Plus two places in Los Angeles to see Edmund de Waal’s distinctive visual and literary works
Words by DAVID NASH, MARTHA HAYES, and ELIZABETH VARNELL
Marilyn Minter’s Words of Mouth Land At Regen Projects
Marilyn Minter’s mouths have arrived at REGEN PROJECTS alongside steamy new paintings of sculptor Nick Cave, actor and activist Jane Fonda, and artists Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman, herself a master of portraiture. The Southern-born, New York–based visual artist’s exploration of beauty and desire rendered in glossy enamel includes Odalisque paintings subverting the genre. Subjects Lizzo and Padma Lakshmi present themselves in defiant poses, attire, and accessories. Minter’s After Guston series of shoes and objects also furthers an ongoing conversation with the artist Philip Guston, who explored racism, social complicity, and the human condition in an earlier era. “These are loaded images,” Minter says. Through Dec. 20. 6750 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A., 310-276-5424; regenprojects.com. E.V.
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Edmund de Waal’s Meditative Objets d’Art L.A. Takeover
Contemporary English artist, potter, and writer Edmund de Waal has a yearlong show at The Huntington in San Marino, and GAGOSIAN BEVERLY HILLS beckons enthusiasts and collectors with an exhibition of the artist’s newest works — including, for the first time, gilded vitrines to display the ornamental objets d’art. His distinctive porcelain vessels are arranged harmoniously alongside those incorporating materials like gold, silver, marble, alabaster, and Kilkenny stone. The show’s large-scale installations feature groupings of vessels that form topographies mirroring lines in sheet music and poems by T. S. Eliot and Louise Glück. Nov. 13–Dec. 20. 456 N. Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-271-9400; gagosian.com. D.N.
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Making a Mark at Pace
Examining the nature of space and its many facets, from physicality to emotional and psychological responses, PACE’s latest group exhibition, land marks, delves into the deeper meanings of the spaces we inhabit. Featuring more than 25 artworks from 17 international artists, the show traces life’s inscriptions on the world and how a “mark” can be colossal or insubstantial, deliberate or unexpected. Compositions by L.A.-based artists Jarvis Boyland, Patricia Iglesias Peco, and Kate Spencer Stewart explore themes of presence and vulnerability, while the gestural work of London-based Sophia Loeb digs into the sensorial dimensions of space and landscape. Curated by Joshua Friedman, with a strong emphasis on paintings, the visual feast reveals how the marks we make on the world cannot be separated from those we carry inside. Nov. 8, 2025–Jan. 17, 2026. 1201 S. La Brea Ave., L.A., 310-586-6886; pacegallery.com. D.N.
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SFMOMA Has Just Kaws
Mined from a cross-section of pop culture and product design, KAWS characters, with their distinct X-shaped eyes and emotional expressions, have gathered at SFMOMA. Installed throughout the museum’s fourth floor, KAWS: Family chronicles three decades of the New Jersey–born artist’s work, from its graffiti origins to a globally recognized practice. In addition to large-scale works and illustrations, there are cereal boxes, shoes, album covers, and even a loveseat made of plush animals (Bert and Ernie, we see you) created in partnership with Brazilian design Estúdio Campana. Through spring 2026. 151 3rd St., S.F., 415-357-4000; sfmoma.org. E.V.
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Pasadena’s New Gold Rush
At NORTON SIMON MUSEUM in Pasadena, an exploration of precious metal is timed to the 50th anniversary of the institution’s renaming. Gold: Enduring Power, Sacred Craft charts the material’s path through time and across the globe. Direct access to the element gave regions in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America power and authority; artists used it to convey wealth and status; and its beauty, durability, and ability to be shaped without corrosion is ideal for sacred images. The show explores artistic alchemy while the museum building itself ushers in a new golden age with the extensive restoration of 115,000 tiles initially designed by Edith Heath and a revitalization of the sculpture garden in partnership with Architectural Resources Group. Through Feb. 16, 2026. 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 626-449-6840; nortonsimon.org. E.V.
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Sea View’s Recent Gallery Hop
When Sara Lee Hantman opened SEA VIEW two-and-a-half years ago, she didn’t want to open a gallery; instead, she wanted to create a space that was an intimate window into an artist’s work. This fall, the gallery has changed its address to Hollywood’s burgeoning gallery district, but the endeavor remains the same. Chosen to inaugurate the two-story gallery and apartment, in a 1930s Old Hollywood corner lot on N. Orange Drive and Fountain Avenue, is esteemed Mumbai-based artist Amitesh Shrivastava. His first solo exhibition in California, Talking to the Moon, is a meditation on the interconnectedness of all things, a collection of paintings that draw on his childhood in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh, India, by layering earthy browns with vibrant greens and oranges. 1300 N. Orange Dr., L.A., 323-230-0362; sea-view.us. M.H.
This story originally appeared in the Winter 2025 issue of C Magazine.
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