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Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Celebrate Japanese Pop Culture with Fans and Industry! Anime Expo® - Los Angeles, CA, July 2-5, 2025 Embark on an epic shopping adventure in a massive 340,000-square-foot exhibition hall! Attendees can browse a range of booths, from exclusive anime merchandise and cutting-edge electronics to unique collectibles. Whether you're looking for the latest fashion, rare toys, or original artwork, the exhibition hall is a must-visit destination. At AX 2025, the exhibition hall will be expanded to reveal even more treasures.

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Wilshire Boulevard

Experience Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) like never before. Jaws: The Exhibition is the first-ever exhibition of this scale at the Academy Museum, focused exclusively on a single film, and the largest mounted exhibition ever for Jaws, the Oscar®-winning film from Universal Pictures. It celebrates the film’s 50th anniversary and revisits Jaws scene by scene, through original objects, behind-the-scenes revelations, and interactive moments. Curated with direct access to the collections from Steven Spielberg and The Amblin Hearth Archive, NBCUniversal Archives & Collections, and more, the exhibition dives deep into the film’s production history and explores its enduring impact. Directed by Oscar-winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws became the first summer blockbuster that forever changed the movie industry. The suspenseful adventure film, adapted from the novel by Peter Benchley, is centered on three main characters—Brody, Hooper, and Quint—who hunt a great white shark menacing the seaside town of Amity Island. The monumental success of Jaws belies uncertain beginnings, where production challenges arising from an unprecedented mechanical shark spurred creative problem-solving. Over five decades later, it remains clear that the tenacity of its cast and crew led to the realization of this beloved classic, one of the most influential films in motion picture history.

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4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles California 90027-1462 United States Autry Museum in Griffith Park

AboutThe creation of Native American works involves a deep understanding of cultural protocols, histories, and traditions. Featuring selected works from the Autry’s Native American collections and the promised collection of Lora and Robert U. Sandroni, Creative Continuities: Family, Pride, and Community in Native Art explores the meanings embedded in three aspects of Native culture: Knowing, Create, and Transference. Three Native culture bearers and artists will each curate a section of the exhibition, framing works from the Autry’s collection that originated within their respective communities behind one of the three concepts at the heart of the exhibition. Through this unique combination of cultural items and stories, Creative Continuities aims to educate visitors about the diversity of Native American culture, history, and tradition that crosses tribal boundaries, past and present.

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Crypto.com Arena, 1111 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015

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5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity traces a century of transformation through more than 70 exquisite ensembles from Shanghai, Hong Kong, and America. It charts the evolution of Chinese women’s dress, from loose-fitting embroidered robes of the late Qing Dynasty to the sleek silhouettes of 1930s qipao and the globally iconic cheongsam of the 1960s. Vibrant colors, sumptuous silks, and intricate trims showcase the meticulous craftsmanship that is the hallmark of these garments. Displayed on mannequins customized by fashion designer Jason Wu, the works in the exhibition present a seldom-seen story of how Chinese and Chinese American women expressed identity, navigated change, and shaped their lives through dress.

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Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Spectrum 14 is a calibrated array of prisms that cast a dazzling display of luminous color across the Museum’s rotunda. Bands of spectral light traverse the space in relation to the sun, which follow a slightly different arc through the sky every day. Over time, Ross’s work changes in response to Earth’s rotational orbit, connecting us to the premodern experience of astronomical observation and calculation that defined cycles of days, seasons, and rituals. This project was commissioned for PST ART as part of the exhibition Lumen: The Art and Science of Light. This is the second “Rotunda Commission,” a series of art installations inspired by the Getty Museum’s collection, architecture, and site.

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700 Exposition Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037, United States

Why do our hearts race, knees shake, and bodies sweat when we are scared?Goose Bumps! The Science of Fearexplores this universal emotion that can save our lives. Through fun interactive, challenges, like the Fear Challenge Course, experience fear in a safe environment and discover the science behind our physical and emotional responses.

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia presents an international survey of Buddhism and Buddhist art, beginning with the religion’s origins in India and following its spread through mainland and island Southeast Asia (Myanmar [Burma], Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia), the Himalayas (Kashmir, Nepal, and Tibet), and East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan). Incorporating 180 masterpieces of pan-Asian Buddhist art, the exhibition introduces key concepts of Buddhist thought and practice viewed through the prism of rare and extraordinarily beautiful Buddhist sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects. Drawn from LACMA’s permanent collection, with several significant loans from private collections, the exhibition explores the life of the Buddha, the role of the bodhisattva or Buddhist savior, Buddhist cosmology, and such key concepts as dharma, karma, nirvana, mantra, mudra, and mandala. The show will focus on art associated with such key phases of Buddhism as Theravada (early monastic Buddhism), Mahayana (the “Great Vehicle”), Vajrayana (the “Diamond Vehicle”—tantric or esoteric Buddhism), and Chan (Zen).

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5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

This exhibition of works on paper primarily showcases paintings and sculptures, drawn from two major modern art collections: one donated 20 years ago to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) by Janis and Henry Lazaroff of Los Angeles; and the other from the collection of Maria and Conrad Janis, recently bequeathed to LACMA by the son of renowned New York gallery owner Sidney Janis. Through these two collections, the exhibition explores the commonalities between two important modern artists—Jean Arp and Paul Klee. Both artists abandoned academic traditions, drawing inspiration from folk traditions, children's drawings, and non-European art. Despite their differing styles, Arp and Klee share a deep interest in the regenerative processes of nature—a resonance that has shaped their respective explorations of abstraction, biological forms, and expressive, almost fantastical use of line.

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900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, United States Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Join us to experience Unearthed: Raw Beauty, a one-of-a-kind exhibition featuring some of the largest and rarest mineral specimens ever to be displayed in their natural, uncut form, with some on view for the first time. The specimens, including many from our own collection, are truly magnificent in scale and create an otherworldly experience.Through an immersive exhibition design, visitors will descend into a world of mystery and wonder to learn about the science behind minerals, crystals, gems, and rocks, emerging with a deeper understanding of the importance and prevalence of minerals in our world.The amazing collection of all shapes, sizes, and colors of specimens includes everything from enormous crystals that are thicker than a tree trunk to a grouping of extremely rare blue cap tourmalines discovered near San Diego and reunited for the first time. The exhibition features a large collection of California’s mineral treasures, such as a bright pink kunzite, orange spessartine, deep blue benitoite (California’s state gemstone), and a natural gold “flame” (California’s state mineral).Unearthed also includes other forms of minerals, such as exquisite carvings from China, beautiful jewelry created from rare minerals, a large fossil ammonite that magically comes to life, and massive touchable crystals—all surely to inspire guests’ appreciation for the natural world.Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about Unearthed: Raw Beauty, as well as stories, videos, and programs related to the exhibition.