Dates & times
All times are local to the venue · America/Los Angeles
- 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
These are the previously published dates. Check the organizer for a new edition.
Check the organizer’s latest schedule ↗DTLA ArtNight at MOCA: a closer look at five years of collecting
What can a museum’s recent acquisitions reveal when they are shown together? At November’s DTLA ArtNight, MOCA visitors can explore that question with Bennett Simpson, who organized In These Times: Recent Acquisitions at MOCA with curatorial assistant Ariana Rizo.
A collection viewed through themes
In These Times brings together purchases and gifts added to MOCA’s holdings over the preceding five years. Rather than arranging the exhibition as a simple acquisition timeline, the museum groups works by theme: galleries consider representations of Los Angeles, group portraiture, recent abstract painting and painstaking detail.
The range of materials is part of the story. MOCA lists Alex Israel’s acrylic painting Movie Theaters, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess’s glazed stoneware Chariot, and Julie Mehretu and Nairy Baghramian’s TRANSpaintings (green ecstatic), made with ink and acrylic on polyester mesh. Other artists in the exhibition include Charles Gaines, Henry Taylor and Yolanda López.
Further reading: In These Times: Recent Acquisitions at MOCA | MOCA LA ↗
One stop on an art night
Simpson’s public walkthrough offers a chance to hear from one of the exhibition’s organizers; MOCA also plans a free photo booth. The museum describes DTLA ArtNight as a shared evening with The Broad and other neighboring institutions. Check those venues’ own listings before planning additional stops.
Further reading: DTLA ArtNight | MOCA LA ↗ · Plan Your Visit | MOCA LA ↗ · In These Times: Recent Acquisitions at MOCA | MOCA LA ↗
November 5 at MOCA
The public walkthrough is the evening’s exhibition-focused program; the museum also offers a photo booth.
2026-11-05 · MOCA Grand Avenue
- DTLA ArtNight; free photo booth
- Public walkthrough of In These Times: Recent Acquisitions at MOCA, led by MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson; free with RSVP
Before you visit
Reserve entry and check the walkthrough RSVP
General admission is free, but MOCA says a ticket is required and recommends reserving ahead. The public walkthrough is free with RSVP; check with MOCA whether that RSVP is separate from general admission. Ticket support is at 213-633-5351, Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
DTLA ArtNight | MOCA LA ↗ · Plan Your Visit | MOCA LA ↗ · FAQs | MOCA LA ↗ · MOCA Tickets and Memberships ↗
Support for the walkthrough
MOCA offers wheelchairs at its lobby desks and assisted listening devices for programs and tours by request. For talk-focused public programs, ASL interpreters can be requested with two weeks’ notice at [email protected].
Leave room for bag check
Backpacks, large purses, oversized bags, and food and drinks, including water bottles, must be checked. MOCA offers the service at no charge.
Getting to MOCA Grand Avenue
Transit, parking and drop-off
The event is at 250 South Grand Avenue, not MOCA’s Geffen location. Grand Ave Arts / Bunker Hill is the nearest Metro station; MOCA recommends the Metro Trip Planner for route planning.
California Plaza parking can be entered from Olive Street or Lower Grand between Kosciuszko Way and 4th Street, using entrances marked 1 CAL or 2 CAL. MOCA does not validate downtown parking. A rideshare loading zone is outside the museum, and a public bike rack is behind the box office.
DTLA ArtNight | MOCA LA ↗ · Parking, Public Transit, Bikes & Ride Share at MOCA Grand Avenue | MOCA LA ↗
Entering without stairs
The galleries are below street level. MOCA describes a wheelchair lift next to the box office, or ramps between MOCA and the Colburn School of Music, leading to an accessible entrance and an elevator down to the galleries.
Before you make a plan
Do I need to reserve a place for the walkthrough?
Yes. MOCA says the public walkthrough is free with RSVP. Ask the museum whether the walkthrough RSVP is separate from the general-admission ticket.
Can I see the exhibition on another day?
Yes. In These Times is scheduled at MOCA Grand Avenue through January 3, 2027. The November 5 public walkthrough is a separate event.
In These Times: Recent Acquisitions at MOCA | MOCA LA ↗ · Plan Your Visit | MOCA LA ↗
Is the November 5 walkthrough members-only?
No. MOCA describes the November 5 walkthrough as public and free with RSVP. A separate Simpson walkthrough on October 30 is for qualifying members.
DTLA ArtNight | MOCA LA ↗ · Curator-led Walkthrough of In These Times: Recent Acquisitions at MOCA led by Senior Curator Bennett Simpson | MOCA LA ↗
Can children attend the museum?
MOCA welcomes children and says they must be supervised by an adult. Strollers are welcome, and family guides are available in English and Spanish.
Location & Google Maps
MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
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