Poster for Richard Pettibone exhibition Wanted: $2000 Reward at Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, 1966. Courtesy of the artist. Offset lithograph mounted on board. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Irving Blum, 2009.M.37.2

Announcement for Tom Wudl exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1974. © Tom Wudl. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.2

Announcement for the exhibition Grup Shrow at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1972. © Riko Mizuno. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.3

Ed Moses with his installation at Mizuno Gallery, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston

Exterior view of Nicholas Wilder Gallery at the time of Ronald Davis's first solo exhibition in 1965. Image courtesy of Ronald Davis

Exhibition announcement for Action²: Works by West Coast Painters, at the NOW Gallery inside the Turnabout Theatre in Los Angeles, September 5–25, 1956. Robert Alexander, designer. Letterpress on paper mounted on cardboard. The Getty Research Institute, Charles Brittin papers, 2005.M.11.15. Courtesy of the Temple of Man, Inc.

Announcement for George Herms exhibition Nativity '63 at Rolf Nelson gallery in Los Angeles, 1963. © George Herms. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Michael Asher, 2009.M.30.9

Hard Edge group exhibition with works by Ronald Davis and Judy Chicago at Rolf Nelson Gallery in Los Angeles, May 1964. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Rolf G. Nelson, 2010.M.38.2

Arthur Richer and Wallace Berman at Syndell Studio in Los Angeles, 1957. Richer’s art is in the background. The Getty Research Institute, Charles Brittin papers, 2005.M.11.16. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Image courtesy of Lauri Richer. Photo by Charles Brittin

Video: Hans Neuendorf speaks about the work of Robert Graham, February 2011

Video: Riko Mizuno, Vija Celmins, and Ed Moses speak about the Mizuno Gallery, 2009–11

Video: Joe Goode, Charles Cowles, Ed Moses, and Hans Neuendorf speak about Nicholas Wilder and his gallery, 2009–11

Video: Joe Goode, Larry Bell, Ron Miyashiro, and Jerry McMillan speak about the exhibition War Babies, 2010–11

Video: Attend the opening of Edward Kienholz’s 1961 exhibition at the Ferus Gallery. Excerpt from the television program Story of an Artist, 1962, directed by William Kronick. Licensed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

Video: Making the Scene—find out about the L.A. gallery scene during the postwar years