IAMSOUND x Smashbox PLAY MOCA Recap

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This past weekend the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles opened its doors to PLAY MOCA – a three-night event series spanning two months in which music and art collide under one roof. Co-sponsored by Smashbox Cosmetics and and curated by...

RISK x FLAUNT for MOCA Art in the Streets 1st Year Anniversary Video

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Set to Velvet Underground’s “Oh! Sweet Nuthin’,” RISK and FLAUNT Magazine present a behind-the-scenes video of the notable artist’s contributions to the MOCA “Art in the Streets” exhibition. Celebrating a yea...

Rebel Exhibition @ MOCA Recap

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Simply titled “Rebel,” the artful homage to Nicholas Ray’s 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause opened on May 12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The exhibition features the works of names like James Franco, Douglas Gord...

Rebel Exhibition @ MOCA

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“Rebel” is the latest exhibition set to hit Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. Conceived by actor and author James Franco alongside Douglas Gordon, Harmony Korine, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Terry Richardson, Ed Ruscha and...

The Painting Factory: Abstraction after Warhol @ MOCA Recap

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A celebration of abstraction post-Warhol, The Painting Factory recalls the original studio that spawned the movement–Andy Warhol’s Factory in the ’60s. The exhibition traces the influence of Warhol as an abstractionist on painters l...

Cai Guo Qiang’s Mystery Circle @ MOCA Explosion Video

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After getting a look at the photo recap yesterday, a video follows from Cai Guo Qiang’s exhibition at the MOCA in Los Angeles. One piece that certainly captured the attention of those privileged enough to attend the opening was “Mystery C...

Cai Guo-Qiang “Sky Ladder” Exhibition @ MOCA

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It has been several weeks since Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang started preparations for his “Sky Ladder” exhibition at the MOCA in Los Angeles. The opening this past Saturday night proved to be as explosive a reception as the fiery works th...

Cai Guo Qiang Sets Up Aliens and Explosives at the MOCA

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This weekend celebrates the explosive opening of Cai Guo Qiang’s exhibition at The Geffen Contemporary at the MOCA in Los Angeles. This incidentally also marks the first solo West Coast showcase of the lauded New York-based Chinese artist’...

Cai Guo-Qiang “Sky Ladder” Exhibition @ MOCA Preview

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Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang has started preliminary work on his “Sky Ladder” Exhibition which opens April 8 at the MOCA in Los Angeles. The showing will be the first West Coast solo for the world-renowned New York-based artist and featur...

Museum of Contemporary Art Announces MOCA TV

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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has announced that it will be one of many outlets providing original content for YouTube. MOCA TV, as the channel will be known, will be the first contemporary-art channel to be included and is scheduled...

“Under the Big Black Sun” Exhibition @ MOCA Recap

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Over 130 artists are displaying their most wicked works within The Geffen Contemporary at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles revolving around the group exhibition “Under the Big Black Sun.” The showing brings to the light th...

Cy Twombly Tribute: A Scattering of Blossoms & Other Things Exhibition @ MOCA

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Devoted solely to contemporary art, MOCA proudly presents an exhibition in tribute to legendary post-war painting master Cy Twombly whose art has played an important role in the development of contemporary art. Twombly has always been fascinated towa...

Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans Exhibition @ MOCA

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There are few artists as inextricably tied to a single piece as Andy Warhol is to his Campbell’s Soup Cans. Inspiring a slew of pop-art devotees and setting off a wave of imitators, Warhol’s take on the classic American soup can may b...

George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown) Exhibition @ MOCA

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A new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art entitled “Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown)” showcases the work of legendary West Coast assemblage artist George Helms alongside that of his longtime friend and colleague, Robert Brana...

Street, 2011 @ MOCA

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This video produced by MOCA captures Street, 2011, an installation that is currently on display at The Geffen Contemporary as part of the museum’s “Art in the Streets” exhibition. With its haunting soundtrack and dim lighting, t...