The centre of Santa Monica's art scene is Bergamot Station, a former trolley stop that's now home to 30-plus galleries. If you head here on a Saturday night, you're likely to...

Since being saved from oblivion by the city, which took it over in 1998 after financial troubles, LA's only public showcase devoted to functional and informal art has broadened...

Los Angeles's acropolis occupies the top of a hill on land once destined to be the site of a co-operative housing development. The complex was conceived as a home for the...

Though only true connoisseurs will reckon it worth the drive down in itself, the Long Beach Museum of Art nonetheless keeps its locals entertained with a cultured roster of...

While LACMA's collections have long been the most impressive in the city, the 20-acre complex of buildings in which they've been housed has been quite the reverse. A...

Constructed in 1922 by radical Austrian architect Rudolf Schindler, this landmark is a dazzling combination of concrete walls, redwood partitions, rooftop 'sleeping baskets'...

The city's premier showcase for post-war art, MoCA started life in a humongous bus barn on the edge of Little Tokyo. It's now the Geffen Contemporary, its spacious, raw...

The city's premier showcase for post-war art, MoCA started life in a humongous bus barn on the edge of Little Tokyo. It's now the Geffen Contemporary, its spacious, raw...

MoLAA might be located on land that once housed the Balboa Amusement Producing Company, the most productive silent film studio of its day, but history is conspicuous by its...

Recently relocated to the edge of Skid Row, the Museum of Neon Art mixes displays of fabulous vintage neon signs (soda-pop signs, restaurant displays and the like) with a...

The Norton Simon's Gehry-helmed makeover in the late 1990s raised the museum's profile. But it also helped it expand the range of its collection, giving it more space and...

An open-air staircase beautified by moody lightplay from an oculus above it creates a striking entrance into this three-storey facility. The museum is dedicated to California...

Designed by Bertram Goodhue, completed in 1926 and renamed after the city's former mayor in 2001, LA's main library is worth a look even if you've no interest in borrowing...

The West Side's art scene continues to offer plenty of interesting shows, with new galleries cropping up at regular intervals. However, this contemporary art gallery is the...