The Norton Simon Museum is a renowned art museum located in Pasadena, California, widely recognized for housing one of the most exceptional private art collections in the world. Established in its current form in 1975, the museum showcases an extensive range of works spanning over 2,000 years of human creativity.
Located in beautiful Griffith Park, the Autry features unique galleries filled with paintings, sculptures, film memorabilia, photographs, historic firearms and so much more, all related to the American West. The Autry’s more than 600,000 pieces of art and cultural objects include one of the largest and most significant collections of Native American materials in the United States.
The Fowler Museum at UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Indigenous Americas—past and present. The Fowler enhances understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through dynamic exhibitions, publications, and public programs, informed by interdisciplinary approaches and the perspectives of the cultures represented. Also featured is the work of international contemporary artists presented within the complex frameworks of politics, culture and social action. The Fowler provides exciting, informative and thought-provoking exhibitions and events for the UCLA community and the people of greater Los Angeles and beyond.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles. An epicenter of artistic experimentation and incubator of new ideas, ICA LA is recognized for its history of bold curatorial vision and innovative programming to illuminate the important untold stories and emerging voices in contemporary art and culture.
The Skirball Cultural Center is a place of meeting guided by the Jewish tradition of welcoming the stranger and inspired by the American democratic ideals of freedom and equality. We welcome people of all communities and generations to participate in cultural experiences that celebrate discovery and hope, foster human connections, and call upon us to help build a more just society.
The Museum’s permanent collection houses 5,000 objects that span landscape painting and portraiture, modern and contemporary art, historical objects and print materials, and mixed-media artworks. Though the collection emphasizes objects pertinent to California and the American West, it also houses a growing collection of artworks from the African diaspora as well as important works by African Americans from across the United States.
The mission of the Japanese American National Museum is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the world devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. Global in outlook and grounded in the unparalleled collections and expertise of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Museum offers exceptional exhibitions and programs that illuminate the world of cinema. They are immersive and dynamic and tell the many stories of the movies—their art, technology, artists, history, and social impact—through a variety of diverse and engaging voices. The Academy Museum tells complete stories of moviemaking—celebratory, educational, and sometimes critical or uncomfortable.
The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, US, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust. The $1.3 billion center opened to the public on December 16, 1997,[2] and is well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles. The center sits atop a hill connected to a visitors’ parking garage at the bottom of the hill by a three-car, cable-pulled hovertrain people mover.[3]
The Huntington, a world-renowned cultural and educational institution, provides transformative experiences for a community of the curious.
The Hammer Museum champions the art and artists who challenge us to see the world in a new light, to experience the unexpected, to ignite our imaginations, and inspire change.
The Hammer understands that art not only has the power to transport us through aesthetic experience but can also provide significant insight into some of the most pressing cultural, political, and social questions of our time. We share the unique and invaluable perspectives that artists have on the world around us.
Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. We house one of the most compelling collections of contemporary art in the world, comprising nearly 8,000 objects, and have a diverse history of ground-breaking, historically-significant exhibitions.
Founded in 1985 by category-defying artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum (now known as The Noguchi Museum), was the first museum in the United States to be established, designed, and installed by a living artist to show their own work. Located in Long Island City, Queens, the Museum itself is widely viewed as among the artist’s greatest achievements.
At The Shed, artists are constantly dreaming up new art forms and experiences. Often, we have to find new ways to talk about what they’ve created, and yet we won’t be able to capture the feelings and awe you will experience in person.
That’s the mission of The Shed, to introduce you to the future of art with an experience that will leave you speechless, make you feel what you weren’t expecting, and inspire discussion.
And that’s what makes The Shed exciting, every time you visit. There’s always something new to discover. Even if you’ve seen a classic Shakespeare play on stage, you’ve never seen one reimagined under the visionary guidance of our artistic team.
The New Museum is a leading destination for new art and new ideas. It is respected internationally for the adventurousness and global scope of its program.
The Museum of the City of New York is situated in the center of the New York metropolitan area, traditionally the lands of the Lenape, Manahatin, Canarsie, Shinnecock, Munsee, Mattinecock, Setauket, Unkechaug, Montauket, and others, all of whom have descendants living today. Native communities across the Americas have demonstrated resilience and resistance in the face of violent efforts to separate them from their land, culture, and each other. We offer recognition and respect to the Indigenous inhabitants of this land. New York City has always been and continues to be a place for gathering and exchange for Indigenous peoples, many of whom choose to call this city home.
The Neue Galerie was founded by collector and philanthropist Ronald S. Lauder with longtime art-dealer/collector Serge Sabarsky. It opened to the public in 2001 with the explicit mission of exhibiting and interpreting early 20th‑century German and Austrian art and design—painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—centered on the period roughly 1890–1940.
Welcome to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Cooper Hewitt is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design, and is the steward of one of the most diverse and comprehensive design collections in existence—more than 215,000 design objects spanning 30 centuries. From ancient textiles and works on paper to icons of modern design and cutting-edge technologies, Cooper Hewitt’s collection serves as inspiration for creative work of all kinds and tells the story of design’s paramount importance in improving our world.
El Museo fue fundado en 1969 por el artista y educador Raphael Montañez Ortiz y una coalición de padres, educadores, artistas y activistas puertorriqueños que observaron que los museos convencionales ignoraban en gran medida a los artistas latinos. Desde sus inicios, El Museo se ha comprometido a celebrar y promover la cultura latina, convirtiéndose así, en un pilar de El Barrio y un valioso recurso para la ciudad de Nueva York. La variada colección permanente de El Museo, con más de 8,500 objetos, abarca más de 800 años de arte latinoamericano, caribeño y latino e incluye desde dibujos, pinturas, esculturas e instalaciones taínas hasta arte moderno y contemporáneo, así como textiles, grabados, fotografías, documentales y videos.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
A museum and independent research library located in the heart of New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum began as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor Pierpont Morgan. As early as 1890 Morgan had begun to assemble a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints.
Committed to innovation, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation collects, preserves, and interprets modern and contemporary art, and explores ideas across cultures through dynamic curatorial and educational initiatives and collaborations. With its constellation of architecturally and culturally distinct museums, exhibitions, publications, and digital platforms, the foundation engages both local and global audiences.
The Watermill Center is a laboratory for the arts and humanities providing a global community the time, space and freedom to create and inspire.
The Rabbit Island Residency provides financial support, time, and pristine natural spaces to challenge creative practices in a wilderness environment.
Galveston Artist Residency’s primary purpose is to give artists an extended period of time to sink inward and focus on the studio with the hope that a break like this can propel them toward an insight that could allow the work to grow in a way impossible without this gift of time.
The New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization committed to supporting artists and curators on an international level as well as engaging the local community in Brooklyn and the Greater New York area.
The New York City Department of Transportation’s (NYC DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, equitable, and sustainable movement
Our work at NEFA is simple: to cultivate and promote the arts in New England and beyond. Our programs support artists across many forms of expression and many geographies, connecting them with collaborators and communities, fueling creative exchange and public discourse, and strengthening the arts and culture ecosystem.
Each program and project brought to life at NEFA builds a stronger and more dynamic infrastructure for the arts. Through grants, convenings, and online tools, NEFA continues an almost 50 year history of pioneering partnerships and programs supporting the arts.
PROSPECT ART is a forward-thinking, Los Angeles-based artist-run not-for-profit 501c3 organization that fosters artists’ careers by providing exposure through open dialogues, critical writing, project grants, and exhibitions.
The organization was conceived during the 2020 pandemic. Prospect Art is looking towards a world of representation and equality by creating new opportunities for local, national, and international artists. The organization is structured as an agile, responsive entity to serve artists, the local Los Angeles community, and beyond, by supporting existing and new works to be presented to the public. We’re interested in breaking down silos and sharing information and knowledge to further the careers of artists and forge new alliances with the community.
The Museum encourages all people to develop and increase their understanding and appreciation for modern and contemporary artwork via a variety of exhibitions offered in its two gallery spaces, as well as educational programs, artist talks, lectures, and symposia.
Through its emphasis on contemporary artistic expression in Southern California and globally, the Torrance Art Museum brings together visual artists and community members; fosters personal and civic well being by inspiring understanding and appreciation of the visual arts; promotes meaningful experiences in the arts to strengthen creative and critical thinking skills; and builds bridges between the visual arts and other disciplines in the humanities and sciences.
