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Founded in 1939, USC Fisher Museum of Art is the accredited art museum of the University of Southern Administrative offices remain open throughout the summer.

Discover art spanning five centuries at the first museum established in the city of Los Angeles. We remain solely dedicated to the exhibition and collection of fine art, and have been welcoming visitors with no admission charges since 1939. Our exhibitions are on view September through May, following USC's academic calendar.

05/06/2026

Our favorite time of the year! The annual student exhibition is officially open!

03/12/2026

Final Day of Ken Gonzales-Day: History's "Nevermade" curated by Amelia Jones.

The USC Fisher Museum of Art will be open on Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 10 am to 4pm, for one last opportunity to explore the exhibition.

Join us at 1:00 pm for a special closing talk on the complex history of museum collections and their role in shaping narratives around race and identity, followed by light refreshments.

Closing Day Schedule:
🗓 Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026
🕒 Extended Hours: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
🎤 Talk: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
🎟 Admission is FREE
Link in bio or at fisher.usc.edu/events for more information.

02/23/2026

If you are in town for Frieze Los Angeles or looking to spend time with meaningful and thought-provoking art, the USC Fisher Museum of Art will be open from Tuesday through Friday (2/24-2/27) from 10 AM to 4 PM.

Join us for our current exhibition, Ken Gonzales-Day: History's "Nevermade" curated by Amelia Jones, Robert Day Professor at the USC Roski School of Art & Design. The exhibit brings together over 100 works spanning photography, drawing, painting, video, and research-based practice. Gonzales-Day’s work examines cultural memory, race, and place in the United States.

We are also pleased to share that Ken Gonzales-Day will lead a special exhibition walkthrough on Tuesday, 2/24. A wonderful opportunity to hear directly from the artist about their process and research behind the work. RSVP LINK IN BIO

📍 Visit us during Frieze Week
🗓 February 24th - February 27th from 10 AM to 4 PM.
🎟 Open to all; FREE

01/13/2026

Join curator Amelia G. Jones (.jones.la1987 ), Robert A. Day Professor at Roski School of Art & Design (), and internationally recognized scholar of contemporary art, performance, and feminist/queer studies, for an exclusive walkthrough of Ken Gonzales-Day’s History’s “Nevermade.”

Explore more than 100 works by Gonzales-Day (), bringing together photographs, drawings, paintings, video, and research that examine cultural memory, race, and place in the United States.

🗓️ Date: Thursday, February 5th
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
📍 Location: USC Fisher Museum of Art | 823 Exposition Blvd., LA 90089
🎟️ RSVP: Link in bio or at fisher.usc.edu/events

12/03/2025

Please note our updated visiting hours for December:

Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Monday & Sunday: CLOSED

DATES CLOSED:
December 21, 2025, through January 5, 2026

11/14/2025

Please note our updated visiting hours for November:

Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Monday & Sunday: CLOSED

DATES CLOSED:
Saturday, November 15
November 25-29th

11/07/2025

📢 Heads up: USC Fisher Museum of Art will be closed this Saturday, November 8th, 2025. We’ll be open on Tuesday, Nov 11th, for Veterans Day 🇺🇸 and back to regular hours after that! We appreciate your understanding 🏛.

11/06/2025

🎤 Moderator Highlight: Brittany Friedman ✨

Writer, poet, educator and documentarian Brittany Friedman will be moderating an inspiring conversation with Leila Steinberg and Diego Gaeta on storytelling, music, and resilience at Art After Dark.

Friedman is the author of Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. Her work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Conversation. She’s also an assistant professor of sociology at USC, co-founder of the Captive Money Lab, and an affiliated scholar at the American Bar Foundation

Join us at Art After Dark for this thought-provoking conversation followed by a live performance by Diego Gaeta and soundscapes by USC Thornton students + art-making, exhibition viewing, and light bites.

🗓 Date: Thursday, November 6th
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM- 9:00 PM
📍 Location: USC Fisher Museum of Art | 823 W Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089
🎟️ RSVP: Link in bio or at fisher.usc.edu/events

11/05/2025

🎶 Speaker & Performer Spotlight: Diego Gaeta 🎹

We’re thrilled to have Diego Gaeta — a rising L.A. musician with a global following, blending 1970s jazz fusion futurism with hip hop, global folk, chamber music, and multiple strains of modern styles — for a special conversation and live performance at Art After Dark.✨

His soulful, boundary-pushing work has been featured with: The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (founded by the iconic pianist Horace Tapscott), the trio Human Error Club, Black Nile (Aaron and Lawrence Shaw), Carlos Niño, and fellow SoCal keyboard/producer Lionmilk (Moki Kawaguchi).

Recently, Diego appeared on Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun, and his single “Earthseed” featured on NTS and Dublab, part of Leaving Records’ fire-relief compilation Staying. 🎷

Don’t miss this chance to dive into Diego’s world of sound, live at Art After Dark!🌙

📅 Date: Thursday, November 6th
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM- 9:00 PM
📍 Location: USC Fisher Museum of Art | 823 W Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089
🎟️ RSVP: Link in bio or at fisher.usc.edu/events

11/04/2025

🎤 SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: LEILA STEINBERG ✨
We’re honored to welcome Leila Steinberg, educator, writer, poet, and founder of , to Art After Dark!

Leila has spent decades empowering at-risk youth to find their voice through emotional literacy and creative expression. Best known for mentoring and managing Tupac Shakur. Leila’s influence continues to shape new generations of artists — including her work as the manager of Earl Sweatshirt (formerly of Odd Future). 🎶💫

Join Leila Steinberg, Diego Gaeta, and Brittany Freedman for a conversation on storytelling, music, and resilience.
🗓️ Date: Thursday, November 6th
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
📍 Location: USC Fisher Museum of Art | 823 W Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089
🎟️ RSVP: Link in bio or at fisher.usc.edu/events

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90089

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