Los Angeles brings together exhibitions this November that explore history, identity, memory and the possibilities of artistic expression. From interactive storytelling to textiles and immersive installations, these shows offer varied ways to encounter the city's creative landscape.
Stories, memory and material
At Bel Ami, Isabelle Frances McGuire's Joy is a Puppet revisits the Salem Witch Trials through sculpture, assemblage and an interactive game. April Bey's exhibition at Vielmetter Los Angeles combines richly textured fabric works with portraits rooted in queer intimacy and community life.
Charles Arnoldi's String Theory at Michael Kohn Gallery presents paintings built around energetic networks of lines. At Official Welcome, iris yirei hu brings paintings, ceramics and reliquary boxes into conversation with Tongva traditions, Chinese herbal medicine and personal memory.
New perspectives on place and practice
At Hollyhock House, Milano Chow's Fantasy Street draws on Los Angeles Public Library archives to imagine buildings that feel both familiar and fictional. The program also includes Deborah Turbeville's The Lifted Veil, curated by Chow.
Yuntao Xu transforms Glendale's Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station into an immersive environment with reflective materials, textiles and colored lighting. At The Brick, Church and State connects Todd Gray's career in music-industry photography with his later, layered artistic practice and personal history.
Julie Tolentino's And Never Ends at Fulcrum Arts invites visitors to engage beyond sight, bringing sound, scent, crystals and performance into a changing installation.
Art history and cultural legacy
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to the Brockman Gallery, a Leimert Park institution that supported Black artists from 1967 to 1990. More than 60 artworks and archival materials trace its cultural influence.
Reggie Burrows Hodges's paintings appear across three venues: Art + Practice, the California African American Museum and the Getty Center. The presentations connect art-historical influences with autobiographical themes and contemporary Black life.
Together, these exhibitions show how artists and institutions can connect local histories with fresh forms of expression, helping shape a more inclusive and imaginative cultural future.
