Born during the development of Art Deco stylings in the 1920s-1940s, Los Angeles was eager to adopt the ostentatious flattery of the style and the solid trappings that accompanied it.

Water is captured in “California’s Golden Coast: Selections from The Hilbert Collection” and “The Los Angeles River: An Unexpected Beauty,” both now on view in Orange, through Aug. 9.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art previewed its new building not with paintings but with music, just as it did in 1965. A night of jazz kicks off a new era for LACMA.