Los Angeles is about to dive into one of the most beautiful and thought-provoking art experiences of the season. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) presents Julian Charrière: Deep End, the French-Swiss artist’s first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles, on view at MOCA Grand Avenue from November 15, 2026, through June 6, 2027.
The exhibition is one of two inaugural presentations of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize, a biennial award celebrating artists who work at the crossroads of art, climate and environmental care. Shown alongside Cecilia Vicuña’s Quipu of Encounters: The Dream of Water, it invites visitors to reflect on the fragile beauty of our planet.
Spanning photography, sculpture, film and newly commissioned immersive installations, Deep End explores the wonder and vulnerability of the world’s oceans — from a darkened, multi-sensory space evoking the ocean’s abyss to the U.S. premiere of Midnight Zone, Charrière’s film journey above the deep Pacific. The centerpiece, Hope Line (2026), features a live stream of a coral reef near Port Antonio, Jamaica, letting visitors witness — and even lend their voices to — one of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats.
Deep End turns attention into care, reminding Angelenos that the future of the ocean is in all our hands.
Photo: Benoît Prieur, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
