which she is best known.
LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Tue. and Thu., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends Sept. 11. (323) 857-6010. www.lacma.org
APRIL 24
Art of the Austronesians: The Legacy of Indo-Pacific Voyaging
The show, featuring nearly 200 words, is billed as the first major exhibition in the United States to examine this segment of visual arts.
Fowler Museum at UCLA, 308 Charles E. Young Drive North, L.A. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. except until 8 p.m. Thu. Ends Aug. 28. (310) 825-4361. fowler.ucla.edu
JUNE 12
Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only
The Hammer Museum’s third biennial will include fashion, literature, music, film and performance, curated by the museum’s Aram Moshayedi and Hamza Walker of the Renaissance Society in Chicago.
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tue.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Thu., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Open-ended. (310) 443-7000. www.hammer.ucla.edu
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