Name: Art Deco to L.A.: How France's Jazz Age Decorative Style Conquered LA
Start: 2026-06-14T14:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-14T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Central Library - Mark Taper Auditorium

Art Deco to L.A.: How France's Jazz Age Decorative Style Conquered LA

Marc Chevalier tells the story of how Art Deco style arrived in the City of the Angels. Co-sponsored by the LA City Historical Society
About this Event

Southern California historian Marc Chevalier researched, wrote and produduced The Oviatt Building, a 2008 documentary film about downtown L.A.'s first Art Deco skyscraper. In his research, Marc stumbled across an unknown web of connections between that building and the trailblazing 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris: a discovery that led to 18 years of further investigation.

The presentation will be followed by a discussion between Marc Chevalier and Michael Holland, City Archivist for Los Angeles.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.