MOCA Grand Avenue

I never thought that a museum with contemporary art can be this awesome. After visiting about 12 major museums in LA area, this is the #1 I would recommend to friends. more

i went to see the warhol exhibit and it was really great. i'm going back to see it again in a week! more

MOCA is the place to go to see artists from the 1940's to Contemporary. If you want to see Impressionist or Flemish Paintings go to LACMA. MOCA has always kept its exhibitions innovative with live performance artists (DJ Spooky), post-war classics (Willem De Kooning). With all the readily available information that the curators supply, this make it a great place to take kids and people who aren't submerged in the art world, but would like a taste. Full descriptions of what is being presented and interesting quotes by the artists are on the walls and in the flyers. Books on the artists being shown are also available for visitors to review. Tours are also available for anyone who wants extra inside information on the artist, work and display of the works. Pros: Curators, Available Information, Varied Artists Cons: none. more

Well-designed galleries that offer works up to the viewer rather than close them off. The Hockney show was well-done--taking a large and varied collection of a life's work and making good sense of it all. More managable in scope than LACMA, all of MOCA's galleries can be easily seen in an afternoon--very little museum fatigue at the end of a visit. more

I've been to MOCA for art shows (like Hockney in 2001) and architecture retrospectives (like Louis Kahn in 1993), and I'm always amazed at how the gallery spaces are reinvented for each exhibit. For a small museum, this one consistenly delivers. The facility itself is a fun bit of L.A. architecture as well, situated amid high rise apartment buildings and elevated above busy downtown streets. Parking is also convenient. Pros: Great setting, Good parking, Good shows more