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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). LACMA was founded in 1961, splitting from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art.
LACMA Director Michael Govan's $750-million museum building is one of the highest-profile such projects globally and has been a lightning rod for controversy.
Since Govan's arrival, LACMA has acquired by donation or purchase over 27,000 works for the permanent collection, and the museum's gallery space has almost doubled thanks to the addition of two new buildings designed by Renzo Piano, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) and the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Pavilion. [13] LACMA's annual ...
The darkened shape of the LACMA's new Peter Zumthor-designed David Geffen Galleries could be seen rising in the background among the various party tents. "This is not its moment," said Govan.
This list of museums in Los Angeles is a list of museums located within the City of Los Angeles, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Early this year the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced a partnership with the planned Las Vegas Museum of Art. LACMA's Michael Govan and LVMA director Heather Harmon discuss the details of ...
In September 2008, Resnick and his wife announced a $45 million gift to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the construction of a new exhibition pavilion, as well as $10 million in artworks. [57] In 2018, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles announced the couple's $30 million gift to help pay for a renovation and expansion project. [58]
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