LACMA Unveils New David Geffen Galleries in $150 Million Expansion

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LACMA Unveils New David Geffen Galleries in $150 Million Expansion
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  1. “This museum lets LA be present—the landscape and the houses and everything, Beverly Hills, the whole thing, is also present,” Zumthor told Vanity Fair’s arts and culture correspondent, Nate Freeman, in advance of the opening. “So, they interact together. We thought it’s a beautiful idea. You experience this art, which comes from the whole world, in LA and not in a box.”

  2. It’s the start of a new era at LACMA. On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art celebrated the opening of its 347,500-square-foot David Geffen Galleries (named for a $150 million gift from the billionaire philanthropist) with a starry gala.

  3. “I’m just the husband here,” Iger said. He added that it was heartening to see that the artists present at the gala loved the new building. The David Geffen Galleries doesn’t primarily exist to show work by living artists; the contemporary shows and collection will still mainly be housed in the Broad Contemporary Art Museum and the Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. But the artists in attendance last night did love the new building, in the way that artists in New York love going to The Met. I spoke with Lauren Halsey (who does have work in the new building, actually), Jonas Wood, Mark Grotjahn, Julie Mehretu, and Jordan Wolfson.

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  1. 01 NYT Arts

    One recent Saturday, nearly 2,000 people turned up at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens to experience the transformational wonders of a picture on a screen.

  2. 02 Vanity Fair

    Yes, it was a fundraiser, a massive one—the night pulled in nearly $11.5 million for the museum. But museums have galas every year. Museums only open once.

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Lean Left How a Museum Doubled Its Attendance in Just One Year — NYT Arts
Lean Left It’s LACMA’s World, and Hollywood Wants to Play in It — Vanity Fair
Lean Left All the Looks From the LACMA Opening Gala for the David Geffen Galleries — Vanity Fair