A soaring arts scene in Los Angeles confronts a changing landscape
A rendering of the new David Geffen Galleries at Lacma, a wavy, light-filled building being designed by Peter Zumthor. The citys cultural institutions, buffeted by the pandemic, will have to recover without the help of Eli Broad, the transformational benefactor who died last month. Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner/The Boundary via The New York Times.
by Adam Nagourney
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an open construction pit these days, surrounded by 12-foot-high wooden fences, with cranes rising across now open skies. Most of its midcentury modernist complex on Wilshire Boulevard was quietly demolished during the COVID shutdown to make way for a wavy $650 million light-filled building spanning the boulevard and designed by architect Peter Zumthor.
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Good morning.
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Arts institutions of all shapes and sizes are in particular flux right now as they contend with the collision of long-brewing funding challenges and lingering effects of prolonged shutdowns.
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A Soaring Arts Scene in Los Angeles Confronts a Changing Landscape
Its cultural institutions, buffeted by the pandemic, will have to recover without the help of Eli Broad, the transformational benefactor who died last month.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is a construction site these days, but it is hardly the only cultural organization in transition as the region tries to recover from the pandemic.Credit.Alex Welsh for The New York Times
May 12, 2021
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an open construction pit these days, surrounded by 12-foot-high wooden fences, with cranes rising across now open skies. Most of its midcentury modernist complex on Wilshire Boulevard was quietly demolished during the Covid shutdown to make way for a wavy $650 million light-filled building spanning the boulevard and designed by the architect Peter Zumthor.