Los Angeles Holiday Museum Guide: From The Broad to MOCA

A guide to Los Angeles museums during the 2016 holiday season highlights key exhibitions and institutions. Downtown, The Broad museum, founded by collectors Eli and Edythe Broad, features blue-chip artists including Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, and Damien Hirst. Nearby, the MOCA presents a Doug Aitken retrospective at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, a 40,000-square-meter space originally a police car depot renovated by Frank Gehry. MOCA's Grand Avenue location, designed by Arata Isozaki in the mid-1980s, hosts a show on violence against Black Americans with works by Kara Walker, Theaster Gates, Robert Gober, and David Hammons. Other venues include the Hammer Museum, which is undergoing renovation on its third floor, the Getty Center with exhibitions on Degas and alchemy, and LACMA featuring Picasso and Rivera alongside German Renaissance art. Alternative spaces such as Machine Project, Artist Curated Projects, Elephant Art Space, and Favorite Goods are also recommended.