The Monterey Museum of Art’s Fall Season: “Mid-century Big Sur” Features Four Exhibitions Exploring Big Sur’s Creative Golden Age

One of my favorite places to view and experience art in Northern California is just a short drive down our beautiful coastline. The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) in Monterey, California, although sometimes overshadowed in size only (its size is actually one of its charms), by some of its larger Bay Area counterparts, delivers on a singular focus and promise to celebrate the diversity of California art – past, present, and future – in an outsized way.

Situated in Monterey, a region historically and currently steeped in artistic endeavors, MMA works to uncover and tell stories that otherwise would be lost forever. It successfully does exactly this in its upcoming fall 2025 exhibition season, “Mid-century Big Sur,” which is must-see.