The Getty Center closes to the public on March 15, 2027, and plans to reopen in spring 2028. That is about five months away, and the exhibition calendar sets several earlier deadlines. Three shows end this Sunday, October 18. Several major ones haven't opened yet. The fullest stretch on the hill comes in the three weeks around the holidays.
Most of the dates below fall on a Sunday, and the last full day before the closure, March 14, is a Sunday too. Monday, March 15 is the first day of the closure, and the Center is closed on Mondays anyway. Plan your visits around the dates below rather than the closing day alone.
Six Days Left for Three Shows
Three exhibitions close on Sunday, October 18, 2026: Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions, Lost. Found. Returned. and Stendahl's World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles. Redon opened July 14. The other two opened June 23, so they ran almost four months.
This weekend is also one of the busiest on the fall program calendar. Saturday, October 17 brings the Family Festival: LA and Mexico in Focus. Sunday, October 18 has On Photography: Patssi Valdez & Christina Fernandez, offered at the Center and online. The Center stays open until 9 p.m. on Saturdays and closes at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and on Sunday. Admission is free, but you'll need a timed-entry reservation. A Saturday visit can start late and still leave time for the Redon galleries before closing.
There's less gallery space than usual this fall. The North Pavilion galleries, the South Pavilion and the East Pavilion's plaza-level galleries are already closed for renovations. According to Getty's modernization update page, the air-handling units in every pavilion are being replaced. The final season is running in a smaller footprint than a regular visitor might expect.
A Lull, Then the Openings Start
After October 18, the calendar adds new shows while older ones close.
- Tuesday, October 20: Reggie Burrows Hodges: A Theater of Passions opens. It runs through February 28, 2027. The artist appears in A Painterly Pursuit with Reggie Burrows Hodges on October 27.
- Saturday, November 7: When the Holy Family Went Viral, a program at the Center and online. The Holy Family at Home exhibition stays up through January 10.
- Tuesday, November 24: A Light in the Dark: Joseph Wright of Derby opens and runs through March 14, 2027.
- Thursday, November 26: The Center is closed for Thanksgiving.
- Sunday, November 29: Charles Ross: Spectrum 14 closes. It has been up since September 10, 2024, the longest run on the current schedule except for the permanent J. Paul Getty Life and Legacy display.
The Wright of Derby show is one of the three new exhibitions Getty highlighted when it announced the closure in April. The others were a show of 13 prominent Mexican photographers and a show built on recently acquired archive material from Los Angeles architect Paul R. Williams. Two of those three don't open until late November or December. Getty is saving some of its biggest shows for the final weeks.
December 15 to January 3: Eight Exhibitions at Once
Paul R. Williams: Architecture Across the Color Line opens Tuesday, December 15. It runs through March 14, 2027. From that day through Sunday, January 3, eight dated exhibitions are on view at the Center at once:
| Exhibition | On view | Last day |
|---|---|---|
| Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography | Sep 1, 2026 | Jan 3, 2027 |
| Every Minute Is History: Five Views of Los Angeles | Sep 1, 2026 | Jan 3, 2027 |
| The Holy Family at Home | Sep 22, 2026 | Jan 10, 2027 |
| Reggie Burrows Hodges: A Theater of Passions | Oct 20, 2026 | Feb 28, 2027 |
| The Making of a Medieval Manuscript | Aug 4, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
| Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Mai and 18th-Century Portraiture | Sep 15, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
| A Light in the Dark: Joseph Wright of Derby | Nov 24, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
| Paul R. Williams: Architecture Across the Color Line | Dec 15, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
At no other point before the closure is this many shows up at the same time. Holiday hours cut into the window, though. The Center is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, and it closes early on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Since it's also closed every Monday, the open days in those three weeks go faster than the calendar suggests.
Instante/revelación is the Mexican photography exhibition named in the April announcement. Both it and Every Minute Is History close January 3. If you want to see the full winter lineup in one visit, this is the window to plan for.
January 10 to March 14: The Final Weeks
The Holy Family at Home closes January 10. After that the Center runs on five dated shows until Hodges closes February 28. For the last two weeks, four exhibitions remain: Wright of Derby, Paul R. Williams, Portrait of Mai and The Making of a Medieval Manuscript. All four end on March 14.
The public calendar Getty has posted so far has dated programs only through mid-December. The last ones are the two Getty Supper Club evenings on November 22, The Literary Gourmet and La Belle Époque, and Non-Consenting Collaborators with Gala Porras Kim on December 12. Getty hasn't yet announced events for January through March. In its closure announcement, the institution said the Center "will continue to present a full slate of exhibitions and programs" through spring 2027. Check the Getty calendar again after the holidays.
What Stays Open After March 15
The work behind the closure has already started. Getty describes the gallery closures as the first phase of an HVAC upgrade. Later work includes upgrades to the tram system, a redesigned arrival experience, a renovated Welcome Hall with a new cafe, bookstore and shop, and cell service and Wi-Fi across the campus. Getty president and CEO Katherine E. Fleming said in the announcement that Getty looks forward to "welcoming visitors back in spring 2028, in time to celebrate the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles."
Two things carry on through the closure. The Getty Villa will stay open with a full schedule of exhibitions, programs and events. It will also add a gallery of paintings from the Center's collection. Getty also plans a new programming space on Sepulveda Boulevard, in a building across from the Center that is now being renovated. Special programs will run there during the closure, and it will stay open as a program space after the Center reopens. Getty hasn't published an opening date for the Villa gallery or the Sepulveda venue yet. It says more details will be announced later.
Pairing a Getty Saturday With the Rest of Brentwood
Saturday's 9 p.m. closing means a visit can end with dinner in the neighborhood. Brentwood News reported in July that Terroni had opened for all-day dining at 155 S. Barrington Place in Brentwood Village. Brentwood News also reported in September that Burger She Wrote is planning a location at 11686 San Vicente Boulevard. No opening date has been announced.
In October, Brentwood Country Mart lines up with the Getty's first deadline. WWD reported that Sézane opened its first permanent Los Angeles store at the Mart on August 14. The Mart's events page lists these October dates:
- The honor-system pumpkin patch, running through October 31.
- Courtyard storytime on Wednesdays at 11 a.m., through October 28.
- Friday movie nights: Finding Nemo on October 16, Finding Dory on October 23 and Coco on October 30.
- The Halloween Spectacular on Saturday, October 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a costume contest and trick-or-treating.
That makes this weekend a full one. You can catch the Finding Nemo screening Friday, the Family Festival on Saturday and Redon's last day on Sunday. The Brentwood Farmers Market at 741 Gretna Green Way runs Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., so it fits into Sunday morning before the Getty opens at 10.
Kati Cattaneo lives and works on the Westside and keeps track of the dates that shape Brentwood's calendar, from the Getty's closing to the restaurants opening along San Vicente. If you're curious how changes on the hill and in the Village affect the area around your home, Kati is glad to share what she's seeing. Work With Kati.
