The Laband Art Gallery proudly presents its Fall 2025 exhibition “Seeing Chicanx: The Durón Family Collection” on view from Sept. 25 to Dec. 6, 2025. Exhibited during National Hispanic Heritage Month, this expansive show presents a selection of nearly 50 Chicanx artists who have called Southern California their home. “Seeing Chicanx” is curated by Karen Mary Davalos, a leading scholar of Chicana/o/x art history, and drawn from the private collection of Armando and Mary Salinas Durón. The exhibition offers a multi-faceted portrayal of the Los Angeles region’s Chicanx art scene from the 1970s to present day. Davalos has selected close to 50 works from the Durón collection — that, to date, comprises more than 700 pieces — to encapsulate the cultural, social, and artistic ripple effects of the historic Chicano Movement (1965-80).
Originally exhibited at Monterey Museum of Art in spring 2024, this traveling exhibition highlights key contemporary works from the collection to provide a visual history of the Chicanx community’s creative vitality in California.
Public Programming:
Curator’s Walkthrough with Karen Mary Davalos
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 Noon to 1 p.m., Laband Art Gallery
Opening Reception
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, from 1 to 3 p.m., Laband Art Gallery
Gallery Conversation with Armando Durón & Max Durón
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, 1 p.m., Laband Art Gallery
Join Armando Durón and his son Maximiliano Durón, senior editor of ARTnews, in their first public discussion about the Durón Family Collection.
Additional events will be announced.
Image credit: Roberto Gutierrez (b. 1943), “Trees on Lorena Street,” 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in. The Durón Family Collection, Copyright held by the artist.