Architectural
For nearly two decades, Michael Govan, the CEO and Wallis Annenberg director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, has proselytized his vision for @lacma reborn, a place liberated from 19th-century academic thinking about the proper role and form of a civic arts institution. “A permanent collection shouldn’t be permanent in its presentation,” he contends, rejecting strict narratives based on chronology, geography, and artificial notions of creative progress. Today, as the new David Geffen Galleries designed by Swiss Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor in collaboration with @skidmoreowingsmerrill , near completion in advance of their official 2026 opening, Govan is at last ready to unveil the linchpin of his Herculean transformation. Head to the link in our bio for an exclusive look at LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries. Photography by @yerinmok; words by @mayer.rus.
12天前
every museum in Los Angeles is a famous architect's worst building
12天前
Looks like a mall. In the valley. In the eighties.
12天前
I canceled my membership because of this lol. Loved the old building and they intentionally deferred maintenance to rationalize this….I just see a mans big ego😓
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What an ugly building
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Who seriously thought this would look good 😂😂 I thought y’all were a museum of “art”
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I drove under it today it is stunning ❤️
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Nothing wrong with chronology or geography. Nothing in the photos of the museum suggests creativity. Truly depressing!
8天前
Hundred percent read this as “MAGA’s Larry David galleries” at first
12天前
Art is long. Well said.
12天前
🏹🏹🤍🤍