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Downtown art and something to eat
Make an art visit the anchor, then choose a market lunch or a French-dipped sandwich. A flexible Downtown edit.
Good things are out there
Follow your curiosity.
A name, a neighbourhood, a mood. Start somewhere.
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USC Fisher Museum of Art
An art museum on the USC campus offers a focused cultural stop near Exposition Park.
Free entry
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
A contemporary-art programme makes this institution an address to follow for changing exhibitions.
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Museum of Neon Art
Light, signs and neon craft give Glendale an art stop with a distinctly Southern Californian subject.
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Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
A Barnsdall gallery brings contemporary art into a hillside cultural outing.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Stendahl’s World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles
An exhibition about the art trade and its consequences. Follow the movement of Mexican antiquities through a Los Angeles dealer’s archive.
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Los Angeles: art, then lunch
A Downtown museum, a Westlake deli and a Westwood alternative. Choose a neighbourhood plan instead of chasing the whole city.
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Brand Library & Art Center
A hillside Glendale building combines arts resources, exhibitions and a landscaped setting.
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Barnsdall Art Park
A hilltop setting for a green pause and a look at Hollyhock House, with views across the surrounding city.
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USC Pacific Asia Museum
Art from Asia and the Pacific is shown in a distinctive Pasadena building with a courtyard that is part of the visit's appeal.
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California African American Museum
Art and history in Exposition Park, centred on African American experiences with a particular connection to California.
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Armory Center for the Arts
A Pasadena contemporary-art space that combines exhibitions with a strong educational programme.
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El Rey Theatre
A former cinema on Wilshire becomes a live-music destination, with Art Deco character around the stage.
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Norton Simon Museum
A concentrated art collection and sculpture garden make Pasadena worth giving an afternoon of its own.
Free entry
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MOCA Grand Avenue
A free contemporary-art visit on Bunker Hill, in Arata Isozaki’s Grand Avenue building. Reserve ahead if you want a firmer plan.
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Skylight Books
An independent Los Feliz bookshop where literature, art and local culture give plenty of reasons to browse slowly.
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Skirball Cultural Center
Jewish heritage, art and cultural programming meet in a hillside setting off the Sepulveda Pass.
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SPARC
A Venice community arts centre connects a gallery visit with public art and local cultural work.
RestaurantLos Angeles
Mrs. Fish
An underground Japanese restaurant and bar in the Pershing Square Building, with contemporary Japanese art woven into the setting.
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Walter Maciel Gallery
A Culver City gallery offers a smaller-scale contemporary-art visit.
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Hollyhock House
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Los Angeles architecture anchors a visit to Barnsdall Art Park, with house access separate from a park walk.
Free entry
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Hammer Museum
A free art visit in Westwood, with exhibitions that reward curiosity. Make one show the centre of an afternoon.
PlaceOutdoors
The Huntington
Art, books and botanical gardens make this San Marino destination a place for a generous block of time.
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Louis Stern Fine Arts
A West Hollywood gallery adds a focused art stop along Melrose Avenue.