One of my favorite parts of LA, is the Museum of Contemporary Art. I love this place because I think it’s a jewel of the city, one that keeps shining and bearing light on the cultural heart beat of LA. I have seen some incredible shows there, like the Ecstasy exhibit where they had 20 foot mushrooms hanging from the sky or the Murakami show that simply blew my mind with all the cool Japanese anime. But their most recent show, Art in the Streets clearly hit a home run. The show is spectacular! Lots of color, vibrant ideas and art that is accessible to many more audiences than the high brow art that is often shown in their contemporary collection.

We went on a thursday, where the museum allows free admission after 5:00 pm, so naturally the museum was packed. I have been going here for years, and I was delighted at how many people were there and how many people were taking pictures cause they wanted to remember what they saw. We wandered thru all sorts of eye-catching installation pieces, learned that the timeline of graffiti art is not much older than I, and often had our jaw dropped at how cool, smart or well done something was. And I can just imagine how cool this show was to put together as compared to simply hanging painted works on a white wall. This show is hip, cool and totally daring for MOCA to do; a show that not a lot of other museums could get away with! If you liked the conversation that Exit Through the Gift Shop started, then you will LOVE this exhibition.

The show closes August 8, so RUN to get there before it closes!