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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 17, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 45 link 23 artists

‘Ugly’ but ‘beautiful’: LACMA finally unveils controversial new Geffen Galleries — was it worth the wait?

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has finally unveiled its new David Geffen Galleries, a $724 million concrete and glass structure designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Spanning Wilshire Boulevard, the 110,000-square-foot elevated gallery space will house 1,700 works from the museum’s permanent collection, including masterpieces by Francis Bacon, Henri Matisse, and Katsushika Hokusai. The building is scheduled to open to the public on April 19, marking the completion of a massive campus expansion that has been nearly two decades in the making.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 26, 2026 visibility 6 link 11 artists

Get a taste of the beautiful game through art at exhibits across LA

The article highlights several art exhibitions and installations across Los Angeles that celebrate soccer and sports culture in anticipation of the World Cup. Featured works include Lyndon J. Barrois Sr.'s "Fútbol is Life" at LACMA, featuring miniature sculptures made from chewing gum wrappers depicting historic soccer moments; Pelle Cass's "Play!" at Union Station's Metro Art Passageway Gallery, showing densely layered timelapse photographs of athletes; and Mark Dean Veca's mural "Miracle of La Brea" at the new Wilshire/La Brea Metro Station, which traces the history of the Miracle Mile. The piece also notes the recent opening of the David Geffen Galleries at LACMA and upcoming museums like Refik Anadol's Dataland and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 19 link 9 artists

A first glimpse (and listen) inside Lacma’s $720m new building

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) opened its new $720 million David Geffen Galleries building to 2,000 members and guests for previews on June 27, 2025, before its official opening in April 2026. Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the elevated concrete structure spans Wilshire Boulevard with 110,000 square feet of gallery space, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a 300-seat theater. Musician Kamasi Washington organized a "sonic preview" with 100 jazz musicians performing his six-part suite *Harmony of Difference* throughout the empty space. The building sits adjacent to the preserved Japanese Pavilion (designed by Bruce Goff, 1988) and features Tony Smith's sculpture *Smoke* (1967) in a courtyard.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 25 link 12 artists, 2 galleries

Meet four artists behind the public art you'll see at L.A. Metro's new D Line stations

L.A. Metro opened the first phase of its D Line extension on Friday, May 1, 2026, adding three new underground stations connecting downtown Los Angeles to Beverly Hills: Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax, and Wilshire/La Cienega. The stations feature nine site-specific public artworks by artists including Mariana Castillo Deball, Eamon Ore-Giron, Ken Gonzales-Day, Todd Gray, Karl Haendel, Soo Kim, Fran Siegel, Susan Silton, and Mark Dean Veca. The competitive selection process began a decade ago, drawing over 1,200 applicants, with finalists judged by a panel of art professionals including curators from Miracle Mile museums. Metro deputy executive officer Zipporah Yamamoto leads the agency's public art program, which is funded by a 0.5% construction budget set-aside.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 17 link 5 artists

Discover the Architecture of LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries at These Free Workshops with AIA Los Angeles

LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor, are now open to the public. The building features a single-floor, sculptural form made of architectural concrete and glass, with natural light and transparency that encourages visitors to explore 6,000 years of art and culture. In collaboration with the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles, LACMA is hosting a series of free workshops on May 15-17, including guided walks, drawing sessions, and landscape tours, to help visitors engage with the building's architecture and design.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 17, 2025 visibility 16 link 14 artists

This Week at LACMA

This week at LACMA features the opening of Tavares Strachan's first museum exhibition in Los Angeles, "The Day Tomorrow Began" (October 12, 2025–March 29, 2026), with immersive multisensory installations including uncanny everyday spaces, a field of rice grass with ceramic figures, and monumental bronze sculptures. The museum also offers a gallery tour of "Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures" with curator Erin Maynes on November 18, alongside ongoing exhibitions such as works by Beeple, Zheng Chongbin, Youssef Nabil, Ai Weiwei, Mark Bradford, Robert Irwin, Barbara Kruger, Richard Serra, and Chris Burden, plus public programs like Mindful Monday, Communities Create LA! workshops, and member screenings of Academy Award contenders.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 18, 2025 visibility 17 link 10 artists

This Week at LACMA

LACMA announces a week of programming from August 18–24, headlined by the opening of *Now Showing: Youssef Nabil’s I Saved My Belly Dancer*, an exhibition featuring the artist’s 2015 video starring Tahar Rahim and Salma Hayek, alongside related photographs and Egyptian movie posters. Member previews run August 21–23 before the public opening on August 24. Other highlights include a mindful evening with Buddhist art tied to the ongoing exhibition *Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia*, plus concerts, workshops, and family programs.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 28, 2026 visibility 25 link 8 artists

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Opens New Innovative Exhibition Space

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has opened its new David Geffen Galleries, a landmark building designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The structure features floor-to-ceiling windows, spans Wilshire Boulevard 30 feet above the Miracle Mile, and houses galleries organized around maritime trade routes. The museum celebrated its inaugural events with a gala and ribbon-cutting, opening to the public on April 20, 2026. The new space displays over 155,000 art objects from the permanent collection, spanning ancient civilizations to contemporary works.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 12, 2026 visibility 15 link 2 artists, 3 galleries

Gary Baseman fills iconic L.A. coffee shop with charming drawings on real restaurant menus

Artist Gary Baseman has opened his first hometown solo show in over a decade, titled “Off the Menu,” inside the long-shuttered Johnie’s Coffee Shop on Wilshire and Fairfax in Los Angeles. The exhibition features about 40 colored pencil drawings, mostly executed on real menus from iconic L.A. restaurants such as Musso & Frank, Canter’s Deli, and Genghis Cohen, as well as newer spots like Jon & Vinny’s. The whimsical show, which launched in conjunction with the opening of the Wilshire and Fairfax subway station, runs through June 14 and celebrates the dining culture and community of the Fairfax neighborhood.

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