Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in October 2026

Carole Dixon, Wallpaper*, Octobre 1, 2026

Wallpaper* coverage of Richard Phillips’s Best Picture, with a detail of Leonardo DiCaprio and the October 2026 exhibition-guide headline.

Richard Phillips, Leonardo DiCaprio (detail). Courtesy of the artist and gallery.

Serge Sorokko Gallery NAPA until 31 Oct 2026

If you happen to be heading up to Napa for harvest season this fall, Richard Phillips Best Picture brings together the artists’ complete 2024 Nominees series for the first time in the U.S. with twelve portraits of Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Greta Lee, Jacob Elordi and others. Beyond the obvious Hollywood connection, this marks Phillips’ return to celebrity portraiture, nearly 15 years after Most Wanted. For these works, he deliberately selected publicity images that felt quieter and less rehearsed than the traditional red-carpet photograph, which opens up a nice conversation around how celebrity image-making has changed between the paparazzi era and today’s social-media-controlled public persona.

By Carole Dixon. Source article last updated October 1, 2026.

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