Explore the Era

Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.

Dwan Gallery (1959–62)

Yves Klein exhibition at Dwan Gallery in Los Angeles, 1961. Courtesy Dwan Gallery Archives

In 1959 Virginia Dwan opened a gallery in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Dwan showed work by New York artists Franz Kline, Philip Guston, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, and Larry Rivers, as well as French artists Yves Klein, Arman, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely, and Niki de Saint Phalle.

Historic Map Locations

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Time Periods & Venues

• 1950s
• 1960s
• Galleries