O.C. art lovers need look no further than their own backyard for captivating exhibits. “Thomas Hunt: California Modernist” at Laguna Art Museum

Time to raise a glass in honor of one of the county’s grandest places to view art, Laguna Art Museum.

Yorgo Alexopoulos is the Laguna Art Museum’s commissioned artist for the seventh annual Art & Nature exhibit.

John Baldessari made his first venture in printmaking was in 1971. It was the now-famous lithograph “I will not make any more boring art.”

Jordan Schnitzer owns one of the largest known private collections of works on paper in the U.S., including 276 prints by a pioneer of conceptual art, John Baldessari.

More than 350 guests are expected to enjoy performance art, dancing, wines and fine dining, hosted by local television personalities Chuck Henry and Fritz Coleman.

The works in “Self-Help Graphics: 1983-1991” look as if they could have been made yesterday. Each radiates an unmistakable energy.

It’s been almost 50 years since John Baldessari printed a lithograph with a written statement, “I will not make any more boring art.” And, boy, has he kept that promise.

CalArts’ 24700 features the current exhibition. John Baldessari was a founding faculty member of CalArts, where he taught from taught from 1970 to 1986.

As the summer art season in Laguna Beach verges on hitting full steam, OC’s oldest art museum has just opened three new exhibitions and has extended another one.

Laguna Art Museum will open “Sculptures by Gwynn Murrill,” the first exhibition to present 20 works from the artist’s entire career, on Sunday, June 16.

The Orange County artist who helped to define West Coast minimalism through his meticulous exploration of the intersection of sculpture and painting, has died.

For those looking to connect more with the artistic and cultural roots of Southern California, the Laguna Art Museum has welcomed a new exhibit you shouldn’t miss.

The Polish actress Helena Modjeska, for whom an OC street, park and canyon is named, was also an author and artist.

‘Titi, Nunu, and Klembolo: Helena Modjeska’s Fairy Tale Book’ Enchants at Laguna Art Museum.

LAM+LAB at the Laguna Art Museum is a fun and interactive way to celebrate the current exhibits on display with your family.

Carving in wood and marble and casting in bronze, the L.A.-based artist has been making sleek, abstracted, often uncanny sculptures of animals since the 1970s.

The exhibition traces the fresh role of Latino printmaking in East Los Angeles under the aegis of one of the period’s most unique alternative art spaces.

Laguna Art Museum has opened its first exhibit of 2019, “Self-Help Graphics, 1983-1991,” and two new exhibitions, “Titi, Nunu, and Klembolo” and “Centennial Gifts,” open on March 3.

The proceeds will primarily benefit a handful of Laguna Art Museum’s exhibitions and education programs.

Proceeds support the museum’s mission of collecting and preserving California art, providing critically acclaimed exhibitions and enhancing art education.

The renovation is the second of three projects that the art museum, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2018, has planned.

The printmaking program is the focus of “Self-Help Graphics, 1983-1991” at the Laguna Art Museum from Jan. 17 to May 27, 2019.

‘Self-Help Graphics, 1983-1991’ Highlights from the museum’s collection of prints from the East Los Angeles printmaking workshop and arts center.

Laguna Art Museum announces the opening of “Self-Help Graphics, 1983-1991,” an exhibition of prints from the large Self-Help Graphics collection.

On Thursday, Feb. 7, Laguna Art Museum will celebrate the re-opening of its lower level galleries, which have been under major renovation since early 2018.

By 1974, Tony DeLap was making eye-bending hybrids of paintings and sculptures, distinctive for their mix of craftsmanship and discerning wit. “Tony DeLap: A Retrospective,” Laguna Art Museum.

In some small way, 2018 was the year of the artist in Laguna Beach. The Laguna Art Museum led the way with its “Art & Nature” project.

Four hundred of OC’s most fervent philanthropists and tastemakers gathered for this once-in-a-lifetime black-tie celebration on Sept. 29.

Residents and visitors flocked to Main Beach just before sunset Saturday night to participate in Laguna Art Museum’s sixth annual Art & Nature event.