History, Culture, and Place Ground LACMA’s Breathtaking New David Geffen Galleries | Vogue
The new David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art do not so much sit on Wilshire Boulevard as hover above it, a long, blobby concrete structure stretching across the street, held aloft by gargantuan, widely spaced cores. At ground level, the building feels almost improbably… Continue reading
Explore the new David Geffen Galleries at LACMA | Christie’s
Twenty years ago, Michael Govan was appointed director and CEO of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Shortly afterwards, he made a phone call that would transform the institution for good. It was to the Swiss architect, Peter Zumthor, whose magnificent new building showing LACMA’s permanent… Continue reading
Oceans and Eras: Inside LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries
Mirroring the sinuous urban sprawl of Los Angeles, the Peter Zumthor-designed expansion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) was unveiled last week to press, VIPs, major donors, and museum members. Seen from above, the undulating cast concrete structure appears like one of Henri Matisse’s famous… Continue reading
The Big Review | Lacma’s David Geffen Galleries ★★★★ – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
This vast, visionary new building on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art campus finds its strengths in the objects that work best in concrete environments Source: The Big Review | Lacma’s David Geffen Galleries ★★★★ – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events… Continue reading
A first look inside Francis Kéré’s optimistic design for the Goethe-Institut Dakar | Wallpaper*
Francis Kéré’s newly launched Goethe-Institut Dakar is a powerful, purpose-built cultural beacon, dedicated to German cultural exchange. It also marks the Pritzker prize-winning, Berlin-based architect’s first project of this scale and institutional ambition to reach completion. Conceived following what Kéré describes as an ‘Arcadia architecture’ approach, the project embodies… Continue reading
LACMA | The David Geffen Galleries
This month, LACMA exclusively invites members to preview its newest debut, the David Geffen Galleries, a new permanent-collections building. With the official opening on April 19, 2026, the museum’s newest endeavor holds fresh perspectives and cultural visions, bringing Los Angeles a distinctively profound global art collection.Designed by Architect… Continue reading
LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries Are a Formless Maze – WSJ
The David Geffen Galleries building, the newest of four that constitute the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is a work of furious originality and ambition. It is the most significant American museum built this century, and not merely because of its architecture. For Michael Govan, its director,… Continue reading
The David Geffen Galleries at LACMA – WSJ
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LACMA: A Star Is Born, Spotted Crossing Wilshire Boulevard | National Review
don’t go to press previews for exhibition openings, since spinning is wasted on me. I’d rather visit in stealth, chameleon that I am. But the preview for the new LACMA — more precisely the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s David Geffen Galleries — was exceptional. The $750… Continue reading
The Triumphant New LACMA Has the Potential to Rewrite Art History
Can an art museum tell a non-linear version of art history and still be legible to its visitors? That’s the question guiding the David Geffen Galleries, the new building for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that opens to members on April 19 and to the public on… Continue reading
Taiwan’s New Typologies – ArtReview
A series of new museums are reshaping the cultural ecology of Taiwan. Within that, museums are merging with libraries. But is the arts landscape really joined up?First came the New Taipei City Art Museum, with its striking aluminium-clad facade designed by homegrown architect Kris Yao. Opened in April 2025… Continue reading
Peter Zumthor’s Bold Behemoth for LACMA Finally Opens | Architectural Record
More than 20 years in the works, with multiple schemes and fervid controversy, architect Peter Zumthor’s main building for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has finally opened. Called the David Geffen Galleries, this ambitious, serpentine concrete structure—which spans over a major boulevard—emerged from a process… Continue reading