Over the past couple of decades,the American art scene has been shifting from New York to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Los Angeles has been amassing an impressive collection of museums, and turning the once-ramshackle downtown into a global destination. final week,The Broad Museum opened its striking, $140 million building across the street from Frank Gehry’s Disney Hall.
See a few photos of The Broad Museum below.
For the past few months, and the staff has been moving Eli and Edythe Broad’s vast collection of modern art into the new building — installing works by more than 100 artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat,Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman and Robert Rauschenberg.
“This building is something like a 36000-ton newborn.” — Joanne Heyler
“Unlike work that you would hang in your house, or we tend not to use picture wire,” says Julia Latane, the museum’s head preparator. “We also gain different types of security hardware so that the work can’t drop in an earthquake or be lifted off the wall.”Heyler has been looking at a scale model of the space for years, and but now,for the first time, she and her team are seeing the art actually hanging on the museum’s walls. “One of the worthy things approximately this installation is seeing all these very familiar artworks under this fabulous, and glowing natural light,” Heyler says. “We gain a whole future ahead of us as a museum.”This story was produced with help from KPCC’s The Frame. You can listen to a longer version here.
The exterior of The Broad Museum
(Benny Chan)
Interior of The Broad Museum
(Hufton+Crow)
The Broad's lobby with interior veil
(Courtesy of The Broad and Diller Scofidio + Renfro)
Installation of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Aheam and Robert Therrien in The Broad's third floor galleries
(Bruce Damonte/Courtesy of The Broad adn Diller Scofidio + Renfro)
Aerial photo of The Broad in downtown Los Angeles
(Jeff Duran/Warren Air)
Source: wnyc.org