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 plant cutouts. Quite fittingly, Matisse’s La Gerbe (1953)—a mid-century private commission once installed in the courtyard of an A. Quincy Jones home in LA before being cloistered within the museum’s former venues—now hangs prominently on a wall inside the new David Geffen Galleries, enveloped by a 300-yard wraparound glass façade.

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