Melrose is a unique and diverse neighborhood, and its arts scene reflects that. You’ll find everything from traditional fine art to street murals and graffiti. The local galleries showcase work from established as well as up-and-coming artists, making it a great place to discover new talent. And if you’re in the mood for a live performance, the neighborhood’s theaters and music venues offer a wide range of options, from theater and dance to concerts and comedy shows. No matter what interests you, you’re sure to find something that speaks to you in Melrose. So come explore the local arts scene with us—you won’t be disappointed!
Founded in 2014 in Los Angeles’ Lower Arts District, by Anthony Cran and Naomi deLuce Wilding, Wilding Cran Gallery represents international contemporary artists working in various mediums. The gallery supports local and universal social causes through arts education programming and philanthropic partnerships. In 2025 Wilding Cran moved to its new Melrose Hill location.
Works by the gallery’s artists are featured in numerous public collections, including the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, CA; Hammer Museum, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, CA; The Museum of Modern Art, NY; Brooklyn Museum, NY; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX; Pérez Art Musem, FL; The Rubell Family Collection, FL, DC; The National Gallery of Art Canada; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria, and others.
David Zwirner is a contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Hong Kong, and currently represents more than seventy artists and estates. The gallery has been home to innovative, singular, and pioneering exhibitions across a variety of media and genres. Active in both the primary and secondary markets, David Zwirner has helped foster the careers of some of the most influential artists working today and has maintained long-term representation of a wide-ranging, international group of artists.
“Kuya Lord’s Filipino feast is food of power, finesse and delight” —Bill Addison, LA Times
Kuya Lord is an elevated fast casual restaurant concept by Chef Lord Maynard Llera, featuring regional Filipino dishes that he grew up eating in Lucena City, Quezon Province, Philippines. While the food hearkens back to his childhood, Chef Maynard applies his classical techniques in enhancing and reinventing traditional Filipino dishes.
The monicker Kuya Lord comes from the Tagalog word for “older brother,” combined with the chef’s name, "Lord Maynard." The first Kuya Lord was a pop-up that Chef Llera and his wife opened in their La Cañada garage during the pandemic. There they developed such a substantial following that they chose the same name for their new permanent location in LA's Koreatown.
A few seats for sit-down dining are available, but mostly the restaurant accepts take-out and advance-order catering. Kuya Lord does not have a phone. Please message them on Instagram.
Farm-to-table Italian food, with all-natural ingredients, made in-house daily.
”In the vein of a traditional Italian osteria as a casual, local gathering place for food, friends, and wine, our menu reflects a less complicated classic grassroots approach to Italian country food inspired by our backyard here in southern California. Our core belief: great food need not be elaborate or overwrought, but rather fresh, uncomplicated, and well-executed in order to get out of the way of the ingredients and find the joy in their innate flavors and qualities. The joy of eating seasonally, simply, and well among good company is one shared by all at Osteria La Buca. It is with this simple thought in mind that we invite you to join us to celebrate and have a seat at our table.”
Located right next door to the Hollywood Historic Hotel, Sweet Corner offers the perfect treat for those visiting Los Angeles as well as for friends and neighbors. Give your LA morning a sweet start with one of the neighborhood's newest bakeries. Sit out front and watch the world go by—or if you don't have time to linger, just order in.
Sweet Corner proudly serves La Colombe coffee, as well as desserts, cakes, and other breakfast items.
Established in 2015, Rele Gallery was founded to act as a critical interface between the African and international art worlds. Representing and exhibiting a fine selection of emerging and established artists working in Africa and the diaspora across different media, the gallery is focused on promoting a greater appreciation, followership, and engagement of art from Africa, with a vision to make it more accessible to both a local and global audience.
Southern Guild platforms artists whose work is ambitious, emotionally resonant, and deeply rooted in personal and collective experience. The gallery is vested in artmaking as a way to claim agency, materialise cultural memory, and envision a more progressive future. Founded in 2008 by Trevyn and Julian McGowan, and based in Cape Town and Los Angeles, Southern Guild empowers practices that expand contemporary art’s formal and conceptual possibilities.
In the true spirit of a guild, the gallery operates as a collaborative environment, facilitating creative evolution, technical mastery, and rigorous engagement with material and process. Comprehensive programming creates space for critical dialogue with the ideas that shape the work, supports artists’ examination of their socio-political landscapes, and nurtures new talent through educational initiatives and the GUILD Residency.
Recognised for its bold curatorial vision and commitment to material integrity, Southern Guild has established itself as a vital voice in the global art ecosystem. The gallery participates in leading international fairs and collaborates with curators, institutions, and museums to expand the presence and impact of its artists.
Works have been acquired by institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Brooklyn Museum, Hammer Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). Gallery artists have also exhibited at Tate Modern, Pompidou Centre, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Saint-Étienne Métropole (MAMC), Seoul Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, and Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, among others.
Since 2002, Hollywood Forever has teamed up with the film organization Cinespia to produce outdoor classic film screenings each summer (May through September). Thousands of people gather on Fairbanks Lawn after sunset to watch classic Hollywood movies projected onto the side of a mausoleum. Attendees bring picnic baskets along with blankets and chairs to enjoy a truly unique evening. Outdoor screenings also feature pre-show DJs, themed photo booths, and sometimes a visit by the film’s stars, directors, or filmmakers.
As the longest operating and only remaining major studio in Hollywood, Paramount Pictures has been on the ground floor of every major development in filmfrom the advent of motion pictures, to the emergence of television, through the digital revolution. During our 100-year history, we have served as the production site for thousands of notable movies and TV shows.