The Skirball Cultural Center presents its Fall 2025 exhibitions. Both shows explore art, justice, tradition, as well as resilience.
Skirball Fall 2025 Exhibitions
Opening October 16, 2025, Draw Them In, Paint Them Out brings together Philip Guston and Trenton Doyle Hancock. Guston, the child of Jewish immigrants from Odessa, created biting satirical paintings addressing evil and injustice. Hancock, a Houston-based contemporary Black artist, responds with bold works examining identity, otherness, and activism.
Draw Them In, Paint Them Out
Together, their art confronts oppression while revealing humor within darkness. Guston’s Ku Klux Klan paintings appear alongside Hancock’s powerful responses. Through this dialogue, both artists question complicity, institutional power, and the human capacity for transformation. Moreover, they share an embrace of comic-inspired language, turning satire into sharp cultural commentary.
The Jewish Museum, New York, organized the exhibition. Rebecca Shaykin curated it in partnership with Trenton Doyle Hancock. At the Skirball, Vicki Phung Smith coordinates the presentation. Sheri Bernstein, Museum Director of the Skirball Cultural Center commented that the Skirball is proud to present the work of two extraordinary artists in conversation.
Trenton Doyle Hancock, Coloration Coronation, 2016, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 90 x 132 in (228.6 x 335.3 cm); Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio; ©Trenton Doyle Hancock 2016; Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York
Glass Sukkah: This Home Is Not a House
Opening October 7, 2025, Glass Sukkah: This Home Is Not a House features artist Therman Statom. A leader in the Studio Glass Movement, Statom reimagines his large-scale glass sukkah, originally commissioned in 1997. He introduces new works reflecting on shelter, resilience, and vulnerability.
The sukkah, inspired by the Jewish festival of Sukkot, becomes a symbol of gratitude and community. Statom’s installation highlights cross-cultural dialogue and invites reflection on shared human fragility. Therefore, visitors encounter an artwork bridging ancient tradition and contemporary life.
The Skirball organized this exhibition, curated by Jide Chikeruba, Community Connections Research Fellow.
Meanwhile, the Skirball continues to feature Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity, which opened May 1, 2025. This popular exhibition remains on view through March 1, 2026. Read the LAArtParty Jack Kirby Feature. Find out more on the Skirball Cultural Center website – https://www.skirball.org
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